A snarky remark by my friend Kevin changed everything I thought I knew about surfboards. After parking in front of his house by San Francisco's Ocean Beach, I unloaded the hefty eight-foot surfboard ...

SURF’S UP, TRULY: Fourteen years after purchasing Channel Islands’ Surfboards, Burton Snowboards has agreed to sell the brand to a group led by senior members of the Channel Islands’ senior management ...

“We’re not satisfied with just making boards that go straight and fast,” says lead shaper and designer Britt Merrick.” We want speed, flow and glide in that feeling we’re all after — but you’ve got to ...

Three generations of surfing’s Merrick family: father Al, left, founded Channel Islands Surfboards in 1969; son Britt, middle, is buying back the company from Burton Snowboards; and grandson Isaiah is ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. The Channel Islands Surfboards Rincon Classic presented by Merrick Lager is the most anticipated event of each winter for the ...