Channel Islands Surfboards is proud to announce the first of a series of backyard BBQ’s at our Santa Barbara shop! Come kick off summer with the CI crew and finish your last minute Father’s Day shopping. Check out the invite below and we hope you can make it!!!!

Check out Nat Ripping in his local waters of Santa Cruz on surfline.com.

Congrats Nat on the Arnette Pro Junior win this weekend ..!!!!!

Nat Young (Santa Cruz, CA), 17, won the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) North America Pro Junior Series Grade-3 Arnette All Day Antics Pro Junior presented by Jack’s Surfboards in two-to-three foot (1 metre) surf at 56th street in Newport Beach, California topping fellow finalists Keanu Asing (Ewa Beach, HI), 16, Cory Arrambide (Ventura, CA), 19, and Cody Thompson (Jacksonville, FL), 19. Keep Reading on Surfermag.com

Before Dustys trip to Bali, he came through the Ci factory to work on boards, and pick up a few that were ready for him. Though he was blowin up at Trestles on his Rookie model, the bowly waves of Bali provided the perfect coping for his 5-11 Proton.

Check out the rest of the action on surfermag.com

“He’s the face of a new era,” surfer Kelly Slater opines of fellow tube-rider Dane Reynolds. “He thinks outside of the box and has a unique approach where he sees the wave differently.” One of the ways to understand just how differently the 23-year-old Reynolds sees waves-and the act of riding them-is to consider the fact that for a guy who makes his living on the water, he spends a lot of time in the air. His athletic, acrobatic free-surf style is punctuated by unearthly aerial maneuvers and cartoonish twists and turns, running counter to the straight-ahead, power mode that seems to dominate the professional circuit today. That and the fact that, for an athlete who could revolutionize his sport, he hasn’t won all that many competitions. Keep Reading on Interviewmagazine.com.

Check out Surfline.com for Spot Check: Lowers. The Guduaskas brothers narrate you through 38 images and share some insight. Have a look!