This board is a 5′6″ x 18 5/8″ x 2 5/16 concave deck (2 inch at center), double stringer, half moon tail 5 fin plugged, re-worked Flyer.

Behind the cover: This board started off as an experiment. Kelly took it down to Mainland, Mexico on a Quiksilver photo trip (all the cypher vision ad concepts you’ve seen lately), then placed second on it at the Pipeline Masters, and now it lands on the cover of Waves Magazine after a memorable session somewhere in Australia. This board has logged some serious miles and might make an appearance in the CI line in 2011… Would you be interested in giving this board a go?

Kelly grabs the cover of Surfing on his 5′9″ x 18 1/2″ 2 1/4″ round tail Flyer!

Behind the cover: This board was stashed away in Kelly’s garage for a little over a year in Australia. Kelly decided to take it for a spin one day on the Gold Coast and ended up on the cover of Surfing Life.

Gabe Kling is victorious at the 6.0 Lowers Pro riding a 6′1″ x 18 3/8″ x 2 ¼” Proton.

Gabe Kling (St. Augustine, FL), 29, won the ASP PRIME 6.0 Lowers Pro over ASP Dream Tour No. 13 Chris Davidson (AUS), 33, in two-to-four foot (1 metre) surf at the famed cobblestone pointbreak of Lower Trestles after the world’s finest surfers pushed the performance barriers of competitive surfing throughout the entire week of competition while reveling in the firing south swell.
» Read the rest of the entry..

The Ultimate Wave Tahiti featuring Kelly Slater is now playing in featured IMAX locations.

Channel Islands Surfboards Party in LA is tonight!

It’s Saturday already and we are on countdown to a fun night tonight. Please get your RSVP in, as we will be closing the list soon!! An awesome DJ and a great live artist will be sure to make for an incredible evening!!

All the information is here or below. We look forward to seeing you all!

Miguel Tudela, at 15 years old, has already won two Peru Mens Open titles this year. His board of choice has been both the Rookie and MBM+. Check out the footage of Miguel throwing his board above the lip and landing big scores.
See all the video and photos of Miguel Tudela

With dismal conditions for the first five days of the waiting period of The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, the mens event is looking to get underway today in less than stellar conditions. The CI team has still been making the most of the waves on hand, trying out a few different boards to see what suits the long drawn out wave of Bells Beach. Dane’s car is stocked full of Dumper Divers, a Rookie he rode up at the Goldy, and an MTF Altered. Dusty has his quiver of Rookie models, while Kelly tried out a roundtail Whip and a swallow tail whip at a secluded right point. Check back for more updates.

The trek down to Bells has been a rainy and flat one , but the area never lacks color , everything seems like its to the extreme, sunrises , sunsets ,full moons , rainbows , all except the waves.

Dusty and Dane pull up bright and early to try and get a surf in at Winki between rain squalls.
Keep reading Behind the Scenes at The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach

» Read the rest of the entry..