CI Surf x Al Merrick Bobby Quad - FCSII

Bobby Martinez challenged Channel Islands to create a 4 fin board that's as small and lively as possible. A board designed with the goal of maximizing his fun in Santa Barbara’s tiny summer surf... They succeeded!

The bobby quad is designed to generate as much speed as possible and glide effortlessly over flat sections, the unique tail outline and quad set up allows the board to turn aggressively and rip up even the smallest waves.

 
Rocker: Low nose rocker / flat deck / a little kick out though the tail
Bottom Contours: Double concave for acceleration and glide over flat sections
Rails: Medium / Full rails
Ideal Conditions: Works best in smaller / average waves that require speed generation
Spine-Tek.

A collaboration between Channel Islands Surfboards and Shapers Australia. Essentially it is a completely new, and world first of it's kind, stringer system. Based on the principles of elastic energy, Spine-Tek flexes under pressure, (loading up through turns) and returns back to it's normal rocker, providing surfboards with additional drive, speed, power and flow. Made from a fibreglass and resin composite, the virtually unbreakable Spine-Tek stringer is installed into the deck of the EPS foam core, and then layered over with E-Glass and Entropy Super Sap Epoxy, (Ecoboard Certified).

The main focus of the Spine-Tek is flex, with the ability to return to it's original shape. This really is a method of converting stored/potential energy into kinetic energy. When you put more weight onto your foot into a turn, the spine will flex.. ie. load up more than a traditional stringer.. When your force decreases through the turn, the potential energy is then converted to kinetic energy as the spine springs back to it's original shape (rocker), thus increasing power, speed drive and flow.