'SURF BORED' - Ep1 CI Twin Pin (Twin Fin Surfboard Review)
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2021
- Welcome to Ep1. of Surf Bored - An independent Twin Fin review.
In this episode we review the Channel Islands Twin Pin by Britt Merrick & Mikey February.
Board dims: 5'9" x 19 1/8 x 2 9/16
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Really like the style and approach to these reviews, such a contrast to many other review channels, looking forward to the next one!
Best review I've seen so far! Solid surfing too
Cheers Bobby!
Thanks for the kind words, just keen to share whatever experience we might have when surfing the surfboards for you guys (positive / neutral / negative) so will keep it very honest and transparent.
Great video! looking forward to future board reviews!
Thanks man! Hopefully we can keep them coming... It's been good fun so far!
Let us know if you have any questions or suggestions 🙏
@@bradwalker4762 I hope so too!
Will do! Always good too see everyday surfers who love the sport do reviews rather than the shapers and the pros! And a local no less surfing the northern beaches slop
Very cool to watch you surf, great style and great footage. Really enjoyed watching both your review and your surf!
Hey Ben, Thank you for the positive comment. Hopefully we ca keep the content coming in 2022!
I hit that subscribe button as soon as soon as I heard 45, 80 kilo's! Thanks for a great review for the average surfer. Mikey does kill it. He was surfing my local in shitty shoulder high waves as if it was 10/10 conditions. I "progressed" to twins about 10 years ago. Currently have a 5'6 and 5'10. Both local boards but the 5'10, which is loosely based on the Fishbeard, has proved to be exceptional. Fins definitely make all the difference. I was using medium Captain fin CF Twin Especials which are a great fin but my surfing just stepped right up with a generic Mark Richards fin. Like the CI fins, they're pretty big but the board just grinds in turns now, it's a beauty. Thank you for a great video mate, great editing, great surfing. Can't wait to see more. Hi from Cape Town.
Hey Brett! Man, that's so sick to hear about the MR fins, I've never tried them so really makes me wonder what I'm missing.... We are currently working on trying to align with a fin system .co for future reviews, just so we have a wide variety for feedback - as you rightly point out - fins can make all the difference.
Have heard only good things about the Fishbeard too, so that's epic that you love it so much. I've not had the chance of trying one yet unfortunately (so many board model options out there these days).
Thanks for the feedback, obviously as we do more of these I'd personally love to get viewer feedback / advice / questions to keep the froth levels high for you guys, so hit me up with any suggestions and we will do our best to accommodate.
Respect!
I love your review mate.
I've had my twin pin for a week, taken it out 5 times & it loves steep waves & close outs. Has never failed any take off
It does what I want it to do.
Cheers
Sounds like you're enjoying it, ...so stoked for you man!
What’s the deck like , heard they’re glassed super light?
Keep the show going, great stuff
Thanks Juan! ...we are stoked that you enjoyed the first Episode.
Nice work guys - I dig the laid back vibe. I’m a Sydney sider too (originally from Av) so reviews of boards in my local waves are something I’m super keen to watch.
Interesting point about making variations to the board: in a recent CI vid showing his quiver, Mikey Feb had some variants of the Twin Pin. He had a more refined version for good waves and a more daily driver type.
They put the dims in the caption:
6’0 x 18 3/4 x 2 5/8
5’8 x 19 1/2 x 2 5/8
I wonder if they’ll make some stock variants?
Looking forward to your next vid
Yo Tristan!
Thanks for the kind words.
Super stoked you are into it. Hopefully we can grow this thing and create a community hub for twin fin enthusiasts to reference.
- Always keen to get feedback from the viewer so please let us know if we can improve in any way for future uploads.
Great content. Keep it going brah
Good review mate! Hope you guys rip into a few more like twinsman, lightbender, lanesplitter, mr cali twin etc
cheers !
Really enjoyed the review. I think you are on to something much more useful to the ‘everyday’ surfer than the reviews that try to get all ‘tech-ie’. Northern Beaches is also my home. Nice to see a board going through ‘it’s paces’ in my local waves. I’m 59, still on short boards & other ‘twinish’ craft - fortunately or unfortunately addicted to exploring different boards and how they feel. So this platform is right in my ‘wheelhouse’. Also very interested in the Local Shaper thing. Ordering and refining a board from a guy you can talk to is a very different and interesting process - it gets little attention in the review format. So stoked on your contribution!
Just a quick question on sizing of the Twin Pin. The 5’9” is roughly 30ishL. What size & volume short boards do you ‘normaly’ ride?
Cheers Roger! It's awesome to hear there are so may others out there with similar interests. We certainly plan to bring you more contents here so please let us know if there is anything missing or you wish for anything specific to be addressed in future Ep's.
Hey guys. Nice episode. Glad to hear your gonna chat to Aussie Twinny shapers. They do them better than anyone. Gaz McNeill for one. Amazing twin pins and he's been doing them for years.
Thanks again guys
Ferals
Hey Angel!
It's interesting that you mention Gary, he is working on a couple of boards for us right now and will be featured in Ep.2 of 'Surf Bored' ...you'll have to tune in to that one to see how they perform for us.
Also please send me any requests of things you might want highlighted or discussed on future reviews.
@@surfbored hey again guys. .. yewwwwww Gaz is the Lord. I've been getting his twinnys for about 6 years now and am hooked. I've tried the MOTE Fiji but Gaza's Pip or Twin Pin is all over it... Great to see a twin specialty clog/blog/review thingy from Oz. Good luck to you all.
The Ferals
Yes! Thanks, I have always admired Rasta's surfing on Gary's boards and also love Gazza, he has great knowledge and calls it how he see's it!
It will be a great one to watch-out for as he is making two boards for testing, both very different I think.
-Respect.
great review and surfing!
Thanks for saying so Tom.
Much respect ✌️🙏
Great review
Thanks man!
...we are currently filming for Ep. 2 feat. Gary McNeill Concepts.
Don't miss it!
holly crap 9''25 this is a very nice ride mate !
Hey Jake, Yeah this board definitely gives you a feeling of soaring at top speed. Feels a bit like snowboarding sometimes. 👌
Great review. Next time if you use different fins could you label the waves which fins you are riding? I have the 5'11, still unsurfed and deciding what fins to get.
Hey man, For sure.
FYI, the first session (lumpy semi-onshore) I had the CxC twins in. The second session (offshore) was all shot with the CI twins.
I feel like it depends on if you wish to slice the board through your turns and still get a bit of release or keep the board more on a track and carve your lines.
I hope this helps.
Great review, mate. It would be good to compare the Twin Pin with the FishBeard...
Ahhh yes the FishBeard!!! I'd forgotten about that model! Would love to do a future review on it! ...thanks for reminding me!
Also, super stoked you're into the review. Always open to suggestions or improvements. ✌️
check out the surf prescriptions tur twin pin! It looks very similar to this model but it also has 4 channels. Doc initially designed it as a mid-length but works awesome shorter too. I love my 5'10". my dad has a 6'9" one that is a lot of fun too
Sounds epic! I'll check it out! 👌
Hi Justin ! I was actually looking exactly to those boards, meaning the CI Twin Pin and the Tur Twin Pin. I’m 5’9 and was looking both in 5,11 mostly for beach breaks, steep fast waves .. so I would really appreciated if you can give me your feedback on your 5,10 tur twin .. is it fast ? Would you surf it on a 5 ft face beach break ? How does it paddle for you ?
@@surfbored hello! Thanks for the review… same question I asked Justin but on the Twin Pin .. hehe thanks !
I have a 4 channel Tur Twin Pin it's perfect for NJ beach break. All the manufacturers and retailers say their boards are great in all conditions and wave sizes. The TTP is the only board I have ever had that actually is. Got the 6'2, I can catch unbroken waves way out with the longboarders on it.
So much vibes........
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Hello, can you please give us a little more details on the differences between the CC upright fin and the BM twins ?
Hi. I feel both sets of fins are ideal for this board. It is more dependent on the wave type you are surfing. My suggestion is to get both an upright twin fin set and an upright keel (similar to the fins I've featured) and test them in various conditions. The main difference is the upright fin (CC) works well in quick transition and short waves which require responsiveness, whereas the keel style (BM) set will work in walled-up down the line style waves where you can draw out your turns and hold the rail line longer. 🤙🏼👌🙏🌈✌️
Man, this is soo good! Congrats on your first video. I'm currently living in Indo and have been riding the CI Twin Pin for the past months. Never tried the official fins, only similar sizes as the CC ones you use and another set that sits in between the CC and official ones. I like those more when the surf is a bit bigger.
But I fully agree on the "doesn't feel good on below shoulder waves" and "it needs a long wall". I've tried it in smaller surf, the board feels like a boat in those conditions haha! I'm 6,2 and weigh about 82kg, I got the stock 6'1 version. If you're into twins, another board I can highly recommend is the CC Lane Splitter.
Hey Nick,
Thanks for the vibes! Much appreciated.
Good to hear you are experiencing similar things with this model, just like all boards, it has it's place in a quiver.
I'd love to know your thoughts on it as a tube riding board, especially if you're over in Indo... for me it was a huge surprise that it goes so well in hollow tubes... it would be my board of choice for those days out of every board I currently have.
I also have and love the CC Lane Splitter (a stock 5'7"). It's actually the most fun Twin Fin I own.
We may do a review on this model in coming episodes, but also want to give some attention to the lesser known shapers out there when possible.
Hit me up if you have any questions or suggestions for future reviews!
Respect!
Hey Nic I’m in Bali looking to get this board please can you tell me where you got your fins from I suppose they are the one made here and a bit cheaper than the Original fins. Also what is CC is that channel island?
Sold! How good is that review
Damn, thanks Gus! I appreciate the feedback. We are just finalising filming of Ep.2 ...make sure to tune in for that one!
Any tips or questions don't hesitate to shout out. 🤙🏽
Have you thrown a set of the Rasta fins in it? Nice footage. Thanks!! Rad little devil ain’t she!!😜
Just a question with sizing, did you size it you your normal short board?
Hi Johan, I sized this one based off my shortboard literage, and then scaled that up by about 2litres. I normally ride my short boards around 28.5litres and this Twin Pin is 30.6litres.
I hope this helps 🙏
Great video. You might want to speed up the Aussie drawl a little for the impatient international viewer!
Thanks man. Forgive us for our narrative shortcomings, hopefully we can become better during the course of making this series.
Can you do black baron next?
Hey man, we would love to do a review on the JS Black Baron !
- We have some shapers already lined up for the next couple of reviews but with any luck we can review that model thereafter.
email CI and put in a request. Britt Merrick very well may take up your phone call offer. Great in-depth review by the way.
Hey man, Cheers!
...we are already onto our next review, excited to hear you're diggin' it!
Stay tuned!
It's not if you are a pro or not, it's that the pros are ALWAYS riding far better waves. Amazing how all reviewers just seem to ignore that.
Good point. I guess the purpose of these reviews is to showcase how a certain board may perform for average surfers in varied non-optimal conditions and then explaining to the viewers what we thought were the benefits and drawbacks from our personal experience. Hope you enjoy.
Those pavers are giving me anxiety. Stop bloody moving the board about.
The longer the fin the more drag and the slower you go.