Looking to Catch More Waves? See How the CI Mid Could Change Your Game! Watch Wooly TV #35
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Channel Islands CI Mid - WOOLY TV #35 - Surfboard Review
Wooly is back and the froth is real! 6 months has been a long time healing the knee but he is back ready to go and this is one of the first surfs back so you will have to excuse the first surf in the right hander! :) But I did get it going better after a few surfs under my belt and found a nice fat left point break to play on.
Wooly weighs 87kg/192lb and is 6'1"/187cm tall
Wooly is riding a 7'0" x 21 1/8" x 2 3/4" - 44.90L
From Channel Islands
The CI Mid is a modern classic design resulting from a fun collaboration with Devon Howard, a southern California surfer that has spent the past two decades riding and refining this genre.
Inspired by the clean, longer-railed lines drawn by traditional eggs and single-fins, the CI Mid infuses that vibe with the crispness, sensitivity, and freedom made possible by modern features synonymous with Merrick design principles.
Boasting a moderate mid length template with low entry rocker and foam forward for ease of paddle and effortless trim speed, the CI Mid scoots, squirts and swivels thanks to contemporary features like double-barrel concave, graduated rocker, and hard, slightly tucked rails through and off the tail.
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Loved this vid; great example of surfing a mid-length right - and look at that wave count!!!
I’m not so sure I’m great on a mid compared to guys like Harley Ingelby, Devon Howard or the like but I do have a lot of fun ridding them! 🤙
Haven't gone back to my shorty since. No reason. Turns just as good but catched more waves and is more stable. Masses of people are compromising There surfing by sinking on their 5'8. It's rediculous bro.
Yep the mids would help a lot of people
Love mine. Got the 7’10”. Extra beefy for extra fun 🤙
Paddle machine!
Check out the MID 6 too when you get a chance. Another awesome performance mid length.
Yeah they are sick! I love the way Harley surfs his.
The CI mid definitely works well in less than perfect fat crumbly conditions.
Sure does!
People think longer boards are easy. Only until you try to do something.🤣😂😂
Admitted you did get the hang of it. Thanks for being honest. 👌
Yes! I was fresh from injury in this one so I struggled to get an act in the smaller stuff but it went great for me in the bigger stuff 🤙
Great review!!! Can I ask if this type of board only works well in point breaks ??
my spot only have beach breaks, I do not have long open wave walls
I have a 6'10". Pretty much agree with your assessment. The Mid does not work well in small waves for me, as well. Chest to overhead is when it truly shines. Definitely keeping this board for those days.
Yeah I much prefer it in the bigger wonky surf 🤙
In what way does it not work in small waves ? Surely it paddles into waves you wouldn’t normally catch in a shortboard and glides through dead spots waaay better ? Obviously it’s not gonna fit in the pocket. But for cruising on crappy weak waves it’s good no ?
I want something that will catch waves when my 5”6 shortboard just can’t get going and then be epic for solid reef /point breaks too.
@@SurferKroky Yes, compared to a shortboard, the mid will take off easily in the small stuff, but for me it feels like the board is stuck in 3rd/4th gear, once I'm up and riding. I just can't seem to click with it when it's waste high and smaller. Where I live the waves are on the mushier side when it's small. That could be a factor.
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More car-nts LOL.....ideal board for the summer south side slalom event 😀🤙
Yeah it has its place in a quiver
Great show and input keep um coming from the other side of the globe
Thanks mate. Plenty more coming this year as I’m back surfing again and have some great crew filming.
Ya mate’s right about the crowds - there’ll be 40 out even when there’s not enough waves for three 🤷🏽♂️
This was back in January and it was the first swell for a while! Crazy busy
Wooley you’re trying to ride it like a short board, let the board go and rail surf it
Yeah Imm not much of a mid/longboard guy at all but Im slowly learning........
Good old mid length, definitely took your performance to new depths...How's your board "oh it's a great paddler" haha.
Yeah I’m not the average mid length guy BUT I’m learning. Did a mean hang 5 😂
@@WoolyTV The mid length for me felt like going forward in time, like to my 70's...when I will call that ripping! Haha.
This board sounds great! I'm looking forward to catching more waves with it and seeing how it changes my game!
Its a game changer for wave count :)
CI hasn't ever been known for mid lengths. Get a bing they've been making them since the 60's. Hand made, Matt Calvani is an artist
Surprised you like the fin way back. Most videos of this board show the user has the centre fin just behind the side bites.
I agree re wave size. It is not a groveller. It needs some push. Thanks for the video.
Yeah I seem to like fins further back in most mids. I’m pretty tall so I do have quite a lot of leverage.
Another question.... You said you used a 7" fin. Did you intentionally not use the CI 6.5" fin developed for the board? If so why did you do that. Or did you have no choice but to improvise?
I am because I don't have the CI centre and have been trying this and that to see what works.
@@jeffn1384 I just used what I had in my fin library 😂.
I can see he has trouble pushing the tail round in the small waves.. it would probably be more lively with a normal thruster center fin if you want to pump it.. or at least a more flexy 6.5" center, if you want to keep the drive. Great surfing on the CI mid on your backside... first video I've seen...
Great review. I. An see you enjoyed the board😊
Yes I did 🤙
you have a great takeoff technique!
Glad you think so!
Hey! I’ve been tubed in the tube tree green room too!
That’s was the only tube I was getting that day 😂
Thanks for the review Wooly .
Thanks for watching 🤙
What are your thoughts on single fin only for this board?
I rode it once with the 7” single but I preferred it with the side bites. I would probably go a little bigger if I was just going to use the single only - maybe 7.5” or 8”.
But I’m really a thruster guy 😂
Another good review.
Thanks mate
Did you prefer this or the big baron?
Very different boards. The BIg Baron is much looser and easier to throw around whereas the CI mid is more of a old school cruiser. Big difference comparing a twin to a single fin feel.
great vid
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it.
Not one 360? Cmon Wooly.
Ha ha you are onto my signature move 🤙