It was the annual Boardroom surfboard expo in Del Mar, California, where Al Merrick was being honored for his legacy of high-performance shaping. And amid booths with boards of varying shapes ...

you’ll find Al Merrick’s fingerprints — either literally or figuratively — on hundreds of thousands of surfboards, making his blades the most popular on the planet. They’re also among ...

The six-foot-plus Glider was designed by Al Merrick, the revered shaper at Channel Islands Surfboards, and then mass-produced in Thailand by Global Surf Industries. It’s a classic all-around ...

Somebody had to make all those surfboards, after all. From the Dick Brewer/Gerry Lopez relationship, to Occy and Rusty, and Tom Curren and Al Merrick, there are just some surfer-shaper connections ...

Hours in the bay with Al Merrick have lead to Kelly riding boards ... Thomson is the brains behind the Tomo Surfboards range of rectangular blades, and is a keen student of hull shapes.

The International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame celebrated 25 years on Saturday, Oct. 19, with the induction of several crafters who have helped countless surfers catch waves. Six surfboard ...

Eulogizing Usher’s performance on a surfboard, the Santa Barbara Independent ... of the Channel Islands surf team, working with Al Merrick since the mid 70s in his shaping room, collaborating ...

FLOW the true story of a surfing revolution is an award winning feature documentary illustrating the evolution of modern surfing over the last 40 years and celebrates the lives and unparalleled ...

Jamie O'Brien, Ian Walsh, Julian Wilson, and Kolohe Andino join Raimana Van Bastolaer at his home in Tahiti and hop on the Kelly Slater board shaped by Al Merrick.