CI MID TWIN - Febs, Devon, Cliff

This video showcases an exciting new twin fin egg (midlength) design by CI that features Mikey February, Cliff Kapono and Devon Howard demonstrating the spicy riding capabilities of the CI Mid Twin.
Our original CI Mid debuted with the ever reliable 2-plus-1 fin set-up (big center fin, small sidebites). While it can also be enjoyed as a single-fin, the side-fin placement is too far forward to work properly as a twin. So, when updating our popular “CI Mid” to accommodate two fins, we once again worked with the Mid’s co-designer Devon Howard. After riding multiple R&D revisions with various fin placements-and adding tweaks to both tail rocker and overall dimensions-Devon concluded: “A really great board just got even better.”
The Mid Twin is best described as an incredibly responsive midlength that allows riders to draw smooth, classic lines with effortless trim speeds while still offering the high levels of performance customers expect from Channel Islands. Riders may also experience surprisingly high top-end speeds that seamlessly and confidently flow into quick, drivey bottom turns or redirections out on the open face.
Thanks to added lift from the larger twin fins, we were able to cut down the board’s length by 1” from the original Mid dims-resulting in crisper turns through critical sections. Although it called for a slightly shorter rail line, we wanted to keep the Mid Twin’s stock volume (liters) as close to the original as possible for optimal paddling-so a tad bit of width and thickness was added. To help the board perform even better rail to rail and be more sensitive through turns when you need it, we added just a touch more tail rocker. Team riders have shared they are sometimes going as much as 4 inches shorter than the original Mid because of all these updates with fins, dims and rocker-as well as the fact that we built the shorter sized Mid Twins with more generous volume than our original Mid stock dims.
As for the finishing touches, we kept the same minimalist logo as the original Mid-the exact logo Al put on his boards in the early ’70s. All Mid Twins are stocked with high quality resin craftsmanship (6-4oz. decks with 6oz. bottoms) and sealed with a beautiful satin gloss finish.
When sizing any of our Mid designs, we recommend about 10” above your height for good to very good surfers; 12” for average to good; and 14-16” for beginner to average ability.
Recommended fins are either the AMK or BMT. Go the AMK if you like fuller, rounder, drivey turns-or if have a medium to larger body type. BMT may better suit those that are of a lighter frame or like a looser, tighter arc feels underfoot.
LINKS FOR FINS
BMT - cisurfboards.c...
AMK - cisurfboards.c...
LINK TO MID TWIN - cisurfboards.c...
LINK for OG MID - cisurfboards.c...
See film's end credits for stock dims, fins, what the surfers are riding and filmer credits.

[@kevinu8923]

Sure hope CI is paying Devon a residual on all their MID sales! His videos are the reason I bought mine. I love it BTW.

[@TheJDenz]

You have to CI mid or twin?

[@kevinu8923]

Have 6-8 Mid 2+1... not the Twin

[@dekismokton2407]

Devon Howard is the current CI sales director 😎🤙

[@zacchardin5071]

So crazy. I swear I was just watching the Devon Mid Length video last night, and while Britt was discussing the archive shapes of the Huevo Caliente, I saw a mid fish design and thought,”Hmm I wonder if CI will make a Mid Twin?” Then boom literally the next day this wonderful edit gets dropped. Goes to show CI is always going to be pushing the limit in their own classic timeless manner.

[@SkipperSurfReview]

Awesome edit and very inspiring! Love CI Mid Twin. It’s versatile and built with a great quality in US🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@captainamerica3531]

Sweet! Some awesome clean waves. Great rides.

[@francomunoz229]

Best board ever. Timeless

[@TheJDenz]

You have to CI mid or twin

[@francomunoz229]

@@TheJDenz twin

[@holmespun]

Just got mine. Can’t wait to try it!

[@cisurfboards]

Let us know how she rides.

[@petercee4185]

I've got one of these, and it catches waves and turns well

[@oliguayasebesteves166]

Master class by the 3 👏❤

[@TheRegularGuyReview]

Oh my, testing, testing, 123 need to test this :)

World Class surfboards for world class surfers.

[@soulfulwapechi]

Def getting this baddie!

[@NACH10tube]

fudge that looks fun

[@uavfeliped]

Double Like 👍🏻 👍🏻

[@Coover90210]

Ok bear with me but here is why I think mids are the most pure form of surfing: there are no contests. There is no way to surf mids for somebody else's approval. You do it how you do it, for yourself, same at Malibu as you would if you were a castaway on a deserted island. No tricks, no contrived posing. Surfing for the fun of it. Something many of us lose during the obsessive phase, sadly.

[@johncleghorn2960]

I only surf waves to head high a mid length twin should be good hey?

[@AlexNorman-sp9kp]

Now everyone can surf like Wayne Lynch in Evolution. Or at least try to!

[@teodordeutsch9121]

What size mid twins are being ridden?

[@jeffn1384]

So is this identical to the ci mid but with twin fins (obviously in a different position than the ci side bites?) . Wondering if you could just add some twin slots on the existing ci mid.

[@cisurfboards]

Hi Jeff, it is not. Check there caption gives fairly detailed info. It's diff rocker and slightly diff dims. To get the 2 plus 1 to work properly side fins need be more forward than where we would set the Twin Fins. We tried this and we could settle for a less ideal board on other side of this by compromise and split the difference but after testing it letting them have their own best fin placement made a better board. you can run Twins on the OG CI Mid but would need to find a trailer fin to offset the lack of drive and how loose it will feel.

[@tribAluo]

@@cisurfboards Which dimension of the trailer fin is your suggestion?

[@boltup5566]

Next year they will add channels like a MOTE Fiji. 😁

[@cisurfboards]

Will not. That is their thing, we have ours. Team is very happy with how this is working, as seen in the video. More info and videos to come on soon. Enjoy

[@craigsteven5343]

Make a long fish!

[@79pejeperro]

No. That is not a California thing

[@cisurfboards]

@@craigsteven5343 We have! Lots of boards always being tinkered with. Maybe one day soon will share one. Always based on which board our team is most excited about.

[@craigsteven5343]

Sounds like you’ve got one!

[@simonfooks6962]

dimensions are diff on website arent they?

[@cisurfboards]

We just looked. They are the same as on this video. Be sure you are looking at the Mid Twin page on the OG Mid .... here is the mid twin page> cisurfboards.com/products/ci-mid-twin-1

[@cisurfboards]

here is the original mid page cisurfboards.com/products/ci-mid

[@cisurfboards]

Mid Twin has different dims slightly than the original mid

[@simonfooks6962]

I looked on someone else's website my apologies

[@jennygd12345]

Tkm

[@Petepato3]

February is 162lbs for 6'3! That's skinny..

[@cisurfboards]

He's lean and mean!