Wielding a balance ruler the size of a small child, Al Merrick scrupulously examined the minutiae in the foam blanks. Like a Moroccan merchant, the Santa Barbara shaping legend inspected the goods ...
Three generations of surfing’s Merrick family: father Al, left, founded Channel Islands Surfboards in 1969; son Britt, middle, is buying back the company from Burton Snowboards; and grandson Isaiah is ...
My Fellow Americans: Al Merrick, Surfboard Shaper Day to Day profiles Al Merrick, the founder of Channel Island Surfboards in Santa Barbara, Calif. Merrick has been designing boards for more than ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Shaping Surf History: Tom Curren and Al Merrick, California 1980-1983" by surf photographer Jimmy Metyko has hit the market. And ...
A future MINI model created some great waves and raves last week when Tom Bush MINI enjoyed being one of the first stops on an East Coast test drive tour of the MINI Clubvan and Channel Island's Al ...