Kelly slater to buy Channel Islands?

channel islands are who they are today because of Kelly slater.same with quicksilver,id say theres no better customer to take over

 

That would then be Kellys first large business mistake.
Channels are soooo yesterday.....

 

Hes going to buy out Burton too??

 

#outerknown4lyfe

 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/29/surfing-legend-kelly-slater-s-new-outerknown-takes-beach-wear-to-a-new-level.html

 

Exactly.
If he's buying CI, then Burton is selling CI. They own it.

 

Overpriced Soulless crap coming to a Marshals and TJMax soon.

 

Yes, Yes. Terrible business decision. I think at this point most of the general surfing population realizes that CI and the everyday surfer are not a great match. There is a reason you see mostly QS surfers on them and the rest of the lineup on mostly bigger boards like thick Haydens or something trendy. They dont work for the masses. Bad buy for kelly, but then again, he is the King!
I dont dog Kelly anymore. I used to think he was a loser, but now I actually respect him more than most all other surfers.

 

I don't agree with this. I'm not really a fan of CI's shapes but the Pod, Biscuit, Fiscuit, Average Joe, High Five, Wierdi Ripper, Neck Beard, Dumpster Diver, (probably forgetting more than I remember) are all pretty popular shapes aimed at average surfers in mediocre small to medium sized waves.

 

thanks for saving me the time of typing up this. CI has plenty of 'everyman' boards. And i have news for you sparky, bigger doesn't always mean better...

 

wow burton,as in burton snowboards owns ci?seriously never knew that

 

yep

 

I've got a pod and it kind of sucks. Its an in between board. When its crappy it doesnt perform, and when its pretty good you want to step up to something less thick and wide.

 

It's not the arrow, but the indian. wink wink

On my sixth Biscuit in the last 8 years. Goes great in everything from knee high to softer overhead.

 

^6 in 8 years highlights the other issue. They make $700 disposable boards, can't deny they make great shapes but they fall apart so quickly.

 

I've had a DD and currently have a roundtail Fred Rubble... liked the DD, love the FR. Had it for a little over a year and it is a great barrel board. Also the only short PU board I still ride.

 

My buddy left a Rubble at my place over the winter... I rode it a few times and love it too.

 

I agree, but 90% of the time I didn't wear a leash when riding the Biscuit and surfed it alot in high tide shore pound.
I have the hook-up with CI, but rarely get any boards from them anymore b/c i've seen the quality go down. In fact the only CIs I've gotten in the past 4 years is the Biscuit just b/c I love it so much.

 

If kelly buys it, fires half the folks working there, ditches most of their riders, and trashes half the board line line he could make something profitable out of it. Or if he starts making boards in china under the CI label. That's pretty profitable I hear.

CI is the first of many that are going to go. Those companies got too big to fast and the backyard shapers who are charging $400 for a board are taking a recognizable chunk of the market share.

Also, fuk the Burton corporation.