As winter winds down, Britt Merrick and CI's global team manager Brent Power recap how the last thing they expected was a late season run of swell in our backyard.

Winter is a welcome time of year for Britt and the CI team to work on new testing new designs, so having another crack was a bonus. As luck would have it, some great surfers were in town like Mikey February, Barron Mamiya, Tomas Hermes, Bella Kenworthy, Talia Swindal and Dane Gudauskas, along with local usual suspects like Bobby Martinez, Parker Coffin, Eithan Osborne, Kilian Garland, and Josiah Amico.

Special thanks to Merrick Lager for rounding out the good vibes.