Michael February

FEB'S FISH TOUR -- Lead up to Launch of Spearfish

During the weeks leading up to the launch of Mikey February's new surf edit "SPEARFISH", we took to the road so people in Florida, Outer Banks, New Hampshire, SF Bay Area, SB area, Malibu and San Diego County could try his new model featured in the film: the Feb's Fish. Those few weeks were quickly recapped by our Global Team Manager Brent Power.

Watch "Spearfish" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS5ZQoNbgZQ

Find the Feb's Fish at your local CI Dealer or here: https://cisurfboards.com/products/febs-fish
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SPEARFISH — Mikey Feb’s Fish

SPEARFISH is a surf film that documents Mikey February testing and finetuning a new signature model he designed with Channel Islands Surfboards, dubbed the Feb’s Fish. Watch him draw fast, beautiful, precise lines and gauging turns on this twin fin fish in Mexico, Morocco, California, Maldives, and Indonesia.

Spearfish was created by Mikey’s new video platform “Spearhead Unlimited,” with primary filming captured by Ian Thurtell, editing by Sam Smith and an original musical score by the Albert Bof trio.

Find the Feb’s Fish by CI Surfboards at your local surf shop or here: https://cisurfboards.com/products/febs-fish

STOCK DIMENSIONS
5’3 x 19 7/8 x 2 ¼ — 28.5L
5’5 x 20 1/8 x 2 5/16 — 30.5L
5’7 x 20 ½ x 2 7/16 — 33.8L
5’9 x 20 7/8 x 2 ½ — 36.3L
5’11 x 21 1/8 x 2 5/8 — 39.7L
6’1 x 21 ½ x 2 ¾ — 44.0L
6’3 x 22 x 2 7/8 — 49.7L

MIKEY’S DIMS
5’5 x 20 1/8 x 2 5/16 — 30.5L
Mikey is 6’3 x 165LBS.

The Feb's Fish is the latest result of Michael February's never-ending curiosity for exploring new lines through designs shaped by Britt Merrick. Sometimes Mikey's requests are for original concepts, while other are his new take on a classic design. The latter was the case when he asked Britt for a traditional fish outline but that it have a contemporary engine (modern bottom contours, rocker, etc.) and finely foiled rails so it could be ridden at the highest performance levels possible.

During its R&D revisions and refinement, Febs discovered this new fish comfortably covered a wide range of conditions: from dredging tubes in Mainland Mexico, to high lining with ease at Rincon, to effortlessly getting up on rail and hitting tightly arcing turns with full commitment and confidence at places like Jeffrey's Bay and Morocco. And of course it could grovel at the places like Emma Wood. It is now a staple board in his travel quiver and is his go-to design when just cruising at home.

The Feb's Fish is available stock in PU with two color options and in White Spine-Tek.

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Changing Tempo | A surfing journey with Mikey February

Shot on location in Skeleton Bay, Mozambique and South Africa, CHANGING TEMPO traces Michael February’s journey from pro competitor to one of the most versatile surfers on Earth, as he rides a collection of twin-fins, longboards, mid-lengths and all manner of craft in-between.

This 15-minute vignette is part of a bigger story about Mikey's lineage of design and experimentation, handed down from his father Isaac, as featured in the latest issue of The Surfer’s Journal.

Read the full feature here: www.surfersjournal.com/editorial/mikey-february
Get your copy at www.surfersjournal.com

A Now Now Production
Presented by The Surfer’s Journal
In Association with VANS and Channel Islands
Director of Photography: Alan Van Gysen
Directed and edited by: Will Bendix
Produced by: Alan Van Gysen
Executive Producers: Kevin Voegtlin & Alex Wilson

Pumping Barrels Greet World’s Fanciest Surf Contest in the Maldives

Taj Burrow wins the Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy, again.
“I didn’t know it got that big. It was like Sunset out the back.”
That’s Taj Burrow, who just won the Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy for the third time. These beautiful Indian Ocean atolls are well known for perfect, silky reef surf, but have rarely been compared to Oahu’s North Shore in terms of power. But the swell of the season decided to show up right on cue with the event last week, much to the delight of competitors — Burrow, Michael February, Jadson Andre, Jeremy Flores, Carissa Moore and Ahmed “Ammaday” Agil, all of whom spent hours in the water, trading off aquamarine blue right tubes.
This particular event is unique beyond its sheer opulence, of which there’s no shortage. (Surfers talked as much about brunch as they did conditions, if that’s any indication.) Competitors surfed in three divisions -- singlefins, twinfins and thrusters -- across varying degrees of perfection and size at Sultans, one of the best right reefs in the wave-rich zone. And this year, it was actually big enough that they switched the twinfin and thruster divisions on day two ’cause it was so solid. Burrow ended up beating February in the final, but they both flew home smiling. Actually, we’re pretty sure everyone flew home smiling.
RESULTS
1. Taj Burrow (AUS) 2700pts
2. Mikey February (ZAF) 2600pts
3. Jadson Andre (BRA) 2500pts
4. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 2500pts
5. Carissa Moore (HAW) 2200pts
5. Ahmed “Ammaday” Agil (MDV) 2200pts

Special thanks to Four Seasons Maldives Kuda Huraa, Tropicsurf, and the Surfline Forecast Team.

Filmed by: Sean Gilhooley, Carlo Coral, Marc Beaty, Connor Quinlan, Zach Cole, Jackson Onfray, Local Films

Still photography by: Jon Frank
Cover image: Sultans by Marc Beaty

Finals Highlights – 2024 Surfing Champions Trophy

Surfing icon Taj Burrow wins his third straight Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy, coming up against Michael February in the final.

Twin Fin Division Highlights – 2024 Surfing Champions Trophy

15-year Championship Tour competitor and Pipe Master, Jeremy Flores wins the Twin Fin Division in flawless 4-6 ft conditions at Sultans.

Thruster Division Highlights – 2024 Surfing Champions Trophy

The Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy ran the thruster division rather than the scheduled twin fins. South Africa’s favourite son Mikey February standing tall at day’s end to claim full points and join Taj Burrow on top of the Surfing Champions Trophy leaderboard.

Single Fin Division Highlights – 2024 Surfing Champions Trophy

The 2024 Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy roars to life with opening-day perfection.

EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO ASK A SURFER!

The 2024 J-Bay Classic was a WSL event like no other. American charger Izzi Gomez and Kiwi freesurfer and funny man Mackenzie Bowden were deployed to South Africa to get up close and personal with the incredible field of talent hanging in the Red Bull Athlete Zone, and pepper everyone from 1999 and 2015 World Champions Mark Occhilupo and Adriano de Souza to superstar freesurfer Mikey February and eventual winner Frederico Morais with all the questions you’ve ever wanted answered, to find out just how much surfers actually know about surfing. The results? A whole lot of laughs.

Whether sharing their thoughts from a hot tub, mid-massage, or fresh out of the water, Steph Gilmore, Sage Erickson, Josh Kerr, Matt Wilkinson, Coco Ho and a fleet of South African talent spill the beans on their greatest surfing icks as well as plenty of crazy hypotheticals and surfing trivia, all sprinkled with a healthy dose of action from the event.

From which animal they think they are to their least favourite surfers and who they’d steal moves off, the difference between ’now’, ’now now’ and ‘just now’, when Kelly Slater is actually ever going to retire, and finding out who exactly J-Bay is named after, Izzi and Mackenzie capture surfing’s finest at their most candid. Don’t just take our word for it though, get comfortable and hit play now to soak up all of the action. Enjoy!