Island Water Sports Miami Surf Shop
Founded in 1981, Island Water Sports is Miami’s oldest and most complete surf shop. Our specialty is board sports with the largest selection of surfboards, stand up paddleboards, skateboards, wakeboards, bodyboards, and skimboards in Miami. Also carried in the store are leading apparel brands Quiksilver, Billabong, Volcom, Hurley, O’Neill, Rip Curl, RVCA and Roxy. Our motto is “If we don’t do it, we don’t sell it”.
Beginning in 2011, to celebrate our 30 year anniversary, Island Water Sports Miami has decided to expand all board sport categories. Our paddleboard department is now twice its original size and is capable of carrying over two-dozen more paddleboards. In addition to paddle boards, our paddle board accessories have grown as well. We now carry four different brands of paddles, along with many other SUP accessories. Check out our paddleboarding page for details.
Island’s second category to be expanded is surfboards. Our goal for 2011 is to increase our inventory by 25%. Now Island Water Sports Miami has the largest selection of surfboards in Miami. We also boast the largest selection of Channel Island Surfboards in Miami. Check out our surfboard page for details.
The third category to be expanded is wakeboards. Liquid Force wakeboards is the only brand we carry. For 2012 we decided not to carry more wakeboard brands but to expand our inventory from Liquid Force. Check out our wakeboard page for details.
The last category to be expanded is skateboards. In this section our main goal is to increase our longboard skateboard inventory. We did this by building three new longboard skateboard racks and adding Loaded longboard skateboards to our inventory of Sector 9 and Lost Skateboards. Check out our skateboard page for details.
GOING BIG IN 2012
VIDEO OF THE STORE (MADE WITH GO PRO)
Island Water Sports is known for a great selection of surfboards, skateboards, paddleboards and wakeboards. Here is a short video giving you a look inside the store.
Longboard skateboard sales grew 37% nationally in 2010. At Island Water Sports we have seen this trend and for 2012 we have doubled our inventory of Sector 9 skateboards, added three new skateboard racks, and brought in new brands like Loaded skateboards and Orangutan Wheels.
NEWS AND NOTES FROM CHANNEL ISLAND IN 2012
1. New models available at Island Water Sports in 2012:
The Dumpster Diver
The Semi Pro SP 12
The Fred Rubble
The DFR
The Black Flag Whip
The Motor Boat Too
Team rider Kelly Slater wins event # 1 The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast in the 2011 ASP World Title Race.
Eight of the ASP World Title challengers will be riding Channel Island Surfboards this year including Dane Reynolds, Dusty Payne, and Taylor Knox.
STAND UP PADDLEBOARDING
Stand up paddleboarding has become one of South Florida’s fastest growing sports and Island Water Sports has grown right along with it. In 2012 we have picked up 3 new paddleboard companies; Starboard, C4, and Boardworks, tripled our inventory, and built two more paddleboard racks.
