Island Bay, 1570085974
If you outgrow the t-shirt, there's a 9'4 Brewer gun at Drifter on Bali for only 40mio Rupiah. Fucken beauty.
Blowin, 1570087445
Excellent
murphy-s-law, 1570091837
Well done.
Good luck to the little guy.
hoody, 1570092347
Ive got a Dewey Webber Surfbords T. 1968 and its even got a pocket for your durries.
Not many years left in it tho. Starting to show signs of wear like its owner.
freeride76, 1570097342
I've got a Bylseys Surf Shop
69 Shirley St
t-eo.
wages for one of the days I worked for him.
dandandan, 1570099631
Good old Mitchell Rae often sneaks an Outer Islands tee with the spirit eye on it into the box with my new boards. It's not a rare occurrence that it will be the catalyst for a very enjoyable 45 minute yarn at Ngurah Rai, and on one occasion led to the gifting of a secret spot from an old fella who reckoned he had done his last trip to the islands. God bless the magic tee.
peterb, 1570103437
Outlaw ..
morg, 1570104248
Perfect. What a great idea. Support the people who are contributing to surfing, rather than just seizing another money making opportunity.
New T-shirt please . . . . living the dream all over again :)
morg, 1570104383
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Lammie, 1570107644
They lost me when they killed the Bali surf labels [Amphibia and Lost Boys] I wore the lost boys tees till they were rags.
luke.hutch, 1570117683
Bonza! Add ...purchase hand made boards from your local shapers and we begin training the industry back to the light
Spuddups, 1570126391
I don't think there's a lot of money to be made in selling stuff just to surfers. That's the problem the surf companies had and still have.
simba, 1570132886
But isn't that the point ,it's not about the money it's about being a surfer.......that's where the big 3 went wrong ,lost touch with the soul of surfing and appealed to the masses....and I hope they rot in hell......real surfers surf for the love not the fashion trend.
Vic Local, 1570138674
Hear hear Stu. I reckon the writing was on the wall when endless hapless petty thieves and drunken celebrities disgraced the TV news in Rip Curl, Billabong and Quiksilver shirts.
I thought to myself, every wanker is a faux surfer.
yocal, 1570144233
I like to unashamedly boast about where i've travelled to via my terrible fashion sense, so I go to the souvenir shops and pick out a lairy fluoro singlet that says "Puerto Escondido" or "North Shore" or "Vailima" (the local beer) or "Iluka" (the fishing & tackle shop on the way up to the wall has some good T's). Then every now and then a fun & nostalgic conversation starts with someone who recognises it and has travelled there to surf too.
Ape Anonymous, 1570146818
Precision Equipment Da Claw shirt X 2 - one of which is the last one. Thanks Tom!
Needs do some low cost surf-appropriate gear as well.
velocityjohnno, 1570146951
I like it, a good idea.
What is everyone's take on the 'de-logo'd' surf brands of the last 10 years or so? They are made by younger crew, far less visible logos, often plain shirts/shorts. It has been associated with the Byron Bay/longboarding way, includes zipper wettie jackets etc - all free from big logos. I'd say "hipster" but there's more substance to it than that throwaway tag - it's a reaction back to basics, and these brands have got back to a visual basic. In actual real gear, you have the Need wetties, which by accounts are excellent. All this is a reaction to how the major labels listed and went hyper-commercial?
daisy duke kahanamoku, 1570149528
Forty-something is code for 'I'm old and cant remember my exact age' and size M means you're short, not fit.
garyg1412, 1570153516
The thing is there are truckloads of surfers on this planet so they had no problem with their client base. Problem is they got fucking greedy and their true client base shrunk exponentially with $80 price tags for boardshorts, etc.
Look at the tennis and golf brands and the cash they splash out on sponsorship, prizemoney, etc. They are able to do that because their client base is mainly rich pricks who don't blink at spending up big on their equipment and gear.
Surfing not so much - most of us are average joe tightarses and these surf companies should have recognised that and maybe adjusted their business models to suit volumes and not massive profit margins.
Nigeisblessed, 1570158329
when I first started surfing Piping Hot was the ducks nuts in wetties and clothing. It near broke my heart when their gear started appearing in Target! So now - I go to the Op shop and I'm gonna start my own clothing brand look out for it! Won't be made by slaves in Bangladesh either.
Lanky Dean, 1570161844
Gold !
Lanky Dean, 1570161955
Awesome .
Support your local shaper people !
Sam2609, 1570162055
my favourite shirts are as follows:
-Surf Chicama
-Samoan Surf riders
-Raglan Surf emporium
- Steele Lewis Designs
if someone gives you shit about the brand of your shirt, its instantly obvious that their opinion isn't worth giving a shit about.
support the locals when you travel.
or the neighborhood underdog having a crack.
Lanky Dean, 1570162072
"Surfers don't have any money"
I've heard that before.
Lanky Dean, 1570162429
Tamba
That's another favorite of mine .
Spuddups, 1570162434
Nah man, that's not what I meant. A lot of surfers have plenty of money. We just don't like spending it on stuff not directly related to surfing. $3000 trip to Indo? No problem. $30 Rip-Curl Teeshirt? Not so much.
velocityjohnno, 1570162648
mambo did a T shirt once "particularly nasty weather" where 2 high pressure systems over Oz kind of made out full frontal female parts....
AndyM, 1570167678
Just saw a fella walking down the main street of town wearing a Centrelink t-shirt.
Could've been a shout out to his sponsor but I suspect it was an old shirt.
Blowin, 1570171134
My lady did a screen printing course whilst we were stationed up at a dusty old North West inland town for a while . She’s not bad at art and so she printed hand drawn images of some my favourite line ups at the time with appropriate iconography such as light houses , headlands for each on the back of T Shirts . With a little version on the front left chest.
Wore them till they died and then some.
Surfalot67, 1570173511
$30 Rip Curl T?? Shit, you haven't been shopping for a while Spud
Surfalot67, 1570173704
I don't disagree VJ, but the zip front vests? Pure hipster bullshit, especially when worn unzipped. Most of us worked out they were uncomfortable shit 40 years ago!
indo-dreaming, 1570173945
Yeah id wear that kind of stuff, personally i haven't bought a surf brand T-shirt in 15+ years but i do have them, mates hand me downs and missus buys them for me, half the time i whinge because i really dont want them, really id prefer a no name brand from Big W with a cool design these days than a Billabong or Quicksilver tee.
Only T-shirts i actually buy myself are band T-shirts at gigs, always the wrong size either too small or too big because my size has sold out by the time i buy one, after the gig pissed.
Spuddups, 1570176356
Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about. I wouldn’t have a farken’ clue how much one of those shirts cost.
PCS PeterPan, 1570182544
RIP Rip Curl , who cares . . . been buying NeedEssentials wetties for 5 years , best wetsuits ever , IMO !
How many times have you seen people wearing "BIG THREE" surf clothing just to get some 'street cred' ? makes me want to puke . VANS are being worn by office jocks who would not have a clue at any local skate park , again , just wanting to look COOL .
Buying a Tee from your local shaper is waaaay better . These jonny come lately COOL dudes wont get the significance . Great idea people !
By the by , surfed a little 'outa the way' spot with my buddy , he's wearing his $599 Ripcurl , I'm wearing my $225 Needsessential , he gets out 40 minutes before me, cause he's cold !
drchris, 1570191419
https://gashsurfboards.com/collections/tees?page=1
GuySmiley, 1570197748
I don't think this marriage will work out. Kathmandu's business model seems to be to grossly over inflate the RRP on their clothing so their bi-monthly 30% - 50% off everything sales seem good value which it isn't. How will this sit with surfers and the clothing and wet suits they buy? These items haven't traditionally been priced/discounted like that so the new company will have a Jeckyll and Hyde personality.
I would also argue Kathmandu is only a few degrees removed from the very low end adventure / bush walking retailers so is it a good corporate fit for RC who seem to have enjoyed a high corporate image while Quik and Bong got a fully blown corporate reaming.
lilbandit, 1570221441
Slight sidestep but how’s how every random celebrity or athlete will throw a Shaka on the telly these days. Makes me cringe. That was purely surfing to me growing up. And it’s kinda like those brands these days. I don’t throw shakas any more but I sure still get boards shaped
Standingleft, 1570224493
Nice one Stu, rebuilding surf culture one T at a time.
poo-man, 1570224897
Yeah I tend to agree with you Guy. Kathmandu try and sell rashies for $99 retail but they only sell for half price when they have one of their big sales. But a standard price for a rashie is $49 in a surf shop anyway. Just don't know how their Kathmandu mentality is going to work for Rip Curl. You can't just double the price of everything Rip Curl in order to discount it and say it's 50% off
frog, 1570227881
I walk past a surf shop everyday. Occasionally I buy .......... a block of wax.
sandcrab, 1570230854
I went into a surf shop to buy a block of wax
to find they don't sell wax
only surf clothing
Lanky Dean, 1570239012
New surf order.
Lanky Dean, 1570239244
Surf boutiques,
There was one in my home town.
Not boards, no wetties, no wax.
Just clothes, this was in the mid to late eighties by the way.
Vic Local, 1570241118
When Mambo was the big alternative brand, my mum did a bunch of surf shirts with cool colour prints and a silhouette of a surfer dropping down the face. They even had a little logo tag "Mumbo".
A group of professional thieves from Brisbane came into Byron one weekend and basically knocked gear off that wasn't nailed down, including my Mumbo shirt off the clothes line. Lucky for the thieves he didn't wear it around town.
Pedro1212, 1570244161
So many old blokes going into Deus 'temples' to fawn over bikes and departing in a shirt/cap instead. That model is working pretty well for ol' Dare.
velocityjohnno, 1570267263
Interesting! Make your own.... Quik was the logo to have on boardies in the early 80's, that silver reflective logo. M&D couldn't afford it for us, we got the Target 'Catchit' boardies. More than one mum at the school would find used, dead quikky boardies at Op shops and then transfer the logo to the cheaper brand for us kids.
Reg Mombassa a big fan of the postwar Australian beach shack architecture, me too, always liked his paintings of these houses. In the Mambo book, taught me the 2 minute noodles/motel kettle meal recipe lol.
Hairy Dog Trumpet was pretty good too.
tubeshooter, 1570273071
.My wardrobe is full of cheap Balinese genuine fake labels and Kirra Surf seconds. screw the man
Lanky Dean, 1570296257
Spot on Stu net,
I have a special Da hui I shirt I bought from a yard sale for a dollar and an xcel wetsuit vest I picked up for 2 $.
Lanky Dean, 1570296478
Kuta lines.
simba, 1570298137
Even a shop in Milan,Italy,believe it or not,saw it the other day.
wingnut2443, 1570309652
Hey Stu n Ben ... In line with this 'concept', what about doing a story on the old surf shop. You know, local independent, been around for years, sells boards n wax, n wetties, clothes etc and puts up prizes for the local boardriders?
Give 'em some exposure and help rewrite the vibe?
Couple come to mind:
Beachtown Surf Shop in North Haven.
Brunswick Surf in Brunswick Heads.
Cabarita Surfshop in Cabarita Beack / Bogangar.
I'm sure there's others the swellnet crew can name.
I reckon there is a story with every one of them.
Blowin, 1570313537
Watching the surfing in France last night and started playing a mental game of spotting the Deus shirts in the crowd. They were everywhere.
Was like Quiksilver in the ‘90’s
AndyM, 1570316506
They're like NY caps and anything with RVCA on it, just another handy way of spotting the bog standard.
Worn by every Tyler, Taylor, Tayla, Taylah and Gravel with their standard issue tatts.
dandob, 1570343558
I'd say why would you pay $60 for a blank " hipster" brand tshirt, when you can buy the same blank shirt from target for $5. Probably out of the same sweatshop factory to!
savanova, 1570349562
Only new surf shirt I get every year comes with boardriders rego. Even that's printed in a back shed.
surfstarved, 1570350676
I had an awesome Soul Arch Surfboards hoodie that I wore everywhere, until I left it in a boat moored at a jetty in Kent a couple of years ago. Now my only "wink-wink, nod-nod" secret handshake pieces of apparel are a holy old Campbell Bros t-shirt and a hideously overpriced On the Edge of a Dream shirt I picked up at the screening in Mullum last year. Wrong size, so I hardly ever wear it either...
indo-dreaming, 1570351451
In the 80s & 90s all my local surf shops/board makers did T-shirts and hoodies etc and they were super popular, but now i dont think they do them or if they do i never see anyone wearing them.
Kind of weird how it's changed.
dandob, 1570395627
I've got a mate who makes coin in the " retro vintage " hipster market. Old faded mambo shirts are particular gold. Gets old surf and band ts that are worn from op shops and flogs them for $100 to young cool cats who are being ironically cool. My old mans cupboard is worth $1000's.
Blowin, 1570395891
That reminds me of when Rodney Rude heard that the sperm bank was paying ten dollars for a deposit and he realised he had a towel under his bed worth three grand.
Terminal, 1570404016
Kent at Southern Man in Ulladulla
surfstarved, 1570411954
Incidentally, where can we buy the size-M Swellnet shirt?
Craig, 1570412679
Ha, that's gold!
see.saw, 1570422166
Vinnies or the like is where I get my clothes mostly. (The faux surfer ditches it cause it’s out of fashion, so I get it for the next 5 years). Just to recycle and because, like everyone has said, big brands are way too pricey for the average surfer. Everything has to be scaled down and made to last if there is any hope. But I’ve lost hope. I give humans 50 maybe 100 years before chaos reigns. We’re fucked.
Blowin, 1570427631
No , you’re fucked.....I’m looking forward to the apocalypse.
I’ve been spending my days digging a basement which I’ve stocked full of Heinz Big Eats and Hungry Man dinners. Thousands of them.
I’ve got a brewing kit , a monopoly board , old school porno mags ( no batteries required) and a commercial quantity of moisturiser.
A few years downstairs and I’ll re-emerge stronger than ever , just in time to pick off the few weakened remnants of mankind.
Notice I said mankind specifically ? That’s no mistake, I ain’t going all Justin Trudeau on you . I aim to eradicate every last male, then harvest all the women into a harem the likes of which the world has never seen.
Whoa , there !..... I can see Steph , Sally , Tatiana and Sage getting all misty eyed at the thought of it . Sorry , girls , I don’t plan on being out surfed on Planet Blowin. You’ll be going the way of the Kyle Sandilands, the Eddie Maguires and the Scott Morrisons of the world .
Now that I think about it , there might not be too many sexy girl surfers left if I cull them purely because they’ve got a more fluid cutback than I do. Perhaps I’ll just banish them to close out beach breaks till I desire their company ? An endless procession of hot chick rippers building up intolerable levels of shit surf frustration with myself as their only outlet for that physical desire . Where on Earth can I find a spot large enough to accommodate thousands of women yet never provide them with a hollow section, a clean face or any down the line speed ?
Looks like we might need to rename Manly.
It’s going to be good to be the King.
scottishsponger, 1570444911
They look the same but they’re not. A $60 t-shirt from Patagonia or Outerknown has definitely not been made in a sweatshop and you’re paying for the ethical supply chain. I still don’t understand how anyone can wear a $5 t-shirt (or anything from Target, K Mary, Billabong, etc) and be comfortable knowing some poor kid in a 3rd world country has worked a 70 hour week for a few bucks to make it. There’s a massive difference between a $5 t-shirt and a $60 one, from the right company.
scottishsponger, 1570445143
Vans are the pits now. Owned by some luxury brand (LVM) or something, not the family company they were when they first became cool. Absolutely everyone is wearing them now thinking they’re edgy.
dandob, 1570446178
Yer look, I get it. I'm as social libertarian as the next teenage anarchist. I wasn't talking about ethical business like you listed, more the RVCA, Afends types that probably source there plain Ts from similar sources as target etc. 600% mark up for a small screenprinted logo. No thanks.
And as ethical as Patagonia or outerknown are, I'm not paying $60 or above for a tshirt.
I donate the money I save to the Greens to offset my exploitative guilt.
Plus it lets me track where the corporate pigs are exploiting next. Used to be China but now they have a burgeoning middle class, the shirts come out of Bangladesh. Viva la revolution!
velocityjohnno, 1570447191
Or France. Or Trigg.
Just remember to balance both arms with that commercial quantity of moisturiser, otherwise you will be continually falling to one side when you re-emerge.
velocityjohnno, 1570447332
"... and this shirt was worn to a real Def Leppard concert in '89..."
"It's so authentic."
dandob, 1570450834
I'm not kidding. He told me today he go $150 for an old shirt just this week.
crip, 1570451468
I've still got that t. Love it, but have to be careful about where I wear it. Certainly not to work!
factotum, 1570583090
...and Art to boot!
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teaqueue, 1570593321
Exactly. Nice Yocal. I lost my baby blue 'Seki A Seki Samoa' t-shirt years ago, but the amount of joy and cred it gave me.!!
Finntim, 1570612814
with you all the way see saw. bit of disso in the wash with the boardies, prevents travellers and your good.
garyg1412, 1570674128
Blowin can I have your Anzac biscuit recipe please.
Surf Ads, 1570751799
That cannot be beaten.
Surf Ads, 1570751920
The Deus Dad is a whole species on its own. Well built, still attractive but otherwise balding/ageing middle management type with two kids and a late model Range Rover.
Nigeisblessed, 1570767236
Surf Ratz
dangerouskook2000, 1570960756
Yep
paul.tainsh, 1571190221
Triggerbros tracksuit pants.
ben.jones, 1580236260
F#ck the corporates. Support the local shaper. Buy a tshirt or hoodie and keep ‘em in durries, a slab or a new pair of things cause the old ones blew out. Outereef, Island, Trigger, Mick Pierce, Corey Graham... the list is endless...