More t-shirts!!!
Saturdays Surf NYC
Saturdays. Surf. NYC. All three of these things, when mentioned separately, bring good thoughts into our heads. Put them all together and what do you get? A great line of off-duty tees. The brand makes it its mission to outfit a lifestyle occupied with surfing, living and working in the Big Apple. Even if all that doesn’t appeal to you, the simplicity of their laid back designs surely will. $40
You know I don’t surf but I LOVE good design and THIS is great design. :) LOVE!
Surf Gear from Merry Old London
Great surf capitals of the world:
Pipeline in Oahu.
Australia’s Gold Coast.
Anywhere Dick Dale happens to be.
And now, landlocked London…
Bust out the wax for Swami’s Surf Company, a UK outfit that’s somehow nailed the righteous art of surf gear, online now well in time for beach season.
What you’ve got here is the same culture that produced Savile Row putting its minds toward more… Kelly Slater–like pursuits. This means a lot of handsomeness, and a jolly good amount of bespoke options. Like hand-shaped boards made to your exact specifications. Also: starting this summer, tailor-made wetsuits (though a double-breasted windowpane might be tough to come by in neoprene).
Now, whether you’ve hung 10 before or not, you’re going to make damn sure it looks like you have. Thus: you’ll talk with a shaper about your local conditions (not as important if you’ll be mounting the board to the wall), and your height, weight, hopes and dreams. Then: they’ll make it. Once it’s yours, you’ll practice your pop-ups a bit, run out like you know what you’re doing and paddle mightily.
And for further credibility: some nattier-than-they-need-to-be beach tees, blankets and rucksacks, some of which were designed by Paul Smith.
Go ahead, call your board “Sir.”
I don’t surf but I love these retro surfboards. :)
Surfing in the 60’s, Today - Steamship Surfboards
The temp: 75. The sky: blue. The time: now.
Conditions are absolutely perfect for your meeting downstairs with accounting.
Oh, and maybe surfing…
Take a look at Steamship Surfboards, a new Venice-based line of custom retro boards straight out of the ’60s, available now.
Think of that movie Endless Summer. Now think about climbing inside your TV to steal one of Robert August’s boards, but without the Poltergeist-ish creepiness that would entail.
Basically, you’d end up with these. Designed by your new board guy—call him Florian Saylor—who hand-shapes and hand-foils your board not far from the shore. He also uses some futuristic resins and polyurethane blanks to… well, what you need to know is that your board will be about 25% lighter than normal.
He can do them in a bunch of different shapes and sizes, single- or double-fin. But the colors and finishes will give them all a real ’60s vibe that’ll make you look like you’ve been surfing for decades.
With the taut calves of a 19-year-old.
How much fun is this??? :)
Seeing as how winter is just starting where we’re at, it almost seems unfair to show you this video. Somehow putting on a neon suit that looks like it was ripped off the stage of a Daft Punk concert and shoveling the snow that’s caked on our driveway doesn’t seem quite as much fun as surfing in it. This video will confirm that fact.
Lovin’ this…..
If you get sick on bumpy car rides or couldn’t make it through The Blair Witch Project we’re going to warn you now that this video is going to make you hurl. That being said, the experience of being on the board while Jamie Sterling carves up some waves is totally worth filling up a puke bag or two.
Me and t-shirts, we go together like a hand and glove. Wait…that’s not right.
To A Tee: Insight Clothing
Insight Clothing emerged when the brand branched out from its already established line of surfboards. The Sydney-based company creates pieces that they themselves would want to wear (and we do too). By doing so, they present a line of men’s t-shirts that encompass the skate and surf lifestyle, but appeal to anyone with an appreciation for art-driven designs. $30+
