rspowers said:
Ch-ch-ch-cheeeeeto said:
I used to love O'Neill Superfreaks.
O'Neill fucked up the cut and manufacturing - they now have inner leg seams and a four-way crotch seam instead of one saddle seam and seams on the outsides of the legs, and they don't stretch or fit right anymore.
Where do I go from here?
well you are not getting any serious posts but here is my recommendation -
Find a pair of boardshorts that have a string that goes around the entire waist so that you can pull them tight. For some reason most surfing boardshorts just have a string in the front causing them to be more prone to fall off/slide down with a lot of force. Go to walmart and get a cheap pair of no names that will probably work better and are made at the same china factories. I think surf companies boardshorts are not really made for surfing.
No offense but IMO there's a multitude of reasons not to go with the above recommendation, one of the biggest being any serious bail/toss/salt water enema drop in "swim trunks" stands a chance of completely ripping through the materials most are made of even when brand new. Boardshort materials will usually do no such thing, at least until a few years of serious use. Not to mention they're super clingy when wet, etc etc.
I've spent alot of time in the tropics and I've found two things that are most important:
1) WTF is with the 4 way seams on nearly every pair of shorts now? Sounds like you already know your balls are gonna are gonna be at risk for serious chafing once you're in boardshorts if you have a 2 way seam instead of a one way seam through the crotch. It will probably take picking through a few racks before you find some of these,
2) Length. The so-called hipster length boardshorts are much more functional than that below the knee crap that was being pushed early-mid 2000s. Nothing worse than getting your knees caught on fabric standing up. You should be looking for 19 inch length or less.
Hurley and Vissla makes consistently good stuff IMO, problem is the past few year's Hurley collection is about the loudest, ugliest crap on the face of the planet. The more basic the cut, the better, so I would probably check out Patagonia as well.
Whatever the case, I have no shame in going to 20 different shops, or even the outlet mall
finding the right seam and fit. Nothing worse than settling and then getting in the water to find out how bad they suck...and thus having to buy another pair of shorts.
