Stupidest Surfing Fashion Trends

[bobwarren]

some longboard dorks are bringing back short shorts so they can pretend theyre in the 1960s

OK here's a reverse trend of my other trend I posted.

Longboard retro hipsters wearing short shorts and a vest when water is in the high 50's. Actually the girls are probably even worse about it with the retro bathing suit "wetsuits" that I'm sure provide zero warmth.

 

[oeste858]

Yeah, hoods are fairly common in SoCal nowadays. My buddy swears hood + no booties is the warmest way to go but I can’t get used to a hood. I don’t mind surfing in booties from Dec-Mar (bonus of traction for climbing in/out over slippery rocks).
I was pretty shocked to see a couple people wearing gloves in So County SD this winter. Don't recall seeing that before. They were mid-aged guys so I guess it's possible they had arthritis too.

 

[bobwarren]

Yeah, lots of hoods and more gloves than years past. I’m hearing people saying they love their new 5/4’s! It’s similar temps to what you mentioned here in the South Bay (LA). I’ll admit my feet get a little cold if the water is below 58 and I’m surfing over two hours and my finger dexterity can be compromised (two hands to use a key, perfectly normal), but some people are starting to look like there should be snow on the beach.

These are probably the same people where I am who break out the 3/2 as soon as the water drops to 70 (up from a high of 85 all summer and fall). Now it's 57 and they have no where to go. That's why I try to trunk it with a top until I absolutely can't anymore (around 68 with air temps around the same).

 

[surfapotomus]

Stupid surfing fashion trends of the future:

-surfing fanny pack
-surfing camelback
-wetsuits with removable sleeves
-wetsuits with smartphone pockets

I'm filing my patent claims now. Ideas like these don't grow on trees!

 

[sdsrfr]

These are probably the same people where I am who break out the 3/2 as soon as the water drops to 70 (up from a high of 85 all summer and fall). Now it's 57 and they have no where to go. That's why I try to trunk it with a top until I absolutely can't anymore (around 68 with air temps around the same).

i went from being a 3/2 year round unless trunking to:
- trunks + jacket
- 2mm short sleeve
- 2mm full
- 3mm full
- 4/3 full
- warmer 4/3 full
- 5/4 full with removable hood

never need the 5/4 in socal, that one is for trips north. never needed gloves.

I agree hood with no booties is quite refreshing but I find duck dives with a hood disorienting.

 

[potato-nator]

Stupid surfing fashion trends of the future:

-surfing fanny pack
-surfing camelback
-wetsuits with removable sleeves
-wetsuits with smartphone pockets

I'm filing my patent claims now. Ideas like these don't grow on trees!

maybe removable mask too...

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

Stupid surfing fashion trends of the future:

-surfing fanny pack
-surfing camelback
-wetsuits with removable sleeves
-wetsuits with smartphone pockets

I'm filing my patent claims now. Ideas like these don't grow on trees!

i think it was rip curl that made a removable sleeve suit in the 80s. Anyway, found these online...

 

[oeste858]

i think it was rip curl that made a removable sleeve suit in the 80s. Anyway, found these online...

I definitely had a blue & white O'neill when I was a grom that had removable sleeves like that. I thought it was dank AF

 

[sushipop]

some longboard dorks are bringing back short shorts so they can pretend theyre in the 1960s

Ya this one makes me uncomfortable. No one needs to see some hipster’s moose knuckle.

 

[bobwarren]

Ya this one makes me uncomfortable. No one needs to see some hipster’s moose knuckle.

OK but what about camel toe

 

[ChaseTMP]

I definitely had a blue & white O'neill when I was a grom that had removable sleeves like that. I thought it was dank AF

Yep, I had one of those (O'Neill O'NO) and found a photo, 1984 I think (I would have been 13). Early adopter of removable fins. They were Rainbows I believe. Dankness for dayz.

 

[casa_mugrienta]

Lately I've been seeing guys on longboards trunking it.

Not sure what they have to prove.

 

[Havoc]

Lately I've been seeing guys on longboards trunking it.

Not sure what they have to prove.

Logs have trunks bro. Duh!

 

[ZZ Soft Top]

Lately I've been seeing guys on longboards trunking it.

Not sure what they have to prove.

Saw a long boarder out in trunks last week. It was a lunch session but it was cold, breezy, and overcast. Not sure how he was doing it. And more importantly, not sure why.

 

[surfysurfy1476]

Flattering eh?

 

[jkb]

Not necessarily a surfing thing, but why do some duus wear their watches under their wrist?

 

[dietz]

Not necessarily a surfing thing, but why do some duus wear their watches under their wrist?

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if you wear your watch like that, it's way easier to inconspicuously check the time when you're in a boring meeting.

 

[Clamsmasher]

Saw a long boarder out in trunks last week. It was a lunch session but it was cold, breezy, and overcast. Not sure how he was doing it. And more importantly, not sure why.

They was probably a hipster cock, but my stance is this;

I advocate forcible sterilization for any surfer that wears more than the minimum rubber required to stop shut down of the central nervous system +10% maximum. Wim Hof biches

 

[What_it_Do_Baybeeee]

Yeah, hoods are fairly common in SoCal nowadays. My buddy swears hood + no booties is the warmest way to go but I can’t get used to a hood. I don’t mind surfing in booties from Dec-Mar (bonus of traction for climbing in/out over slippery rocks).
I was pretty shocked to see a couple people wearing gloves in So County SD this winter. Don't recall seeing that before. They were mid-aged guys so I guess it's possible they had arthritis too.

It is strange seeing that trend. I used to never see folks wearing hoods.

Unless it howling offshore cold Santa Ana winds, I really don't see the need for the hood. I do wear booties thought.

 

[silentbutdeadly]

used to think the same but I dawn patrol and wear a hood now for at least the first part of the session. Rarely wear booties though.

It's funny to think that people wear booties in 56-59 degree water but laugh at folks that wear a hood when the air is in the mid 40's with an offshore wind. Lol

And don't get me wrong, I used to be one of them.