It’s no surprise that we here at Buy-Board-Shorts love the beach!! And we love it even more when little tykes are taught first-hand about how harmful plastic trash found on the beach can be.
That’s why we were thrilled to learn about a project that the 1st graders at Jefferson Elementary School, (Carlsbad, CA), recently completed…
Seems the kids were inspired by a presentation made to them by San Diego Surfrider RAP activist Heather Benson, then guided by their teacher Arlene Gnade, and local “gARTbage” artist, Teresa Espaniola to spend over 5 months collecting plastic garbage from nearby beaches to create a giant “whale” they named Lil’ Gray.
You can see photos and read about their experiences on their blog.
Nine time world champion surfer Kelly Slater is staring in a new surf film called ‘Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D’.
Not your average surf flick, this movie was shot in Teahupoo over the last 2 years and will be touring the IMAX theaters around the US for the next 2 years!
You can read a terrific interview with Slater and get his take on the entire process by clicking here…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA), has got a terrific program to help fishermen dispose of old, derelict fishing gear AND provide energy in the process!
Their Fishing for Energy program provides fishermen a free place where they can dump their old gear, netting, traps, etc. The gear is then transported to the nearest Covanta Energy-from-Waste facility. Approximately one ton of derelict nets equal enough electricity to power one home for 25 days.
As you may know, lost and unused fishing gear and netting that floats around in the the ocean is a major hazard hugely impacting the marine environment. Not only does this stuff never go away, (it’s meant to last in harsh ocean conditions), but it continues to catch and kill fish and other marine life along with posing a navigational hazard!
Our friends over at Surfline have posted a terrific article about health and nutrition specifically for surfers – but good for ANY of us, really!
The article and Q and A with a famous sports nutritionist talks about the importance of eating organic and raw foods as opposed to heavily processed and fat saturated foods – which can actually do more harm than good to your body… especially if you’re trying to either fuel up for a session or recover from a go-out or workout.
The article reminds us that “When you eat processed foods for example, foods that are in a box, can or from a fast food place, you are eating “food” produced and heavily marketed by companies that are economically driven. They are profit driven — not health driven.”
The article also reminds us of the importance of hydration and givse a formula for proper re-hydration – with WATER, not expensive and overly sweetened sports drinks!
The Buy Board Shorts team just wanted to take a moment and wish all of our customers who have purchased and enjoyed wearing our stylish boardshorts all year, a happy and healthy 2010.
We look forward to seeing and hearing from more of you in the upcoming year – thank you!!
Yes, it’s that time of year again – time for the 25th annual Eddie Aikau surfing contest sponsored by Quicksilver in memory of the late Eddie Aikau.
While the surf is currently triple-overhead with 18′ sets and good conditions, it’s just not quite big enough for the biggest of the big wave-ridding events which requires waves of at least 25′ to begin the contest!
You can get live streaming video of the contest as well as text alerts and updates by going to the official Eddie Aikau site here…
We here at Buy Board Shorts like to occasionally offer readers of our boardshorts blog special deals as as way of saying, “thank you’.
This week we’re happy to give our readers an additional 5% off on our already low-priced mens board shorts.
Like all of our boardshorts and swim shorts, our men’s swim trunks are are lightweight yet durable so you can surf, snorkel, play volleyball or nap on your towel in comfort and style.
All you have to do is use coupon code mens-board-shorts when you checkout – it’s that easy!
We here at Buy Board Shorts have just discovered one of the coolest eco-friendly products: Matunas Surf Wax!
Not only is Matunas non-toxic, biodegradable, petroleum-free, and wrapped in labels using 100% FSC certified recycled paper with soy ink – it has a awesome bead and super grip (crucial for those late drops!)
While it’s new to us it’s been around since 1998. Grown on Matuna’s farm in Northern California, it’s 100% natural and scented with REAL strawberries, raspberries, and jasmine flowers!
Good for the environment, good for your nose and good for your stick.
Here’s an adorable story about s surfing pooch named Ricochet who was raised to be a service dog and discovered she loved the water and has terrific balance!
Now she’s part of the San Diego Dog Surfing Association and has her own website called Rip Curl Ricki.
When not out surfing for fun, Ricochet, (or Ricki for short), surfs with Patrick, her fifteen year-old quadriplegic surfing partner.
We here at Buy Board Shorts thought this was too cute not to share… maybe we should consider a line of boardshorts for dogs!!
We here at Buy Board Shorts want to send our congrats out to Brazilian junior pro surfer Jadson Andre who won the Oakley Rio Pro Junior event this past Sunday in Rio de Janeiro. The contest started last Friday and finished up in clean, 2-3′ surf at at Arpoador Beach.
Andre scored the only perfect 10 point ride of the entire event and won the final round over his good friend Miguel Pupo. Both surfers are guaranteed spots into the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships in Australia in January, 2010.
“We made it quite a heat, each one taking some waves and when I want so much something, it happens. I’m stoked for it. Me and Miguel (Pupo) are brothers and when he was at the peak, I waited in the middle and when I was with the priority he waited, so who surfed better would win the heat” said Andre… way to go… and nice boardshorts you got on there too!
Hotelier Andre Balazs who runs the ultra-hip Standard chain of hotels has sparked some buzz with one of his new marketing gimmicks: selling bikinis and boardshorts in poolside vending machines!
Of course we here at Buy Board Shorts think this a a brilliant marketing idea and only wish we could afford to put vending machines with our board shorts and swim shorts in them at every pool in the country.
In an all-Brazilian final, Simao Romao won his second consecutive event title at the 2009 Rio Surf Pro International presented by Oakley on Sunday in clean 2-4′ waves at Arpoador Beach, Rio de Janeiro.
Romao jumped on the surf and took an early heat lead with a score of 6.83, (out of 10.00), with some clean backside turns and floaters. Next with power moves on the long lefts of Arpoador he scored an almost perfect 9.33 and further extend his lead and seal the victory.
“I’m very happy, stoked, win here again is unbelievable. The best of all is that I can celebrate this title at home, I will not have to travel just like last year when I went from here straight to the airport, now I will make a barbecue to all of my friends, celebrate with then and with my family” said Romao, who with this win moved from 99th to 49th place in ASP Men’s WQS Ranking.
Here at Buy Board Shorts we get lots of emails from our customers and felt that one question we recently received was worthy of answering here in our boardshorts blog: “Should guys wear boxers under their mens board shorts?”
The answer is unequivocally, No!.
Let’s say it again just to be sure you all hear us: NO – guys, (and gals for that matter), should NOT wear underwear while wearing boardshorts!!
We hear some dudes claim that they wear boxers to prevent a rash, or that boxers feel more comfortable, or whatever. This is B.S.!
Think about it for a minute… who wants wet, waded up cotton hugging their parts instead of the free-and-easy, quick drying feel of boardshorts letting everything air out quickly and painlessly? Maybe YOU want to walk around in dry board shorts and wet boxers that will eventually dry into stiff cardboard with sand and salt in them, but WE sure don’t!!
Glad we could answer that one for ya – keep the cards and letters coming, folks.
Looks like the beach isn’t the only place boardshorts are showing up: last week they were seen parading down the catwalk at Fashion Week in New York in the G-Star Raw show.
While not as ‘traditional’ as one might think about boardshorts, they were none the less on stage in a venue you would never think they would be!
We here at Buy-Board-Shorts love to see men’s and women’s boardshorts break the traditional beach and surfer mold and into mainstream fashion. That’s because we wear our boardshorts and swim shorts EVERYWHERE.
US colleges generate over 3.6 million tons of waste which is about 2% of the country’s total. Add in all of the high schools, elementary schools, etc and you’re really talking trash!
Do you know what makes up over 1/2 of all that waste?? PAPER!!
So when you or your kids head back to school in the coming weeks we here at Buy-Board-Shorts hope that you’ll keep that in mind and try to take a few simple steps to reduce YOUR paper waste.
The easiest ones that come to mind are to use both sides of you paper and recycle. You can also use paper made from recycled paper, (is that like reincarnation?).
Summer is here and for you women who don’t have the body of a model but still want to enjoy fun in the sun and hit the lake, beach or pool, our stylish women’s board shorts are just the thing you need to be wearing!
Our womens boardshorts are cut low to ride on your hips and cover your upper thighs, (unlike regular bathing suit bottoms).
Pair them up with a bikini top or rash guard shirt or wear them over your one-piece swimsuit and you’re stylin’.
Our women’s swim shorts run from size 3-15 and are cut wide to ride low so check ‘em out, grab a pair or two and get out there!
Our friends over at Environmental Working Group, (EWG), have put out their list of the safety and effectiveness rankings of over 1,000 sunscreens and guess what… the results for the leading sunscreens from name brands like Coppertone, Banana Boat, and Neutrogena, were not pretty.
They found that 3 out of 5 offer inadequate protection from the sun or actually contain toxic ingredients. They discovered that 42% of tested sunscreens still contained the chemical oxybenzone, shown in laboratory tests to disrupt the endocrine system and release reactive oxygen species that could contribute to skin cancer.
When our customers buy a pair of board shorts from us and head out for some fun in the sun, we want to be sure they are safe and armed with knowledge so they can make the best and most informed decision about their sunscreen! That’s why we’d like to pass along our own recommendation for an all natural, biodegradable mineral sunblock that our staff members have actually used: Mexitan Sunscreen.
It’s another beautiful beach day here in Southern California and we here at Buy Board Shorts are hoping no matter where our customers are that you’re all having a terrific and fun holiday weekend.
