Womens Board Shorts Hide Flab

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!

Alaia – Ancient Wooden Surfboards

Apparently there is a resurgence in the interest of the Alaia, the ancient, wooden and finless surfboards made and used by Hawaiians.

Here is some amazing footage of some present day usage of these ancient boards:

Sunscreen: More Harm than Good?

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.

The Mexitan line of sunblocks use all natural ingredients including the mineral zinc and titanium to block the harmful UVA and UVB rays of the sun. PLUS they got very high marks from the EWG and are in their list of top 10 sunscreens!

You can read the EWG report here.

You can buy Mexitan suntan lotion here.

Safe and Sane 4th

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. :-)