$199 for boardies WOW

Clarky who cant go past the experimental new board short that revolutionises the surfing chaffing experience. I once bought a pair of quicksilvers, shiny green that lasted me over 5 years of frequent use. Or a pair of Hurley that were super stretchy and reduced the chance of chaffing on a long walk.
I think I know these boardies are they of the rip curl variety. Overspending on boardies was always an issue for me until globalisation and know the savy SUP rider can get most brands in town for 20-35 dollars with some hunting around.

I have a pair of coconut fibre blend boardies made by Reef and they were $30, I take it the kids think they are not cool or something but they are going strong 4 years now of heavy use, I previously had numerous sets of boardies from Quicksilver and Billabong, which were fine in the 80'90's and early 2000's but the quality has completely been absent in these brands now and I would never pay full price for those brands now, Rip Curl were caught making several of their products in North Korea and claimed they never knew, so that is not a brand I can support anymore, $199 is mostly a marketing ploy to make you believe the board shorts are somehow the Rolls Royce of board shorts many of them also require a set of sunglasses to view them with as they are so bloody bright, but they are still made in China and also are not environmentally sound in construction being polyester mixes and/or some horrid man made fabrics that are highly unlikely to be friendly for your skin......or your wallet......AVOID.

BTW my favourites are these Italian made (still polyester) boardshorts , they do look pretty nice though and at least they aren't made in China! And that's US dollars BTW, but you do get free shipping LOL.

http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main/ProductDetail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524447065789&site_refer=GGLPRADS001_AU&prod_id=0400093300206&cagpspn=pla&CAWELAID=&gclid=CjwKEAiAoOvEBRDD25uyu9Lg9ycSJAD0cnBy_ih5vhVTCYs9-hn8A9brN2bmWZ8M5V3HPO2ekptJKxoC5J_w_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

But if you go to Thom Browne directly they do have a nice set of Cashmere boardshorts made in the UK for only $425 US www.thombrowne.com/classic-board-short-grey.html

So $200 boardies is not that expensive by comparison compared to Thom Browne who are surely the hedge fund managers and Saudi Royal Family go to choice for boardies.

Hmmm. Might be a problem with the Tom Brown boardies.
They are Dry clean only.
They might get damaged if you get them wet!
LOL!

What Boardies have a zip pocket at the back these days ?
Good option for car keys

These are good.
Very good zipper pocket that hasn't lost my key yet.
Oneil Hyperfreak.
www.surfstitch.com

Need essentials - zips on either back or side. Not pretty but good shorts.

www.needessentials.com

I have a pair of the $199 boardies....over rated. The best ever stretch boardies I have are from 69slam.com/
got a couple of pairs in Bali. Awesome colours and comfort