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Do you wear surf style clothes

All the time, full kit.
7
16%
Sometimes, only certain brands
22
51%
Leave that to the city slickers
4
9%
To poor
3
7%
Clothes ?, i`m a naturist
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16%
 
Total votes : 43

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Postby Milo » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:42 pm

Do you, don`t you :?:
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Postby Rocky789 » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:00 pm

Even though I dont surf ("yet") I work for a store that sells surf company clothing so the answer is yes, mainly because I get a huge discount on it.
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Postby Surfing-Innovation » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:16 pm

I wear surf stuff a lot around the house, because I tend to slob around in comfy t-shirts and jogging pants or boardies.

I wear the 'less obvious' stuff when I'm out (ie not the names you now find on the high street) as I don't want to look like a wannabee.

On the odd occasion where 'dressing up' is called for, I tend to lower the tone as best I can by wearing a loud (ish) shirt - keeps me amused :wink:

I tend to steer clear of 'surf brand' clothing altogether on surf trips - apart from the old scruffy sweatshirts that I just like wearing, even though they're falling apart.........
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Postby Adrenaline Fueled » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:03 pm

I'll wear clothes I like. I've never bought an item of clothing because of the brand it is... Theres the occasional shirt I've picked up going cheap, or been given,but other than that, I tend to avoid brands.
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Postby essex sucks » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:10 pm

Adrenaline Fueled wrote:I'll wear clothes I like. I've never bought an item of clothing because of the brand it is... Theres the occasional shirt I've picked up going cheap, or been given,but other than that, I tend to avoid brands.


i am the same i do not see the pouint in spending lots on clouths
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Postby Milo » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:20 pm

Ok who esle is a naturist, we got 25% on just two votes, cool :D
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Postby northswell » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:42 pm

I've put all the time because i own and run a surf shop i have to wear the clothes, no good me turning up in Nike or Reeboks.

However i do sleep naked so its not actually 100%, only 100% when clothed. Oh and my pants and socks are bought by my mum so are not "surf branded" so perhaps i could go less than 100%.
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Postby surferdude_scarborough » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:44 pm

only if i can get it cheap. i do like boardies n stuff but i dont like the prices or the image really.
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Postby essex sucks » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:04 pm

Milo wrote:Ok who esle is a naturist, we got 25% on just two votes, cool :D


it was me man why not makes lfe more fun
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Postby thaya » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:30 pm

essex sucks wrote:
Milo wrote:Ok who esle is a naturist, we got 25% on just two votes, cool :D


it was me man why not makes lfe more fun


well it's nice of you to warn me AFTER we stayed in log cabins and hostels together!!! :lol:
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Postby Otter » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:49 am

Blue jeans, cloth shorts, surf T shirts. Usually with a board logo on the back, hate pics, etc. on the front... so east coast...
Flip flops or slaps, board shorts at the beach (Birdwell's). Won't touch the pop brand name stuff, Quicksilver, Billabong, etc. Generally pretty low key. If I'm not in flops I'm wearing my Wolverine work boots.
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Postby Real Pol » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:44 pm

"leave that to the city slickers"

Hey we're not all country bumpkins from Devon you know :roll: !!

Some of us live, work and surf in the city 8)

I'm wearing a tie just now, but have a billabong fleece on on the back of my chair, what does that make me?
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Postby Dr Rev » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:51 pm

Im always naked !!! :oops: :D
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Postby drowningbitbybit » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:53 pm

Right now, a pair of SurfersAgainstSewage shorts, some marks&sparks boxers, and a t-shirt of vague and unidentifiable heritage (but not surf).

Guess that makes me about 30 and a bit per cent.
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Postby thaya » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:26 pm

I have 3 items of surf brand clothing plus my flip flops and one belt (all bought in sales as I wont pay silly prices!), everything else I wear is all cheap stuff/ unknown makes.

I buy what I like the look of, or, more usually the case, what I can fit into, as long as it's reasonably priced. I have a surf brand rucksack as well come to think of it, but I got that reduced from £30 to £8 in a sale too! I just wouldn't spend my hard earned cash paying full price for a label/ brand when you can get something similar for less than half the price. If I see something I really really want, I wait a few more months and most of the time it'll end up on sale.
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Postby boco rio » Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:06 pm

Real surfer don't wear or need surf clothes. That stuff is for all the wanna-bes and posers. A tee-shirt, jeans or shorts and flip flops is and has been the unoffical dress attire for a looooong time.

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Postby northswell » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:20 pm

:roll: Yep i saw kelly in his primark hoody and adidas pumps.


No but joking apart, over easter we had a big swell running east coast UK, a lot of South West surfers travelled over to try the best reefs in the England, didn't see many of them in owt but surf gear.
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Postby hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:31 am

boco rio wrote:Real surfer don't wear or need surf clothes. That stuff is for all the wanna-bes and posers. A tee-shirt, jeans or shorts and flip flops is and has been the unoffical dress attire for a looooong time.

:roll:


the last sentence contradicts the first. i agree with the last. here in hawaii, if you wear shots, t shirt and flip flops, youre wearing whats comfortable, not being a "poser" i wear dress shirts and long pants to school, because i am a poser mod. i wear board shorts and the required t-shirt to work because its hot. neither has anything to do with surf style.
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Postby scuba jez » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:18 am

yeah well im a poor student...

im not gonna pay 120 bucks for a billabong hoodie.

id preffer to spend the cash on petrol for a trip up the coast, or on a big night... more often on the big night ha.

dont get me wrong if quicksilver gear comes my way at christmas i'll wear it for sure, but imo there are more important things to spend my hard earned on.
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Postby sal » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:00 am

Reverend wrote:Im always naked !!! :oops: :D


:woot: :wink:

Except when you're in your Power Ranger outfit...phwoooaaaarrrrrrrrrrr! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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