$60 shorts?

Discussion in 'All Discussions' started by LongIslandBro, Jul 19, 2018.

  1. LongIslandBro

    LongIslandBro Well-Known Member

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    Jul 21, 2017
    Ok, so prior to any surf trip I buy a pair of “commemorative board shorts” to mark the occasion.
    Going to Hawaii next month and was floored to see almost all trunks are like 60 bucks. WTF?
    Bought a discounted pair of RipCurl trunks for $43.

    Yeah, I know I sound old and cheap.
     
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  2. Swellinfo

    Swellinfo Administrator

    May 19, 2006
    Ya, thats the surf brands cost these days... If you shop outside the surf shops, you can definitely find some board shorts for cheaper
     
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  3. SCOB3YVILLE

    SCOB3YVILLE Well-Known Member

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    Nov 16, 2016
    Damn. I go to the swap meet out here, Kobeys.
    Billabong super stretch shorts for $10. Just says “product of Mexico” still same quality
     
  4. oipaul

    oipaul Well-Known Member

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    May 23, 2006
    you can get boardies at the costco in hawaii for cheap...
     
  5. DawnPatrol321

    DawnPatrol321 Well-Known Member

    Mar 6, 2012
    Ross, TJ Max, Marshall’s, Bealls, etc. all have decent prices on name brand board shorts. Usually last year’s stuff or older but who cares? It’s still new and a lot cheaper.
     
  6. Merx

    Merx Well-Known Member

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    Apr 4, 2018
  7. Kanman

    Kanman Well-Known Member

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    May 5, 2014
    Just copped a vintage pair of birdies for 20 bones, like new on eBay. They’re trying to sell for like 80 new. No thanks.

    Shop at tj maxx, Ross or Marshall’s and you can find nice trunks for less than 20 fibulas.
     
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  8. La_Piedra

    La_Piedra Well-Known Member

    Oct 9, 2017
    what a ripoff

    I can get em cheaper at the Spring Valley Swap Meet
     
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  9. SCOB3YVILLE

    SCOB3YVILLE Well-Known Member

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    Nov 16, 2016
    Lol, but then your spending $100 on gas to get all the way out there. Could stop at DZ akins though.
     
  10. nopantsLance

    nopantsLance Well-Known Member

    Aug 15, 2016
    You're a good shopper Kid
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  11. La_Piedra

    La_Piedra Well-Known Member

    Oct 9, 2017
    yeah I know, but it was the only place that I could think of that was more ghetto than Kobey's lol. Except maybe Tijuana.

    What's DJ Akins?
     
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  12. SCOB3YVILLE

    SCOB3YVILLE Well-Known Member

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    Nov 16, 2016
    Really good deli/restaurant like 10 miles east on the 8 from beach.

    Yeah. Kobeys is pretty fucking gross, but plenty of deals and steals. Gotta get there at 7am to find the Surfboards the meth heads stole earlier in the week.
     
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  13. La_Piedra

    La_Piedra Well-Known Member

    Oct 9, 2017
    lol I remember Kobey's was the shizz back when they started in the 80's. Huge upgrade over Spring Valley lol

    Took my wife there several years ago during a visit after I talked the place up. Got inside and was like, dafuq? Place took a major dive like my old 'hood by SDSU.

    But man I got some smoking deals on some great shit, one of the things I miss about home
     
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  14. DosXX

    DosXX Well-Known Member

    Mar 2, 2013
    After finding pubies in a pair of shorts at the thrift store, I even stopped buying my underwear there...
     
  15. LBCrew

    LBCrew Well-Known Member

    Aug 12, 2009
    I broke down and bought new trunks this summer from a local surf shop. I get pissed because they never have my size... like, ever. I'm an odd number waist, so it's either too tight or too loose. Kinda sucks every time I have to spend money on something I know won't fit. The chick in the store... who had to listen to me whine for 5 minutes straight about how nobody carries 35 waist trunks... then has the nerve at the counter to ask me, "want to try them on?" I just looked at her like... really?

    I think I but a new pair of boardies about ever 5 years.
     
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  16. UnfurleD

    UnfurleD Well-Known Member

    Jul 13, 2016
    gotta get a new pair myself. my old navy's were slippin. i'm sure i'll see a bunch of thi hi ones before i find any good ones. like DP said, gonna run to da tj maxx's before i look anywhere else
     
  17. ChavezyChavez

    ChavezyChavez Well-Known Member

    Jun 20, 2011
    I wear jorts when I surf. Cut real high to expose hairy lower cheek.
     
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  18. Merx

    Merx Well-Known Member

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    Apr 4, 2018
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  19. Merx

    Merx Well-Known Member

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    Apr 4, 2018