Here before you on this very website your going to read about two products that were recently on my list of things to buy. I want to tell you about my experience. Honestly, not the best buying experience. There’s no sense of consistency. First we’ll talk about two brands boardshorts your probably familiar with Hurley and O’neill. Then I’ll talk about the surf wax acquisition experience.

New boardshorts are one of the special experiences in life, up there with new sandals, an epic ride, and good sex. Who’s to tell me any different. Sometimes we get boardshorts and they’re perfect, they fit, the stiching is good, we like the material, and the pattern looks sick. This was kind of a half and half experience. I got boardshorts from three different brands. Some issues have arisen over the course of a few weeks of use. Fortunately, there was surf this past week so I’ve had the opportunity to field test, and wash and dry the shorts. The first issue is with the Hurley shorts. What kind of company makes board shorts, but only puts the elastic band in the pocket that holds your keys only in some of the boardshorts? Seriously, who’s the dumb ass that ever thought it was a good idea to take out the elastic band from some of the boardshorts and not the others? We can get back to the topic of key holder material being changed from elastic to something more durable, but that’s not here nor there. It seems dumb what Hurley did. Inconsistent at best. I was looking forward to telling you about how the O’neill shorts were perfect, how they were the other side of the coin, a company that seemed to have their shit together. Unfortunately, they just aren’t that company. The boardshorts I got from O’neill have been okay. I questioned the way they have their label branded on their shorts. It seemed like it would be okay. I was wrong. Yesterday while volunteering the label on O’neill shorts just started peeling off. I peeled it off about half way. It was a sticker they put on your shorts that would damage your shorts when it came off. C’mon guys. Seriously? Oh well. I like them enough to just keep them and egnor the small amount of damage from taking the sticker off. Camo boardshorts are sick. I have a pair of Quiksilver shorts that I got with the batch. The Quiksilver ones seem pretty good. I guess I don’t really have anything bad to say about them. I feel like the products I’ve gotten from Quiksilver have generally been good. I like their wetsuit that I had for many years. I might just get a 4/3 from them, as I’m defenitely in need of a new one, the Billabong one I have is falling apart at the seems. The Quiksilver boardshorts so far have only been a little bit more stiff, probably more prone to cause a rash while surfing in them. I haven’t been wearing them as much as they others for that reason, and because I have more of the other ones. So… not the ideal boardshorts because of these flaws. I’m more than please to have new boardshorts though to be honest. I’ve been using the same couple pairs for forever, and I’m confident these will be nice and last a long time. All three brands are worth recommending simply for the fact that they are manufacturing boardshorts (a specific kind of baithing suit designed to be in rough water).

On to surf wax. The surf wax experience was disturbing. What is it about company that charge you out the ass for things that are disgustingly inexpensive? Surf wax. One litte bar of wax. Wanna know how much Amazon wanted on the first page that comes in when you type “surf wax?” They wanted almost 6 dollars for one bar of wax. They’re charging about 2.50 for cold water wax, and about 3 for warm water wax. Why is that? It’s because they’re scam artists. The price isn’t based on any legitimate thing. They are charging you whatever they want to charge you for it. Otherwise, why would surf wax be more expensive in the tropical/warm variant versus the cold water variant? Seems dumb. I did decide to get wax from them at least for the short term. I have a beach about 15 minutes from where I live and the closest surf shop is 45 minutes to an hour away. It looks like with Amazon your paying for your delivery whether or not Amazon is telling you you are. Local surf shops are typically around the 2 dollar range on surf wax. Come to think of it, there is a tourist shop that offers 2 dollar bars of warm water wax for the skimboards they sell about 30 minutes away. They are actually kind of on the way to Sand Key in Clearwater. Unfortunately, surf shops and companies that support surfing can’t really survive and thrive around here despite offering products that cater to all the activities around here. They sell sunglasses, clothes, shoes, etc. yet they can’t seem to compete with larger companies like amazon, or malls, or target and walmart. It complicates things when companies have complete and utter control of something. If you were in a country that was completely in control of everything and there was no private property or ownership, don’t you think people would be unhappy, potentially overturn whatever force is in power if they could? Yet companies go on as that entity in our country. The “government” is just the secondary force in power in some sense. Granted government is oversight, but it’s often to keep other things from getting too powerful. Companies seem to be defacto government. It’s complicated, subject to situation, inconsistent at best.