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Black Says I Don’t Bother You, You Don’t Bother Me

The safest boardshorts to enter a crowded lineup in. 

style // Jun 17, 2017
Words by stab
Reading Time: 2 minutes

You feel that? The disappearing of fog? The radio blaring “schools out for the summer!”? Spirits uplifting like an OC housewife’s breasts? Yes! We feel you California, and we feel good. As for the East Coast (apologies for ignoring) whatever kind of painstaking humidity you’re experiencing at the moment, buck up, another batch of boardshorts to line your summer with lies beneath. 

Whether you prefer ’em riding high or just above the knee, we’ve got both. Style comes in many flavours, and this is our understated batch: 10 pairs of trunks that will offend no man or, more importantly, gal.

So grab your umbrellas and your coolers. Ditch that neoprene, unfold those beach chairs, turn on a jangly tune and pour a stiff one. It’s the weekend; undo that belt and get loose!

1. BANKS Staple Board Short dirty black

The Staple Board Short by BANKS. 

2. Birdwell Beach Britches 310 BOARD SHORTS black

310 Board Shorts by Birdwell Beach Britches.

3. Former Contronl Crux

Control Crux by FORMER.

4. Former SWANS black

SWANS by FORMER.

5. GLOBE Dion Curb Shorts caramel black

Dion Curb Shorts by GLOBE. 

6. In MInds Eye the BONE DRY trunk black

The BONE DRY trunk by In Minds Eye.

7. Mollusk Vacation Trunks black

The Vacation Trunks by Mollusk. 

8. OK Nomadic Trunk bright black black copy

The Nomadic Trunk by Outerknown. 

9. Patagonia Light Variable 18in Board Short Mens

The Light & Variable 18in Board Short by Patagonia. 

10. Oneill SuperFreak Boardshorts

The Superfreak Boardshort by O’Neill. 

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