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The Clockwork Brand And A New Collab

The totally predictable best boardshorts of 2018 volume five: Hurley.

style // Apr 24, 2018
Words by Stab
Reading Time: 2 minutes

A Boardshort Guide in 2018? How adventurous!

In the Northern Hemisphere, we’re picking at Spring hors d’oeuvres, not-so-patiently awaiting an overdue summer feast.

So we enlisted the brands who keep the Stab gears turning, to send us their favorite trunks of the 2018 Spring and Summer lineups, grabbed legendary North Shore lensman Brian Bielmann, set up a North Shore studio on the sand at Keiki, and shot their top talent dripping wet, feet in the coarse pink sand.

Oh, and of course we had them fill out a cheeky questionnaire.

In the early 2000’s surfers were forced to endure whatever duds their sponsors delivered. Checkers, botanicals, stripes, paint splatters, graffiti scrawled across the top? You pay; I’ll wear. Two decades later, thankfully, brands are making boardies their rider will actually want to sport.

These have been carefully chosen, though we’ll bet these offend plenty, excite more than a few, and fly right over the heads of the rest of you…

It’s 2018. If you’re all-pleasing, you’re beige. The Divisive Age is upon us!

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Meet Julian Wilson’s “Phantom Julian Wilson 18” Snapper Boardshort

The brand that’s been churning out world tour surfers since logo tees couldn’t be kept on racks, have loosened their belt. This season, Hurley’s built a most eclectic selection, everything from red, white, blue, stars and stripes to pink paint drips and toucans. (And John Florence’s Phantoms, of course.)

The staff highlight, however, is the surprise collab with Pendleton—recall the flannel-and-cardigan combo that the Dude donned in the Big Lebowski? Their collab trunks are cut to an acceptable 18” – the sturdiest of the batch—with a Grand Canyon National Park hit, and like the rest of the Hurley/Pendleton mash-up, a portion of the proceeds goes to the National Park Foundation.

This Volume also includes:

Phantom Hyperweave Toucan 18” Boardshort

Phantom Hyperweave Estuary 18” Boardshort

Phantom USA Home National Team 18″ Boardshort 

Hurley Pendleton Grand Canyon 18 ” Beachside Boardshort

Hurley Phantom JJF 4 Elite 20″ Boardshort

Hurley Phantom 17″ Foliage Boardshort

For the season’s best boardshorts, head here.

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