Archive for the ‘Surf Accessories’ Category

Nov 30 2009

Zinka: A Colorful Zinc Oxide Sunscreen

Posted by Tim at 8:27 am on November 30th, 2009 to Sunscreen, Surf Accessories.

My Headhunters Face Stick has been running low lately so I was looking through the sunscreens that we have at my house, and came across a tube of Zinka. Zinka is basically the same stuff as the Headhunters Face Stick, a zinc oxide sunscreen formula meant to protect your face from the sun while surfing. [...]

Nov 11 2009

Shaka Laka Sun Blaka: Island Inspired Sun Protection

Posted by Tim at 7:00 am on November 11th, 2009 to Sunscreen, Surf Accessories.

While I was at the Point Mugu Surf Contest I picked up a whole line of sun protection products by a relatively new brand called Shaka Laka. What caught my attention was their face stick, since I love my Headhunters Face Stick more than any other type of sunscreen, but once drawn in, I noticed [...]

Nov 9 2009

Using Google Maps To Find Surf Spots

Posted by Pike at 10:19 am on November 9th, 2009 to Miscellaneous, Technology & Gadgets.

There is around 217,500 miles of coastline in the world. That is a lot of coastline. All that coastline provides for a lot of surf spots that have already been discovered and a lot that are still just pumping surf without anyone in the lineup.

Let me share a story about using Google maps to [...]

Oct 28 2009

Julie Designs Surf Sock: The Stik Sock

Posted by Tim at 10:37 am on October 28th, 2009 to Surf Accessories, Surf Bags.

After Tyler wrote a post about using surf socks to protect your boards, I decided to take mine out from the closet and start using it again. I got one made by Julie Designs called the Stik Sock a few years ago and used it for a little while, but then started getting lazy. I [...]

Awhile back I was cruising along the North Shore of Hawaii on my way back from surfing and out of the corner of my eye I saw one of the coolest little beach showers I had ever seen. An older man was on the side of the road getting out from a session at V-land [...]