Archive for the ‘Sunscreen’ 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 [...]

Rashes and sunburns. On a surf trip to a warm water surf spot, apart from bodily injury caused by the waves and bowel irregularity caused by foreign foods, rashes and sunburns are two things that you want to avoid at all costs. These two terrors can make a perfect surf vacation incredibly uncomfortable. Here is [...]

Sep 8 2009

Fuel TV Surf Contest Products: Wax and Sunscreen

Posted by Tim at 10:21 am on September 8th, 2009 to Sunscreen, Surf Accessories, Wax.

While I was at the Point Mugu Surf Contest a little while ago, I made sure to get my hands on everything I saw that was being given away for free. I don’t have a lot of money to spare trying out new products that I could potentially not like, so often times I find [...]

Jul 21 2009

Headhunter Sunscreen: The Original Face Stick

Posted by Tim at 7:57 am on July 21st, 2009 to Sunscreen, Surf Accessories.

Headhunter sunscreen was started in 1989, by Doug and Drew Littlemore of La Jolla, California. These two surfing brothers were working as boatmen on Tavarua at the time, and were constantly tortured by the tropical sun. They decided they needed to make a truly waterproof sunscreen that could survive intense surf sessions. They often label [...]