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    Hawaii tourism down 6.9% in May not as bad as past 10 months  Jun 27, 2009
    Costco, Wal-Mart and other discount stores are competing for customers for boardshorts, T-shirts and even surfboards. "They're all carrying surf clothing now, where before you could only get those in a hard-core surf shop," Yap said. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Bondi Rescue  Apr 1, 2008
    Speedos or boardshorts ... Speedos or boardshorts. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Cruel sea takes lifesaver's life  Jan 11, 2008
    At the club's bar beneath, they came as they were, in boardshorts and in thongs, some still salty and wet from the beach, to toast Tim Gates, a favourite son lost too soon. On the beach outside, nippers still paddled and played, and the surf, tiny and calm, rolled in. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)

    Industry rides wave of change  Dec 11, 2007
    One of the initiative's big sponsors is Billabong, whose products include boardshorts that are made from 100 per cent recycled PET bottles. Like most big surf companies, the bulk of Billabong's $1. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Put on your shorts and get stoked at Patagonia  Nov 5, 2007
    Come as you are, sandy-footed and in your boardshorts, and school up on the world of surf culture, completely free of charge. Gerry Lopez and Jock Sutherland will speak at 6:30 p.m. Saturday behind the Patagonia store in Cardiff. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)

    Pallinghurst still chasing ConsMin takeover  Oct 16, 2007
    Pacific Sunwear and Zumiez reported better than expected sales results in September, with demand for boardshorts and T-shirts solid. Both companies credited men's clothing as having pushed up sales, while Pacific Sunwear also pointed to women buying clothing and swimwear. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    It's hard to see ray of hope through the gray  May 22, 2007
    For beachgoers and surfers that will mean more full-length wetsuits and less boardshorts throughout the beginning of summer. The cold water temperatures are the product, it turns out, of persistent winds farther north along the California Coast. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)

    Quiksilver Takes a Tumble  Mar 9, 2007
    Quiksilver got its start selling boardshorts in the early 1970s. The company's thrust has been to grow beyond its original board-culture roots through acquisitions. (BusinessWeek)

    Borat's babe falls apart at the seams  Jan 19, 2007
    His beach houses are in stark contrast to the way his former wife and Billabong co-founder Rena Merchant lives on the Sunshine Coast - and a lifetime away from the tiny Gold Coast flat the pair would make boardshorts in to sell to local surf shops. While Angourie locals speak in reverent tones about Merchant and the 10 flat screen televisions he is said to have ordered for the new home, his former wife Rena maintains a comparatively austere existence, her home a large shed at Boreen Point, 21... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)




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