Quiksilver is no doubt one of the consistently exciting surf brands.
Founded in Torquay, Australia back in 1969 and in 1973, the well-known wave and mountain logo was created by company founders Alan Green and John Law, which was inspired by the classic 1847 Japanese woodcut “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by Hokusai.
The company is now based in Huntington Beach, California and Quiksilver as a company has grown considerably.
The parent company went from Quiksilver, Inc. to Boardriders, Inc. and still owns Quiksilver, Roxy and DC Shoes, Boardriders acquired the competition in 2018 ala Billabong International Limited and now owns Billabong, Element, Von Zipper, RVCA and XCEL brands.
Quiksilver has always been a popular surf brand that you would often see on a surf mag growing up.
Perhaps known to the surfing community of having a 23-year relationship with the greatest surfer of all time, Kelly Slater, has no doubt helped popularize the brand.
Granted, things have changed a lot since then. Former Quiksilver employee Richard Woolcot (which produced “Kelly Slater in Black and White”) moved to Volcom as their CEO and Volcom is owned by Kering, and Slater has moved on to Kering.
For me, Quiksilver was a brand I respected even before Kelly Slater and one can credit the surfing marketing of Californian Bob McKnight (responsible for obtaining the US license rights to Quiksilver and popularizing the brand in the US) who really kept the brand strong from the ’70s on. And of course, Danny Kwock during the fluorescent Echo Beach years during the ’80s, which had people in Newport Beach and California all wanting to wear Echo Beach surf gear.
But here I am, having grown up with this brand and I’m still wearing Quiksilver today (which I do confess, I’m more of a Billabong guy, but considering the company which owns Quiksilver now owns Billabong, I guess it’s part of the same family now).
I’m reviewing the Quiksilver Highline Jungle Boardshort which is made of recycled fabrice, ala a repreve traceable, recycled 4-way stretch polyester boardshort which is literally made from recycled plastic bottles (made with 90% recycled polyester and 10% elastane).
It has a DryFlight water-repellent hydrophobic coating and it’s pretty cool to see how these shorts really do repel water really well!
Has an outseam of 19″, so it’ll go right above the knee cap.
A performance fit/performance fly boardshort that is fit to size and has a backpocket (velcro) with the bungee cord.
These shorts are comfortable, great stretch.
I also dig the design with the white waist, black mids and cool ’70s/’80s line pattern with the modern aloha style print. It’s pretty awesome!
But overall, these are awesome shorts and I do recommend the Quiksilver Highline Jungle Boardshort!
