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Rip Curl Clothing is built for riding and always searching for the ultimate journey. Rip Curl is a company for, and about, the Crew on “The Search”. The products they make, the events they run, the riders they support and the people they reach globally are all part of the Search that Rip Curl is on. The ultimate sun, fun and surf seekers, they are a company built for riding. The Search is the driving force behind their progress and vision. When the Crew is chasing uncharted reefs, untracked powder or unridden rails, Rip Curl aim to arm them with the best equipment they’ll need. No matter where your travels lead you, they have you covered.
Rip Curl, the name is synonymous with anything and everything in surf culture, past, present and future. With beginnings producing surfboards from a garage near the legendary Bells beach break, Australia, in 1969, they have grown to be one of the biggest surf brands on the surf scene, sponsoring many of the world's best surfers and WCT events. The company was founded by Doug "Claw" Warbrick and Brian "Sing Ding" Singer and in 1970 they made the decision to begin production of specialized wetsuits, with an emphasis on transforming diving technology into a wetsuit suitable for surfing.
Rip Curl Clothes took over an old house in Torquay and made a small investment in a pre-World War II sewing machine. Claw and Brian put together a Crew of locals and went into production, cutting out the rubber on the floor and handing the pieces to an over-worked and underpaid machinist. By today’s standards, the prototype Rip Curl Wetsuits were primitive, but they differed from others on the market in that they evolved through interaction with surfers. Like it has been for over 30 years, Rip Curl Boards were at the forefront of research, development and technology in surfing.
By 1973, Rip Curl led the Australian market in surfing wetsuits. At this time, Warbrick and Singer thought it was the perfect opportunity to approach the Australian Surfriders Association - who ran the annual Bells Beach Easter contest - about sponsoring the event, hence making it Australia's first professional surfing competition. The Rip Curl Pro was born and now ranks as one of the top global surf events on the tour.
Today Rip Curl produces not only Rip Curl Surf Gear but also Rip Curl Apparel, Rip Curl Mountain Wear, Rip Curl Eyewear, Rip Watches, Rip Curl Footwear, Rip Curl Luggage, Rip Curl Bags and Rip Curl Accessories. Rip Curl Surfwear has become one of the largest board wear brands in Australia, Europe and South America and is growing rapidly in North America. Rip Curl remains a private company.
Rip Curl have been the market leaders in surfing clothes, surf accessories and surfwear for over 30 years and their aim in making surfboards, especially handcrafted custom boards, is to fit the board to the surfer to where he wants to go on a wave. Rip Curl's Watch technology is more advanced than one ever thought possible. With a quick glance at your wrist our Rip Curl Tide Watches let you know what the tide is doing and when. Our Mountainwear is designed to give the surfer ultimate amounts of freedom, while keeping them warm, comfortable and stylish on the snow.
Rip Curl’s Team of sponsored riders include Mick Fanning, who stormed the 2001 Rip Curl pro as a wildcard to win the event, along side the legendary Tom Curren and searcher Bethany Hamilton. On the snow Rip Curls Snowboarders Per Loken and Andy Finch give the team air while the Dean Smith is Rip Curl’s Wakeboard whirlybird man. The Curl have vowed to continue to stick by the grass roots that helped make them the market leader in surfing, but their goals is also to charge on in to the future and push riding to a new level.
Rip Curl are world leaders in the surf industry for their quality surf products. Rip Curl have contributed much to the world of surfing. Among their achievements are the ground breaking Rip Curl Elasto series wetsuits which they continue to refine and build upon for future Rip Curl Wetsuits. Also Rip Curl is credited with making the world's fist 100% stitchless boardshorts! Rip Curl surfwear is manufactured for all ages, including Rip Curl Mens and Rips Curl Women's gear, as well as Rip Curl Girls and Rip Curl Guys kit. To name just their top products we should mention Rip Curl Boardshorts, Rip Curl T-Shirts, Rip Curl Accessories, Rip Curl Watches and Rip Curl footwear including sandals and skate shoes.
One of the best products that Rip Curl produce and sell is their fantastic range of surf styled and engineered watches. Rip Curl watches have stood the test of time (no pun intended!) durable materials, excellent workmanship and smooth styles.
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