In the late 1960's Australian surfers Alan Green and John Law chased a dream - to live in Torquay, make a living and go surfing. In 1969 Alan Green produced wetsuits (Rip Curl) on a $2500 loan from his father, the next product was sheepskin boots (UGG Boots), and in 1970 he and John Law formed the company named Quiksilver. Greenie and Law ripped apart some old surf trunks and discarded the portions that they deemed unnecessary or undesirable. Gone was the leaden canvas, the lace up front, the long stovepipe legs, the double thick seams and buttons that hurt when you paddled. Nothing of the old surf trunk was left so they started from scratch. A pattern that was anatomically based was devised to move with the surfer.
Greenie and Law's innovative surf trunk was made from a durable, lightweight fabric that dried rapidly.
So Greenie and Law put them on and went surfing. Hard at it, all day every day. People notice what works. They also pay attention to individuals who devote years to chasing a dream. Soon other riders would do anything to get one of these elusive new fangled surf boardshorts. This was the birth of Quiksilver, the genuine, original, functional choice of the hard-core participant.
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