Boardshort

Kapaa (cousin to the famous Miura Store boardshort makers of Haleiwa), […]

[…] however, the company does recommend, ‘If you doubt yourself, wear something else’, which is reinforced by the boardshort collections currently outperforming briefs in terms of sales (personal correspondence 2010). […] Boardshort design evolved in response to the surfer’s need for a functional and durable garment that did not restrict movement while surfing; […]

(Wetsuit and boardshort makers similarly experimented with limestone-based “geoprene” instead of petroleum-based neoprene for wetsuits, and recycled plastic or organic cotton instead of synthetic nylon or polyester boardshorts.)

Kyle slipped his hands into his pastel pink boardshort pockets.

Now he was shoving them back into his boardshort pockets, she could feel the spring chill creeping back into her.

Being a surfer of a few years, I take care to find a boardshort that is both durable and good looking.

Roxy lays claim to a surf-fashion coup—the boardshort, a fashion-forward design that combined fit and flexibility with a more feminine styling. The boardshort, so the Roxy version goes, was developed in a brainstorming session with Roxy’s fashion designers and Lisa Andersen, by then a sponsored member of the Roxy team.

You can’t beat a board short for slimming muscular thighs.