Ok, the time has come, this summer I need to wear a sun hat in the surf, there is more head than hair!
Who wears one, and what kind are you wearing? I'm sure I could walk into a shop and get one, but recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

a ripcurl bucket hat does me + zinc and rashie
i get about two seasons with one cap, i have to use one, thinning hair and a melanoma 10 years ago.

smh - the hippisters will be wearing them this summer

Yeah - go light colour if u can, i have a wide brimmed dark one and it works great, but feels warmish some days. Any name brand, i reckon. (Just cos i cant be arsed going to my car to check what I got... ) They feel awkward the first couple of times. I now wear it so much that on the occasions when i I don't, I sometimes still grab the top of my head with one hand when I wipe out.
They are great for the long sessions on the 666 too. The SB riders love it when I arrive in the line-up with my hat and my gut and chat away about what a beautiful day it is and how i use to ride a 5'10 but now I'm just on a 10.

I'm bald as a babboons arse but I can't do hats. Thry just aren't comfortable.

So I end up using lots of sunscreen. May not be as good as a hat but it works for me. I don't get burnt unless I forget

I have one of these http://www.surfstitch.com/product/west-surf-hat-black

I cut some material about 30mmx60mm from an old pair of boardies & the missus stitched it onto the back of my rashie. Made like a button hole & I tie that to the hat so I'm not chasing after it in the impact zone when it comes off. I prefer an all round brim coz the suns rarely directly above when I'm surfing & I wear it all year round these days coz I'm always getting biopsies these days (had one a few days ago). The side straps great for keeping the wind out of your ears as well

I have a Creatures of Leisure beige bucket hat. The brim can be shaped and it holds even after wiping out, duck diving etc.

(I wipe out more than I'd like)

Picked it up in Bali, love it .... The misses hates it.

Win, win

Cheers for the advice guys, who really gives a s--t what you look like, as long as you're out there having fun, getting waves!

weiry said..

smh said..

Ted the Kiwi said..

smh - the hippisters will be wearing them this summer

Maybe I ought to get one then and a wig to wear underneath.

^^^




i dont have any probs with them moving around on my head,
maybe its got something todo with the shape of your scone

Its a melon for sure.

I've tried heaps. But i find two things i don't like. I don't like having something over my ears and when taking of looking down the line (when paddling) i find the brim tends to block my vision. I have one that when i paddle i push it making me look like Gilligan, but they bother me so i tend to leave them in the car

jbshack said..
I've tried heaps. But i find two things i don't like. I don't like having something over my ears and when taking of looking down the line (when paddling) i find the brim tends to block my vision. I have one that when i paddle i push it making me look like Gilligan, but they bother me so i tend to leave them in the car

Yep... I agree with the blocked vision thing. Worst on the SB, improved a little when you are getting in earlier on the LB and no worries on the 666. I have a mate who wears the surf cap, but backwards - it means the brim is no real benefit (although at least it's out of the way), but I guess the rest of the hat covers the bit our former hair used to.

Cuttlefish said..

They all pale in comparison to Protecsun from Michael Cundith's wife Toshie.
Best hats on the market and not made by a corporation.
Worth every cent.
Do not come off. Do not flop around on the sides destroying your peripheral vision.
This is the downfall of the inferior ones made by the big companies.
www.mcsurf.com.au/shopping/surf-hats/29/1

Might havta grab one of those Indo surf hats