Beach Trading Blog

This week we’re putting one of our most popular women’s board shorts on sale!

Now thru Friday, July 3rd, you can get an additional 10% off on our Black and Blue womens boardshorts.

These swim shorts are cut a bit wider than our others so they ride super-low on your hips. Made from light, soft and quick drying microfiber, these women’s swim and surf shorts are stylish and super comfy. Featuring a tie waist, velcro closure and a single contrasting blue pocket in the rear.

To take advantage of this sale all you have to do is use coupon code womens-board-shorts-bb when you place your order.

Be sure to  checkout all of our board shorts and you can outfit your entire family with our mens and kids boardshorts!

Just wanted to let our friends in Santa Barbara, CA, what their local chapter of the Surfrider Foundation is up to this weekend. 

Tomorrow, June 27th, from 10am-10pm there’s gonna be an opening reception for an art show which is a benefit for the local Santa Barbara Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.

The show is called ‘Rogue Wave’ and it’s being held at the Anderson Art Collective at 410 Palm Ave, Carpinteria. The show features contemporary surf art in a melding of art and surf culture.

The show runs until August 2nd with proceeds from the opening reception gala and 5% of sales through the run of the show going to the Santa Barbara Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.

Take a look at these brand new women’s boardshorts that just arrived in our store - can you say ‘adorable’!?!

These girl’s board shorts are similar in design to the popular ‘Tavarua’ style by Roxy board shorts, but at a fraction of the price - just $19.95!!

They’re made of rip-stop microfiber with a wide and comfy 2 1/2″ elastic waistband instead of the traditional drawstring and velcro closure. Two pockets adorn the rear with white piping and button flaps.

These ladies swim shorts do run quite small and are short waisted to ride waaay below the waist so be sure to check their size chart before purchasing these womens boardshorts.

Marine Ecologist and associate dean of the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia, James Porter, measures a 2,000 pound Navy bomb.

Beyond our shorelines and beneath the blue waters of  Puerto Rico lies a pollution problem of “explosive” proportions.

Underwater graveyards of discarded munitions litter our oceans causing untold environmental damage (not to mention threat of bodily harm to anyone unlucky enough to stumble upon them).

In Puerto Rico alone, there are hundreds of bombs left underwater, leaking carcinogenic material into the ocean that is absorbed by coral marinelife. There are countless other disposal sites as well since it was standard practice to dump unused bombs at sea until 1982.

You can read more here…

We’re happy to announce the addition of a brand new product line to our store: Mexitan sunscreen, which was derived from a secret tanning formula used by the locals at Acapulco beaches and brought back to the US to be perfected and manufactured.

We’ve scoured the globe for a natural biodegradable sunscreen and we found it in Mexitan’s line of mineral sunblock which uses zinc oxide and titanium oxide to block the harmful UV rays of the sun.

In fact several of our staff just returned from a trip to Hawaii where they tested this sunscreen daily while surfing as well as tanning and they were shocked at how well it performed!

Unlike most mineral sunblocks which go on like a thick, white paste, Mexitan glides on silky smooth with just a slight hint of white from the zinc oxide and titanium oxide. Most users won’t even notice it, but our staffers actually liked seeing the slight white on their skin so they could tell it was protecting them even after hours in the water!

What we like almost as much as it’s powerful broad spectrum UVA and UVB protection is that it’s all natural, biodegradable and safer than traditional chemical sunscreens.

In fact this is one of the only sunscreens we found where we could identify every ingredient on the label: Deionized water, Sunflower Oil, Lecithin, Coconut Oil, Glycerine, Xanthan Gum, Green Tea Extract Jojoba Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, (Vitamin E), Retinyl Palmitate, (Vitamin A), Shea Butter, Eucalyptus Oil - pretty amazing these days!

In case you missed it, this past Monday - June 8th - was World Oceans Day.

Our friends over at Oceana had a contest for the 2009 Ocean Heroes Award and after much tabulating and vote counting they announced that the winner this year is John Halas of Florida!

Halas, who is a marine biologist and manager of the Upper Region of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary,  developed an environmental anchor and mooring buoy system that spread worldwide to protect corals and other sensitive marine habitats. He will receive a $500 Nautica gift certificate, which was donated by Nautica. And a special bonus prize - a customized message for his answering machine by Oceana Board member Ted Danson. Congratulations, John, and thank you for your long-term dedication to the oceans!

The first runner-up is Bob Schoelkopf! In 1978, Bob helped start a program in Brigantine, NJ that aided stranded marine mammals. That program evolved into the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, which rescues and rehabilitates hundreds of seals, dolphins, sea turtles, and other injured creatures every year. For receiving the second most votes, he will receive an ocean-themed entertainment gift pack valued at $250…Congratulations, Bob!

The second runner-up is Andy DeHart! Andy is a shark expert who currently works at the National Aquarium in Washington, D.C. and is a Discovery Channel “shark advisor.” Andy educates the public on the important role sharks play in the ecosystem and the need to protect them. He will receive an Oceana gift pack valued at $50…Congratulations, Andy!

This week’s special is on one of our beautiful handmade sarongs from Indonesia!

From now thru Friday this  yellow tropical sarong is on sale for 10% off our already low price of $8.95 - that means you’ll only pay $8.05 for this beautiful pareo.

These sarongs are 100% rayon so they are light, soft and comfortable.

Sarongs can be used in a variety of ways such as a beach wrap, a skirt, a shawl or even a table covering or window shade. The only limit is your imagination!

Each sarong measures approx. 62″x44″ with fringe edging. Photo shows 1/2 of entire sarong and lines are just from it being folded.

Tonight in Hermosa Beach, CA, the South Bay Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation is holding one of it’s popular mixers.

These mixers are a great way to find out about local coastal issues and victories, and gives you a chance to meet Chapter members who are working on these projects. This is the best way to connect with like-minded ocean activists, find out more about what’s going on in the coming months and learn how to get more involved with this local Surfrider Chapter.

Tonight’s mixer will include a special presentation from kids in the Green Ambassadors Program at the Environmental Charter High School. Green Ambassadors is an environmental education program that empowers youth to be agents of change in their communities and world. The program fosters personal growth and leadership skills to help youth tackle the most critical environmental issues facing our planet. They will be presenting on Surfrider’s “Rise Above Plastics” Program, to educate members on the impact plastics have on our lives and the environment.

Everyone gets one FREE raffle ticket and a chance to win an E.T. Surf Boogeyboard, E.T. Ripstix Skateboard Deck, and cool South Bay Chapter Merchandise! Stick around after the meeting for live music by Dreadstarr!

7:00pm - 8:30pm at The Shore in Hermosa Beach

We here at Beach Trading want to take moment and thank all the veterans who have served our country and given their lives so that we may be free. 

OK folks… We know we’ve told you this before but we only have a few bags of Lion Christmas Coffees left so we’re blowing them out!

We sold tons of these 10oz bags for $9.95 during the holidays but we’ve still got a few more left so we’re lowering the price to just $4.95 per bag!

Lion guarantees their freshness for 1 year so there’s still 7 months of coffee brewing left in these delicious Lion coffees.