The Ryde Blog - Archive for June, 2008

Here’s a shot of The Ryde’s newest labor force in action!

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Here’s an interview that we did a little while back with Nick Cocores, buyer for Thalia St. Surf Shop in Laguna Beach, CA. If you haven’t been to their shop then… you can’t be friends with me. Though small, it’s one of the best shops around and they have an incredible knack at buying some [...]

If you haven’t noticed we’ve moved! Well, at least the Daily InsaniTee has. Feel free to poke around our blog and check all of the news, stories, articles and interviews or make your way over to insanitee.theryde.com if you want to see the daily steal from The Ryde’s Daily InsaniTee. Now get out you worthless, [...]

In our attempt to shed some light on the History of Surfing Apparel we recently connected with Christine Ayala, buyer for Swell.com. Here’s her take on it:
The Ryde: How long have you been buying surfing apparel?
Christine Ayala: 5 years as a senior buyer and 4 as an assistant.
What shop do you buy for?
Swell
How did you [...]

A few weeks back we were sitting around the office talking about surfing apparel and it’s roots and we realized that we couldn’t really find a definitive history on the type of clothing that we love so much: surf clothing. There is plenty written on the history of surf and the lifestyle that accompanies it, [...]