1071 Forty-First Avenue. Santa Cruz, California.
That tiny line of text turns this from a generic surf graphic into a cold-water artifact.
This design points straight back to O’Neill’s Surf Shop, the legendary surf operation tied to Jack O’Neill, wetsuit experimentation, and the moment Northern California surfers stopped pretending hypothermia was a personality trait. The wording says it plainly: Quality Surfboards • Wetsuits. Not lifestyle. Not vibes. Equipment.
Santa Cruz surf culture was built in water cold enough to make Southern California surfers reconsider their choices, and O’Neill helped solve the problem with neoprene, garage-shop stubbornness, and the kind of practical genius that changes an entire sport.
The wave graphic has that perfect early surf-shop feel: hand-drawn, local, slightly sun-beaten, built for a window decal or board rack sticker before surf branding became a global machine.
“The wetsuit wasn’t fashion. It was permission to stay out longer.”
A clean vintage surf tee with real 41st Avenue DNA, blue ink, salt air, and the faint smell of wax, rubber, and wet pavement after a dawn session.
• 100% ring-spun cotton
• Fabric weight: 6.1 oz/yd² (206.8 g/m²)
• Garment-dyed
• Relaxed fit
• 7/8″ double-needle topstitched collar
• Twill-taped neck and shoulders for extra durability
• Double-needle armhole, sleeve, and bottom hems
• Blank product sourced from Honduras
Size guide
| |
WIDTH (inches) |
LENGTH (inches) |
SLEEVE CENTER BACK (inches) |
| S |
18 ¼ |
26 ⅝ |
16 ¼ |
| M |
20 ¼ |
28 |
17 ¾ |
| L |
22 |
29 ⅜ |
19 |
| XL |
24 |
30 ¾ |
20 ½ |
| 2XL |
26 |
31 ⅝ |
21 ¾ |
| 3XL |
27 ¾ |
32 ½ |
23 ¼ |
| 4XL |
29 ¾ |
33 ½ |
24 ⅝ |
| |
WIDTH (cm) |
LENGTH (cm) |
SLEEVE CENTER BACK (cm) |
| S |
46.4 |
67.6 |
41.3 |
| M |
51.4 |
71.1 |
45 |
| L |
55.9 |
74.6 |
48.3 |
| XL |
61 |
78.1 |
52 |
| 2XL |
66 |
80.3 |
55.3 |
| 3XL |
70.5 |
82.6 |
59 |
| 4XL |
75.6 |
85 |
62.6 |
