The Down the Line surf shops are perfect examples of classic surf shops – amazing selections of boards, top honest advice.
“If surfing is religion, then surf shops are the temples of stoke.” Shaun Tomson
Surf Shop Day is 17/5/25
We love surf shops… So we just have to get behind this… And here is why you should too…
Apart from actually riding waves, is there anything cooler than walking into a well stocked shop and checking to the boards? Personally my life has bean transformed from visits to shops. As a kid I got my first wetsuits from a legendary surf shop owner – John Heath from Piran surf. I literally know every surfboard that was in the rack of Tris surf shop over a decade of my teens. I remember Down the Line opening with it’s stupendous glistening lines of boards.
Yeah you can browse on line, but there is still no substitute for a real surf shop. Putting a board under your arm and speaking to a person who has dedicated their life to helping customers with equipment and getting face to face feedback and advice.
We have an amazing choice of showrooms with incredibly history and staff who are dedicated to getting you sorted out with the board or wetsuit YOU NEED, not what some review wants to sell you.
Talking to trustworthy board sales people and shapers and building a long term relationship is priceless when it comes to boards. Cord, St Agnes,
One piece of proof of this is number of second hand nearly new surfboards online, bought on reviews, but unsuitable for their owners. Just a chat with a decent surf shop sales person or shaper takes mistakes out of the equation and over the years that advice will get you sorted out with magic shapes not only increasing your enjoyment, but shortening the learning curve and saving you money.
International surf shop day is 17 May 2205. Do your research with our board and wetsuit guides and then go in and get your mitts on some quality shapes and suits. You will not regret it!
Our 2025 surfboard guide is out in print now.
Read “How to buy a surfboard” here
Read “How to buy a wetsuit” here
Our wetsuit guide is here.
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