A striking pair of blue, white and black boardshorts from Etnies. Colourful without being too loud and obnoxious like other boardshorts.

Lace fastening waist, one pocket with velcro closing and all at a reduced price.

Available in sizes large and XL.

These Etnies Marco Polo Boardshorts are £28 reduced from £40 and shipping is £3.

BUY THIS ITEM »

Hardcloud is an online surf and snow store with a good range of gear including clothes, equipment, shoes and accessories.

Here are a pair of US college retro short type things from Zanerobe. These are long for track shorts, not sure how Usain Bolt would do trying to run in these things but lets not be picky…

Long shorts, a couple of pockets and drawstring waistband. Available in small, medium and large.

These Zanerobe Navy Track Shorts are £40 and shipping is £3.

BUY THIS ITEM »

Bagga Menswear – a great online mens clothing destination for fine stylish threads and a good selection of sale items

Volleyball shorts are a great compromise if you don’t want shorts with really garish colours/patterns, really long ones or football ones that make you look like a chavvy idiot.

These billabong are a good example; one simple colour, above the knee length, elastic waist, pockets and lightweight.

Available in sizes small, medium and XL.

These Billabong Point Volley Board Shorts are £30 and shipping is £3.

BUY THIS ITEM »

RIP101 another great surf store online for all your tshirt, shorts, jackets, sweatshirt and general surf brand needs.

Slightly more casual than yesterday; lightweight, two big side pockets and striking check design which drags the eye away from your sparrow legs.

Available in sizes from medium to XXL.

These Quicksilver Superbad Walkshorts are £50 and shipping is FREE.

Use this exclusive discount code – SMARTGEEZER – and get 5% off any order (ends 30/06/09).

BUY THIS ITEM »

Surfdome – is an online surf store with tshirts, shorts, shoes, flip-flops and more. Loads of top brands and great items.

The Sun’s shining so get your legs out, not least so you can aerate your undercarriage.

These Volcom shorts are a little on the formal side with belt loops and chino fit with a few pockets.

Available in sizes medium, large and XL.

These Volcom Uncle Garcia Shorts are £40 and shipping is £3.

BUY THIS ITEM »

Hardcloud is an online surf and snow store with a good range of gear including clothes, equipment, shoes and accessories.

Steve emailed SmartGeezer:

Going on holidays quite soon to somewhere hot – any ideas where I can find some good 3/4 length shorts/trousers? (And preferrably not ones with hundreds of pockets and seams like cargo pants or silly writing and patterns all over)

Good call Steve – ‘Men Know Your Limits!’. Unless you’re some kind of water sports champion or 15 years old, shorts need to be kept simple.

To add to your fashion lexicon, 3/4 length trousers may also be known as ‘cropped trousers’ or ‘walkshorts’. Never been a fan of 3/4 length trousers but I feel your pain when it comes to simplicity, I’m more of a plain long boardshort (or walkshorts) kind of guy. I like to have more of a draft blowing through my nether regions to fan my ‘Betty Swollocks’.
Read the rest of this entry »

6 pockets, belt loops, zip fly…these shorts have it all when it comes to short additional facilities.

O’yeah, it also has a lairy brown check pattern featured all over.

A productive item when choosing to go somewhere half decent but it’s too hot to wear trousers. A smart pair of shorts that would go well with a short sleeved shirt and some leather flip flops for those tropical nights out.

This pair of Animal Rafarta Check Shorts are £40. Extreme Pie have also given us a discount code that gives you 10% off everything until 3rd August. The code is – JULY10 – also shipping to the UK is FREE. BUY

Extreme Pie is a UK surf and skate shop with many brands and items for your immense pleasure and shopaholic enjoyment.

Here are some great plain shorts for normal shananigans.

Loud, extra long surf shorts are not always the best idea, so here’s a great pair of regular length, plain navy blue shorts with pockets.

Available in sizes 30 inch waist to 36. Also available in Yucca which I’ve never heard of, it’s a kind of green.

This pair of Quiksilver Single Day Shorts are £25 and shipping is £3 although it’s free if you spend over £25, so get looking for something else. They’ve got a sale on too, so remember to enter the code – JUNE10FOR7 – at checkout to get 10% off.

BUY THIS ITEM »

Rushbox – a great little surf store online at teh internets.

Whilst the sun is out you migt as well get your pins out for the ladies.

This is respectable pair of white shorts from Quiksilver; cool enough to satisfy your shallow branded consumer side but subtle enough to not make you look like a dick.

Enjoy the ladies enjoying your legs whilst your legs enjoy the shorts.

This pair of Quiksilver Crumble Plain Washed Walkshorts are £55 and shipping to your humble abode will set you back approxiametely £3.50. If you’re feeling rich and spend over £100 then shipping is free.

BUY THIS ITEM »

Extreme Pie is a UK surf store with many surf and skate brands. They’ve also got a huge sale on at the moment so get yourself down there.

Nice pair of desert camo shorts by Diesel. Below the knee length so all you guys with spindly little legs can hide most of them underneath.

Available in sizes from 28 inches to 38 inches.

These Diesel Pokaw 966 Shorts are £85. Shipping is £3, plus if you use the exclusive discount code of – SMARTGEEZER – then you get a tasty little 5% off too.

BUY THIS ITEM »

Bagga Menswear – great online mens clothing store with tons of great brands and loads of items to make you look better than you actually are…which, let’s be honest, is no mean feat.