Exposing the world to barrelling wave pools, jamming with Eddie Vetter, making swim trunks from recycled fish nets; eleven time world surfing champion always has something amazingly cool going on.

Obviously he has some talented and resourceful teams behind his ventures, but we’re alway rooting for this front man.

His surf clothing brand Outerknown just recently introduced the APEX Trunk after 2 years of developmentSustainably engineered the APEX trunk is produced with 86% recycled polyester, a raw material created by taking plastic bottles and transforming them into a premium polyester fiber.  The surf trunks were made in partnership with Aquafil utilizing discarded fishing nets.

“It’s the best surf trunk I’ve ever worn.” –  Kelly Slater

Written by Joseph Pearce

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