Surfers live in boardshorts. The water, the beach, cruising back streets in Indo or Mexico. While they’re ultra versatile, different boardshorts are better for different things. We’ve put together a quick guide to help sort your ultra-performance surf shorts from your casual shorts, to those that balance a bit of both. Find your best-fitting Boardshort below from the Ultimate Surfing Company.








Boardshort length is as personal as surfboard choice. Performance, comfort, and showing off your sculpted quads (or not) are all factors. Here’s length vs look at a glance.

BOARDSHORTS FOR PERFORMANCE
Our performance shorts feature four-way stretch technology, lightweight construction and welded seams for complete freedom in the water.

BOARDSHORTS FOR LIFESTYLE
Boardshorts designed and developed for life beyond the lineup, bringing together style and functionality.
“I finally got my hands on a pair of the liners, put them on, went for a surf, and instantly it just felt like someone had grabbed my butt cheeks and lifted them together and made them real perky. What that did was ease up my whole back. The looseness that I felt in my mid back and upper back, I went surfing and didn’t have any stiffness whatsoever.”
We’ve worked with CORDURA® for nearly a decade to create the Ultimate Boardshort material. Tough yet stretchy, comfortable, quick drying, chafe resistant, lightweight. Whenever you see their mark on our shorts, you’re wearing a relationship made in surf heaven. Specialist fabric built for The Search.

Surf grip waistband helps keeps your shorts where they should be
Flatlock seams for extra comfort
Zip side pocket to pack your essential equipment