Surfer style
Numerous media have capitalized upon this image and surfing culture, from American shows such as Malibu, CA, Baywatch and teen-oriented films, to a number of Australian soaps, such as Home and Away. The surfer style is often associated with a heartthrob or "pretty boy" male image. Many exhibiting the style today use artificial bleach on their hair rather than letting the sun bleach it naturally and maintain a more refined appearance. Hair gel companies began manufacturing stronger holding hair products and adverts began to feature more extreme styles with the tagline "Get surfer hair" to sell the product. Since the late 1990s, hairstyling companies have branded their own hair gels, shampoos and hair wax to achieve the "surfer look". A July 2003 article by Cincinnati Magazine described the modern surfer hair trend as "men growing out their hair, not long, but short with texture the edges are more undone and natural, not blunt." Other variations of the style are the 90s curtains style with a floppy fringe with far less application of gel, worn by people such as Phil Vassar, Sebastián Rulli, Andy Griggs, Laird Hamilton, Taylor Hawkins, Keith Urban and Alex Band and the heavy layered fringe and mullet style, worn by people such as Owen Wilson, Jon Bon Jovi, and Mike Ransom.Īctor Owen Wilson wearing the mid-length surfer hair common among his British and American peers from the mid-2000s onwards
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This style often requires more grooming and back combing and the heavy use of hair gels or waxes to achieve the permanent hair lift or intentional windswept look. However, since the late 1990s, a shorter style, typically with a distinctly elevated quiff has emerged amongst young men, fashioned in a style similar to James Dean. Traditionally, the surfer hairstyle has been one with little regard to personal grooming unkempt, wild, long and carefree and at one with nature. These are examples of the modern surfer bouffant hairstyle. On the contrary, the modern surfer image has been described as rather less primitive in appearance, with many surfers now having jobs, driving posh cars and spending more time on personal grooming.
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īy the late 1960s and early 1970s, the long haired surfer had become heavily stereotyped in the media (referred to as a "beach bum" or "surfer dude" ) as having a lack of discipline and self-indulgence and were described in an April 1971 issue of The Sun-Herald in Sydney as "jobless junkies". Blonder or red headed individuals tend to be more affected, given that their pheomelanin is more sensitive. The hair of surfers is often damaged and bleached, brought about by frequent exposure to sunlight, humidity and salty water.
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From the late 1960s to the 1980s in particular, especially at the time of the hippy, the surfer style was characterized by thick, long, bleached, often curly blond hair, bleached intensively by the sun and the saltwater. In 1965, Life magazine noted that the long surfer hair style and clothing (Levis) of surfers also transcended into skiing fashion. In 1963, Billboard described the emerging cultural "uniform" of the surfer with bleached blond hair and white Levi jeans, cut off at the knee. As early as 1950, Life magazine referred to the "beach bum" surfers of southern California.