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310 Boardshorts - Medium Orange
Birdwell Beach Britches · Santa Ana, CA

310 Boardshorts - Medium Orange

$125.00

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Birdwell Beach Britches

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Santa Ana, CA

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Shorts

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Made in Santa Ana, CA by Carrie Birdwell Mann. Boardshorts handmade in Santa Ana since 1961.

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A modern icon, subtly refined over a half-century of surf and sun. Classic medium length. The original "Birdies" were born in 1961, when surf mom Carrie Birdwell Mann sewed the first pairs for her sons in her Southern California living room. Hoping to replace the canvas shorts popular with surfers at the time with something safer and more functional, she found inspiration in the sails of the boats docked at nearby Newport Beach. Originally working with off-the-shelf spinnaker cloth, she soon ...