Hey guys, post pics of your favorite thongs... FOR YOUR FEET!

And... Please post pictures of other thongs down at the beach!

Sorry ladies, but you don't have to read this thread!
























I'll post a pic of my Sanuk's later... Super comfy... (Foot Things!)...


Happy New Year, and let's have some FUN!

In fact, I will give away a PRIZE !!... A "Bells Beach Stubby Holder", for the person to take the coolest picture of their thongs... (and post it here!)
Judging will be done on Australia Day!

(Note: Ted, your photo entry needs to by 25% better than the next, to win, I know you have good equipment! )

In fact, I might open it up to 3 2 prizes...
Best Photo of Foot Thongs (ie. cool scenery with your own personal thongs)...
Best Photo of "other thongs", and it needs to be a lady wearing it, and you need to have taken the photo! Ted, get that Telephoto out!
Best Photo of "other thongs", that you grabbed from 'the net'.

3 2 different winners...

I've been wearing Havaianas for a while but won't buy any more, I've snapped the front plug off on three pairs now.

I have a pair a Reef 'Fanning's' with the bottle opener on the bottom that have lasted really well and are very comfortable.

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Please don't post porn in the Seabreeze forums.

Thanks

Consider yourself told off Simondo

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vanders1 said..
I've been wearing Havaianas for a while but won't buy any more, I've snapped the front plug off on three pairs now.

I have a pair a Reef 'Fanning's' with the bottle opener on the bottom that have lasted really well and are very comfortable.

haha does the metal bottle opener click as you walk on hard surfaces mine did so I binned them.

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Please don't post porn in the Seabreeze forums.

Thanks

good on you Laurie can you also get rid on the shortboard crap while your onto it.

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Ted the Kiwi said..
Consider yourself told off Simondo

Ted, I didn't actually post any pictures! That was Pup! Sorry, I was an instigator though!...

Edit above, to 2 prizes...

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vanders1 said..
I've been wearing Havaianas for a while but won't buy any more, I've snapped the front plug off on three pairs now.

I have a pair a Reef 'Fanning's' with the bottle opener on the bottom that have lasted really well and are very comfortable.

Vanders I am a Havaianas die hard and won't wear anything else but original Havies.

I reckon you may have bought a pair of the new thinner models if you snapped a plug off three times.

If you look at what the shops have on display you can usually find some of the originals tucked in there somewhere. They have thicker soles and straps. These are the ones I buy. They don't come in anything except plain colours with no highlights or features.

i might be wrong but maybe you got the newbies not the originals.

ET.

^^^ Could very well have ET, I normally grab the ones with thicker soles but haven't taken any notice of if the straps were thicker. Apparently they do have a 6 month warranty but seriously who keeps the receipt for thongs?

Mac - I've never had the issue of the metal bottle opener clicking as I walked, I've had 3 pairs over the last 5-6 years and they last ages.

Sorry Havies are crap compared to the comfort of these,sure they are double the price but will last at least 3 times the thong and much more comfortable and I'd say better for you.

vanders - everything I buy these days I just take a pic of the receipt and throw it in the bin. Sorted.

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Simondo said.....

Ted, I didn't actually post any pictures! That was Pup! Sorry, I was an instigator though!...

Edit above, to 2 prizes...

Instigator - exactly

I will get my camera out later in the week for the comp. Love a Bells beer holder. Down in the big smoke Wed / Thurs so no chance.

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Macaha said..
Sorry Havies are crap compared to the comfort of these,sure they are double the price but will last at least 3 times the thong and much more comfortable and I'd say better for you.

you can get the nike oirginal for a quarter of the price without the hurley label

First, the Scotty version,

Target thong good.


Now the version for the rest of you.

I had problems with finding decent thongs for years and quite apart from the breakage's there were other problems.

firstly, they were often useless at stopping any sharp objects going straight through them, but the thing i hated the most was how the sole wore so quickly and they became deadly on any wet surface.

The amount of times I almost went arse over tit while on the painted sections of a pedestrian crossing in the wet was scary.

Then about 4 or 5 years ago, I was passing through Target and they had these PipingHot thongs on special for $5 a pair, so I got a pair.






I walked out of the shop, threw my old thongs in the bin, put these ones on and walked off, I got about 50 metres away, turned around, went back into Target and bought every pair they still had, even if they weren't my exact size, I think I ended up with 4 pairs.

each pair has lasted me around 1 year on average, and I show them no mercy, gardening, bush walking, sharp volcanic rocks around woopi headland, long marches through the city, it does not matter, nothing has ever gone through them and the tread has never worn to a point where they have become slippery in the wet, I believe the compound in the rubber may also have something to do with them not getting slippery.

A strap has never broken and the only thing that finally wears them out is a delimitation between the black sole and the grey upper around the front. Even then I still squeeze a few more months out of them using contact adhesive and clamping them together.

Okay, I can hear you all saying "what a frigging tight arse, gluing his 5 buck thongs together" and you may well be right, but I did not do that with the first couple of pairs , when they got just a tiny bit worn, I just threw them away in a caviler, devil may care fashion. Then I came to the realization that I was not seeing them for sale any more and so for the next 3 years I started to make more frequent visits to Target and I getting a little worried.

Well finally I have started to see them in Target again and the pair in the photo are actually only around 4 months old and I paid $30 for them, I was more than happy to pay that amount because I now know how good they are.

Lately they have been on special for 20% off and whenever I see them in my size, I buy them, I now have a stash of 3 pairs and I'm still wearing the last of the ones I bought for a Lady Godiver 5 years ago.

Great stuff Obct! Great story.

I have really enjoyed a pair of Sanuk's basically exactly the same as these....
Super Light, durable, comfy, but not super cheap... They bed in really well too. Rocks don't get through...

well boys i fancy myself as a bit of a thong expert,, you wear them all year round up here.

I had them all ,,,,all the surf brands,,, Double pluggers,,,sports thongs,ect ect.

and the best by a long shot for $$$$ wear and comfort are crocs

I've tried other croc styles,forget them they don't touch these baby's

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^^^ Could very well have ET, I normally grab the ones with thicker soles but haven't taken any notice of if the straps were thicker. Apparently they do have a 6 month warranty but seriously who keeps the receipt for thongs?

Mac - I've never had the issue of the metal bottle opener clicking as I walked, I've had 3 pairs over the last 5-6 years and they last ages.

from what I've heard vanders, its a toss up the thongs wearing first or the bottle opener.

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Cobra said..
well boys i fancy myself as a bit of a thong expert,, you wear them all year round up here.

I had them all ,,,,all the surf brands,,, Double pluggers,,,sports thongs,ect ect.

and the best by a long shot for $$$$ wear and comfort are crocs

I've tried other croc styles,forget them they don't touch these baby's

Cobra have they been worn yet look brand new

how many crocs does a snake wear

yellow ones are mine, black ones are an add,,




thanks Asea,i thought i would have take a pic of my thongs,now my wife is giving me the …you are fuctard look

best two were .... the old Beachcombers (lasted for yonks & sturdy) & the good old double pluggers - near impossible to find in this Hipster Boat Shoe world

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Cobra said..
yellow ones are mine, black ones are an add,,

thanks Asea,i thought i would have take a pic of my thongs,now my wife is giving me the ?you are fuctard look

never worn thongs ! can not stand the feeling of that weird bit of rubber in between my toes !!!!!


but crocs are comfy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Hot Buttered Surfboard thongs

Nice work rune. Whilst form n function is important style should never be forgotten

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rune said..



My Hot Buttered Surfboard thongs

What about the swallow tail version

My standard thongs come with a squash tail

how ****ing soft are you all. you bunch of soy decaf latte drinking yuppie hipsters...what bare foot not good enough for you nancy boys



well my prefered choice of footwear has to be the amazing and still so sexy in a dodgy german tourist wearing socks in sandals kind of way....drum roll. my birkenstoks

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obct said...


First, the Scotty version,

Target thong good.


Now the version for the rest of you.

I had problems with finding decent thongs for years and quite apart from the breakage's there were other problems.

firstly, they were often useless at stopping any sharp objects going straight through them, but the thing i hated the most was how the sole wore so quickly and they became deadly on any wet surface.

The amount of times I almost went arse over tit while on the painted sections of a pedestrian crossing in the wet was scary.

Then about 4 or 5 years ago, I was passing through Target and they had these PipingHot thongs on special for $5 a pair, so I got a pair.






I walked out of the shop, threw my old thongs in the bin, put these ones on and walked off, I got about 50 metres away, turned around, went back into Target and bought every pair they still had, even if they weren't my exact size, I think I ended up with 4 pairs.

each pair has lasted me around 1 year on average, and I show them no mercy, gardening, bush walking, sharp volcanic rocks around woopi headland, long marches through the city, it does not matter, nothing has ever gone through them and the tread has never worn to a point where they have become slippery in the wet, I believe the compound in the rubber may also have something to do with them not getting slippery.

A strap has never broken and the only thing that finally wears them out is a delimitation between the black sole and the grey upper around the front. Even then I still squeeze a few more months out of them using contact adhesive and clamping them together.

Okay, I can hear you all saying "what a frigging tight arse, gluing his 5 buck thongs together" and you may well be right, but I did not do that with the first couple of pairs , when they got just a tiny bit worn, I just threw them away in a caviler, devil may care fashion. Then I came to the realization that I was not seeing them for sale any more and so for the next 3 years I started to make more frequent visits to Target and I getting a little worried.

Well finally I have started to see them in Target again and the pair in the photo are actually only around 4 months old and I paid $30 for them, I was more than happy to pay that amount because I now know how good they are.

Lately they have been on special for 20% off and whenever I see them in my size, I buy them, I now have a stash of 3 pairs and I'm still wearing the last of the ones I bought for a Lady Godiver 5 years ago.

Thanks OB

I just bought a pair of these sfter Cobras glowing report.

First ride report:
Very grippy, holds in well on a steep face.
Deck not as comfortable as my Havaianas but I deliberately chose the thinnest specs as I like a sensitive ride.
Construction looks first first class.
Very happy after the first outing and looking forward to many more hours of use.