About Surfbender
I am Surfbender.
Surf-inspired tees, printed to order, built for wave chasers who'd rather be in the water than just about anywhere else. I started in my apartment after a couple of months of dawn patrols, lineup politics, and post-surf burritos at Rockaway Beach. I am not very good yet but trying to get better with more rides. The East Coast surf scene doesn't always get the love it deserves, so I set out to make gear that speaks the surfer language: original graphics, heavyweight cotton, and the kind of designs you'd actually wear past the parking lot.
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Made to order, not made to rot
Every piece is printed fresh when you order it. No warehouses full of dead stock, no sweatshops, no compromises. It takes a couple extra days, but it means your tee isn't sitting in a box aging — and I'm not producing mountains of unsold inventory that ends up in a landfill.
Sweatshop-free, always
Our blanks come from suppliers who hold themselves to real labor and environmental standards. It's just me as the crew so I'd rather pay a little more to print the collection right than cut corners on the people who make the gear.
Designed in NJ. Chasing waves everywhere.
The graphics come from life on the East Coast — the rough days, the good days, the locals-only pecking order, the van-life dream. But surf culture is bigger than one coastline, and we ship to wave chasers well beyond Jersey. Hopefully, I'll have a car so to drive down the coast to say hello to you.
Surfbender is just getting paddled out. Thanks for being here. Now go catch something.Â
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