About Surfbender
We're Surfbender. Surf-inspired tees, printed to order, built for wave chasers who'd rather be in the water than just about anywhere else.
Shawn started Surfbender in his Jersey apartment because he didn't have a car to go down to the shore. He did have a subway that could take him to Rockaway Beach though and started Surfbender after dreaming of dawn patrols, lineup politics, and post-surf burritos. The East Coast surf scene doesn't always get the love it deserves, so we set out to make gear that speaks our language: original graphics, heavyweight cotton, and the kind of designs you'd actually wear past the parking lot.
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 we're 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. We're a small crew, and we'd rather pay a little more to print 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.
We're just getting paddled out. Thanks for being here. Now go catch something.Â
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