GORDON & SMITH / G&S
- Puff Print on Acid Wash Tee Shirt-
- Puff Print on Acid Wash Tee Shirt-
New Old Stock - Original late '80s Garment
Size: Small - 34" - 36"
This is an original late '80s surf / skate tee. NOT a re-issued print.
PLEASE NOTE: The vintage garments I have for sale have been on hangers in a wear house for 30 odd years. If I spotted it was a little grubby I put through the wash, to make it all fresh and bright again! If I missed a dirty spot, sorry. Remember your buying History and not High Street. Pop it in your washing machine and it'll be as good as new!
G&S has been shaping surfboards and skateboards since 1959. One of the originals of the surfing, skateboarding industry and lifestyle.
Below is a brief history of G&S.
Larry Gordon and Floyd Smith forged a close friendship in the mid 1950's while surfing together. This led to the creation of a surfboard company which became a brand with worldwide recognition.
In the late 50's most surfboards were shaped from balsa wood. The boards were heavy, hard to maneuver, and easily became waterlogged. Polyurethane foam was a new and ideal material soon to become cutting edge. Larry, a chemistrystudent, was able to source the foam chemicals with help from Gordon Plastics, his father’s family business. With no surfboards available within 50 miles, Larry and Floyd built a mold and began blowing their own foam and building surfboards. By the winter of 1959, the demand for their foam surfboards forced a move from Floyd's Pacific Beach garage into their first legitimate surf shop. Gordon and Smith was born and would become one of a small group of individuals to pioneer the Surf Industry.
In the 60's Gordon and Smith became one of the leading manufacturers in the industry. Many legendary teamriders and shapers had joined forces with G&S which helped them carve out a niche for the company in a time when surfing was defining an era.
In 1965 Floyd moved to Australia to start Gordon and Smith Surfboards on that continent. This expansion brought the innovation and quality of G&S to Australia and provided design innovation in return, plus a new loyalty from around the globe. Floyd returned to the U.S. in 1969. Two years later he sold his part of the business in order to pursue other interests. Today Floyd lives in Northern California.
The late 60's early 70's experienced the beginnings of the short board revolution. Always staying current but never sacrificing integrity, Gordon and Smith was able to successfully lead this progression of change to become, at that time, the world's largest surfboard manufacturer . Few of the other established manufacturers survived this transition with the extinction of traditional longboards. During this time Gordon and Smith also become one of the largest, most successful skateboard companies and one of the first to sponsor professional teamriders. Skateboarding exploded as the company sold 500 Fibreflex skateboards per day with a 6 month backlog and skaters became overnight superstars.
In the early 80's Gordon and Smith began producing surfwear primarily for the specialty stores. This was highly successful through the 80's and 90's. G&S has continued to produce top quality surfboards throughout the decades and has come full circle with its current line of modern performance funshape and longboard designs built with over 4 decades of experience.
Larry Gordon still owns the business, still surfs, and is looked upon as a legend in the surfing industry. His ability to stay true to his vision of 1959 by perpetuating innovation and staying relevant to today's lifestyle, is one reason Gordon and Smith has stood the test of time
G&S has been shaping surfboards and skateboards since 1959. One of the originals of the surfing, skateboarding industry and lifestyle.
Below is a brief history of G&S.
Below is a brief history of G&S.
Larry Gordon and Floyd Smith forged a close friendship in the mid 1950's while surfing together. This led to the creation of a surfboard company which became a brand with worldwide recognition.
In the late 50's most surfboards were shaped from balsa wood. The boards were heavy, hard to maneuver, and easily became waterlogged. Polyurethane foam was a new and ideal material soon to become cutting edge. Larry, a chemistry
student, was able to source the foam chemicals with help from Gordon Plastics, his father’s family business. With no surfboards available within 50 miles, Larry and Floyd built a mold and began blowing their own foam and building surfboards. By the winter of 1959, the demand for their foam surfboards forced a move from Floyd's Pacific Beach garage into their first legitimate surf shop. Gordon and Smith was born and would become one of a small group of individuals to pioneer the Surf Industry.
In the 60's Gordon and Smith became one of the leading manufacturers in the industry. Many legendary teamriders and shapers had joined forces with G&S which helped them carve out a niche for the company in a time when surfing was defining an era.
In 1965 Floyd moved to Australia to start Gordon and Smith Surfboards on that continent. This expansion brought the innovation and quality of G&S to Australia and provided design innovation in return, plus a new loyalty from around the globe. Floyd returned to the U.S. in 1969. Two years later he sold his part of the business in order to pursue other interests. Today Floyd lives in Northern California.
The late 60's early 70's experienced the beginnings of the short board revolution. Always staying current but never sacrificing integrity, Gordon and Smith was able to successfully lead this progression of change to become, at that time, the world's largest surfboard manufacturer . Few of the other established manufacturers survived this transition with the extinction of traditional longboards. During this time Gordon and Smith also become one of the largest, most successful skateboard companies and one of the first to sponsor professional teamriders. Skateboarding exploded as the company sold 500 Fibreflex skateboards per day with a 6 month backlog and skaters became overnight superstars.
In the early 80's Gordon and Smith began producing surfwear primarily for the specialty stores. This was highly successful through the 80's and 90's. G&S has continued to produce top quality surfboards throughout the decades and has come full circle with its current line of modern performance funshape and longboard designs built with over 4 decades of experience.
Larry Gordon still owns the business, still surfs, and is looked upon as a legend in the surfing industry. His ability to stay true to his vision of 1959 by perpetuating innovation and staying relevant to today's lifestyle, is one reason Gordon and Smith has stood the test of time
A FEW THINGS YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW....
COMBINED POSTAGE:Yes we can combined postage.
Just click on the add to basket button on the items you want. When you are done go to your ebay basket and click the REQUEST TOTAL FROM SELLER button, for a combined postage total. I will send this to you as soon as I can. Do not mark as payment sent 'other'.. If you do that ebay will not let me send you a combined invoice..Please do not pay and ask for a refund of the over payment as ebay takes commission on all payments made, including the postage payment.Sorry but refunds can not be made for any postage over payment you make if you do not wait for our invoice…ebay automatically adds postage for items so you may pay over the odds if you don’t wait. WORLD WIDE SHIPPING:Yes we ship world wide. If there is no postage cost stated for your country please message us and we will find out the postage for you. If you purchase more than one item please don't forget to wait so we can send you an invoice with the correct postage cost. Remember shipping is done on the weight of a package, not per packet.
DISPATCH:We post orders out Monday to Friday except bank holidays. (Some orders may get shipped on a Saturday).We ship orders out as fast as we can... This is not a part time operation, so we usually process and dispatch orders within one working day, items paid for before 2.00pm. between Tuesday - Friday usually get processed & dispatched the same day, (Monday is usually too busy as we are dealing with the weekend orders as well).Courier delivery, (larger items), have to be booked in, so same day dispatch may not be possible.
If you've not received your order within 10 working days of dispatch (30 for overseas), please contact us so we can find out what has happened.We are limited by the post office/courier services delivery terms... If you have been sent a tracking number, please use that for more information.
U.K. COURIER SERVICE PRICING:Courier prices given are quoted for MAINLAND UK ONLY, (ebay will not let us put in separate postage for these locations). Delivery by courier will cost more to: N. Ireland, Isle of Wight, Isle of Man, Scottish Highlands & Islands, etc. The Channel Islands are classed as an international destination by courier services. Please ask us for a shipping cost before ordering if you are from these regions as postage will be more expensive, and have to be invoiced and paid for before a delivery can be booked. YOUR DELIVERY INFORMATION..... IS YOUR ADDRESS CORRECT ?This is basic information, but it happens and people miss out parts of their address when placing orders. If you do not put your full address or you have a wrong or incorrect address registered with ebay or paypal, your order will not be able too get to you!PLEASE make sure the delivery address on your payment is the correct and full address, as that is where it will get sent. If you give your old address we can not redirect it for you, (as once the Royal Mail have it this is not possible). When, or if, it is returned to us you will be liable for any postage costs for re-sending to your “correct address”.Remember you are paying for it to be sent to the address stated on the payment. If that is wrong then it's not our fault. IF A DELIVERY WAS ATTEMPTED - COLLECT YOUR ITEMIf a card comes through your door letting you know of an attempted delivery please make sure that you do something about it!Do not wait for weeks, as if you do the package will be returned to us and you will have to pay the postage costs to get it resent.If you do not receive your item within the expected time please contact us, don’t just wait, as it will most likely be at a postal depot close to you. This happens a lot!!. Contacting your local Royal Mail depot is a very good idea, if you think your package is overdue.
RETURNS:Any items purchased can be returned, within 30 days of your purchase, (we do allow longer in relation to Christmas). Items are returned at your own expense. Any returned items must be in the same condition as sold to you. e.g. In a new and un-used condition, with packaging where supplied. If you return an item to us that has been used it will be send back to you at your cost! When we receive the order back we will take the appropriate action through ebay, and either refund your money or send out new goods. The ebay returns process must be completed to get the full cost of the item you returned refunded, (or ebay will keep the commission and that commission will be deducted from your refund).
ERRORS IN YOUR ORDER:This is not going to happen...... Okay it might, after all we are only human!! If we have made an error in your order, please contact us A.S.A.P. so it can be resolved.
IF IN DOUBT, GET IN TOUCH...
It should go without saying, but if you have any questions, please get in touch and we will answer them if we can. If you do not get a response it may be that your message never got to us, (this can happen with ebay messages). Or it may be that you sent the message on a Friday afternoon, and no one will be there to see it until Monday, (we do have life's away from ebay)!! If you get no reply within 5 days, try again.
FEEDBACK:
As we sell a lot of items on ebay we don't get time to personally leave feedback. This is why our feedback is done automatically through our ebay shops package. It will automatically leave you positive feedback once positive feedback has been left for us. If you leave negative or neutral feedback you will be blocked from buying.
A FEW THINGS YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW....
COMBINED POSTAGE:
COMBINED POSTAGE:
Yes we can combined postage.
Just click on the add to basket button on the items you want. When you are done go to your ebay basket and click the REQUEST TOTAL FROM SELLER button, for a combined postage total. I will send this to you as soon as I can. Do not mark as payment sent 'other'.. If you do that ebay will not let me send you a combined invoice..
Please do not pay and ask for a refund of the over payment as ebay takes commission on all payments made, including the postage payment.
Sorry but refunds can not be made for any postage over payment you make if you do not wait for our invoice…ebay automatically adds postage for items so you may pay over the odds if you don’t wait.
WORLD WIDE SHIPPING:
Yes we ship world wide. If there is no postage cost stated for your country please message us and we will find out the postage for you. If you purchase more than one item please don't forget to wait so we can send you an invoice with the correct postage cost. Remember shipping is done on the weight of a package, not per packet.
DISPATCH:
We post orders out Monday to Friday except bank holidays. (Some orders may get shipped on a Saturday).
We ship orders out as fast as we can... This is not a part time operation, so we usually process and dispatch orders within one working day, items paid for before 2.00pm. between Tuesday - Friday usually get processed & dispatched the same day, (Monday is usually too busy as we are dealing with the weekend orders as well).
Courier delivery, (larger items), have to be booked in, so same day dispatch may not be possible.
If you've not received your order within 10 working days of dispatch (30 for overseas), please contact us so we can find out what has happened.
We are limited by the post office/courier services delivery terms... If you have been sent a tracking number, please use that for more information.
U.K. COURIER SERVICE PRICING:
Courier prices given are quoted for MAINLAND UK ONLY, (ebay will not let us put in separate postage for these locations). Delivery by courier will cost more to: N. Ireland, Isle of Wight, Isle of Man, Scottish Highlands & Islands, etc.
The Channel Islands are classed as an international destination by courier services. Please ask us for a shipping cost before ordering if you are from these regions as postage will be more expensive, and have to be invoiced and paid for before a delivery can be booked.
YOUR DELIVERY INFORMATION..... IS YOUR ADDRESS CORRECT ?
This is basic information, but it happens and people miss out parts of their address when placing orders. If you do not put your full address or you have a wrong or incorrect address registered with ebay or paypal, your order will not be able too get to you!
PLEASE make sure the delivery address on your payment is the correct and full address, as that is where it will get sent. If you give your old address we can not redirect it for you, (as once the Royal Mail have it this is not possible). When, or if, it is returned to us you will be liable for any postage costs for re-sending to your “correct address”.
Remember you are paying for it to be sent to the address stated on the payment. If that is wrong then it's not our fault.
IF A DELIVERY WAS ATTEMPTED - COLLECT YOUR ITEM
If a card comes through your door letting you know of an attempted delivery please make sure that you do something about it!
Do not wait for weeks, as if you do the package will be returned to us and you will have to pay the postage costs to get it resent.
If you do not receive your item within the expected time please contact us, don’t just wait, as it will most likely be at a postal depot close to you. This happens a lot!!. Contacting your local Royal Mail depot is a very good idea, if you think your package is overdue.
RETURNS:
Any items purchased can be returned, within 30 days of your purchase, (we do allow longer in relation to Christmas). Items are returned at your own expense. Any returned items must be in the same condition as sold to you. e.g. In a new and un-used condition, with packaging where supplied. If you return an item to us that has been used it will be send back to you at your cost!
When we receive the order back we will take the appropriate action through ebay, and either refund your money or send out new goods. The ebay returns process must be completed to get the full cost of the item you returned refunded, (or ebay will keep the commission and that commission will be deducted from your refund).
ERRORS IN YOUR ORDER:
This is not going to happen...... Okay it might, after all we are only human!! If we have made an error in your order, please contact us A.S.A.P. so it can be resolved.
IF IN DOUBT, GET IN TOUCH...
It should go without saying, but if you have any questions, please get in touch and we will answer them if we can. If you do not get a response it may be that your message never got to us, (this can happen with ebay messages). Or it may be that you sent the message on a Friday afternoon, and no one will be there to see it until Monday, (we do have life's away from ebay)!! If you get no reply within 5 days, try again.
FEEDBACK:
As we sell a lot of items on ebay we don't get time to personally leave feedback. This is why our feedback is done automatically through our ebay shops package. It will automatically leave you positive feedback once positive feedback has been left for us. If you leave negative or neutral feedback you will be blocked from buying.
IF IN DOUBT, GET IN TOUCH...
It should go without saying, but if you have any questions, please get in touch and we will answer them if we can. If you do not get a response it may be that your message never got to us, (this can happen with ebay messages). Or it may be that you sent the message on a Friday afternoon, and no one will be there to see it until Monday, (we do have life's away from ebay)!! If you get no reply within 5 days, try again.
FEEDBACK:
As we sell a lot of items on ebay we don't get time to personally leave feedback. This is why our feedback is done automatically through our ebay shops package. It will automatically leave you positive feedback once positive feedback has been left for us. If you leave negative or neutral feedback you will be blocked from buying.
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