Summer Apparel 26

Summer Apparel 26, built for the warm half of the year

Summer Apparel 26 is the range for the months when the ski is on the trailer every weekend: heavyweight tees with race-pit graphics, boardies built to go from the water to the servo, a walkshort for the day you stay dry and the caps that finish it. The blank is the hero on every tee and the seam is the hero on every short; the graphic comes second. Get amongst it while the colourway you want is on the page, because summer does not wait.

The tees

240 GSM 100% cotton jersey with genuine weight to it, cut in an oversized block that sits boxy through the body and drops at the shoulder, and holds its shape wash after wash. The Vault Tech and Vault Core carry the Vault race program graphics front and back, the Demons of Speed is for the crew who follow the nationals, the Double D runs a metallic silver front print that catches the light like spray off the back of a ski, and the Stocked Up and Stocked Up Spinal stack the branding front, back and down the spine. The 40th Anniversary tee marks four decades of Jetpilot since 1986 with a commemorative print, in a mens and a ladies cut. Prints go on with a soft-hand-feel finish so they flex with the cotton instead of cracking. Every tee in the range, by weight, is on mens t-shirts.

The boardies

Two shells, one seam. The Vintage Moto and Alloy run tough polyester baja on a 22 inch leg, a hard-wearing weave that shrugs off rocks and ramps and still dries between swims, with dual side zippered pockets and high-density applique panels; the Vintage Moto locks down with a buckle closure and zippered fly, the Alloy with a classic tie. The Race Fan is 100% stretch polyester on the same 22 inch leg with a tie closure, a lycra fly and race-inspired graphics sublimated into the fabric so they never peel. Every one of them has triple-stitched crotch panels, the unglamorous seam that decides whether boardies last one summer or five. The full run, every cut, is on mens board shorts.

The walkshort and the caps

The Check Ya walkshort is the one for the arvo that starts at the ramp and ends somewhere with a menu; it sits with the rideshorts and the rest on mens shorts. Up top, the Corp Snapback, the Vault Snapback, the Moto Flexfit and the Venture Legionnaire that covers the neck and ears on the all-dayer, one size fits most, on caps and hats.

Fit and sizing

Oversized is the cut, not a mistake: buy your usual size and the tee sits the way it does on the product photo. Most tees run S to 4XL, boardies waist 28 to 44 in inches, caps one size fits most. The size guide has the chest and waist measurements if you are between sizes.

Ramp to pub

Over boardies at the ramp at seven, with jeans at the pub at seven, same tee. That is the whole brief for Summer Apparel 26, and it is why the cotton has a number on the label instead of a promise.