http://popular.ebay.co.uk/ns/Clothes-Shoes-Accessories/Board-Shorts.html

Ebay is the largest auctioning website to date. Here you can search and browse for a number of products including board shorts and other surfing apparel. Clicking this link will take you directly to a page giving you a brief description to what board shorts are, what they are made out of and the brands that make them.

http://surfingarticles.net/surfing-apparel.html

Surfing Articles is an information based website giving details about the surfing basics, what to wear surfing, surfing holidays and camps, and a guide to the equipment you would need to go surfing.

www.wakeboard-central.com/board-shorts.html

Wakeboard Central provides information all about wake boarding, how to get into the sport and what you need. Most people who wake board wear board shorts and so there is section within the site detailing this and what else you can wear such as wet suits.

www.hippychixshop.com/boardshorts.html

Hippy Chix is an online clothes shop selling everything from jewellery to t-shirts to bags. They also sell plus size clothing including board shorts.

 www.roksportsurf.co.uk/blog/roksportsurf.html

Rok Sport Surf shows articles and detailed text about many areas of sport especially surfing. This particular link to this page goes into the main brand names in surfing a brief history about them and the different types of surf boards and which one would best suit the type of waves and your level of experience.

www.jackssurfboards.com/billabong.aspx

Jacks Surf Boards is an ecommerce website where you can purchase a variety of different sporting equipment from back packs to wet suits to board shorts. The website also features a blog and has many articles about sporting events and updates.

http://russojosh69.multiply.com/journal/item/94

Multiply is a personal website with photos, a blog and a calendar. Within the blog there is a section about Billabong, one of the worlds leading brand name in surfing equipment and board shorts.

www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/89/Billabong-International-Ltd.html

Reference For Business is a fantastic website geared to giving information about businesses. It goes into the history of many businesses, which you can search by company name or industry type.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_shorts

Wikipedia is an online free encyclopedia. You can search for any word and a page explaining the word will show on screen complete with images and references to read on further.

www.shredhead.com

Shred Head is a complete ecommerce website selling surfing clothing, skate clothing, shoes and footwear. Clicking the link below at the bottom of the page goes into more detail about board shorts and where they came from.

www.wisegeek.com/what-are-board-shorts.htm

Wise Geek is a website full of articles for all different areas of subject. You can choose from the articles shown by clicking onto the titles or you can type a keyword into the search and find the information that way.

www.rainbowhawaii.com/alprinboarsh.html

Rainbow Hawaii is a full shopping website selling many different types of Hawaiian shirts, shorts and board shorts all at reasonable prices.

www.wahinesurfing.com/article.asp?id_article=65

Wahine Surfing is an online directory with everything you would need to know about surfing including articles, directory links, a gallery, and surfing contests.