Black/white/red

Monochrome

Ombré brights

80s

Clean shapes

Simple branding

Bold stripes

Decorative stripes

Coloured checks

Dotty designs

Pictorial

Digital collage

Illustrative

Swirly shapes

Macabre

Camo

Hawaiian surf

Hawaiian classic

Printed trousers

DIY surfboards

From world surfing events in Costa Rica, Hawaii, Brazil, France and the US, WGSN analyses the biggest global graphic and colour boardshort trends seen at the competitions over the past few months.

Key trendsClean, solid shapes and simplified typefaces look fresh - a move on from overcrowded and chaotic patterns.

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Sunset-coloured ombrés and faded brights look strong, offering a newer alternative to the still-popular 80s fluorescents.

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Layered collages continue to be a big hit across the globe. Multi-tonal digital all-overs and quirky photo transfers have elements of reality-meets-fantasy.

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Generic patterns including checks, spots and stripes are revisited, from new versions of traditional Native American stripes to incorporated imagery into panel plaids.

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