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| '''Surfer hair''' is a tousled type of ], popularized by ] from the 1950s onwards, traditionally long, thick and naturally bleached from high exposure to the sun and salt water of the sea. In the late 1960s and 1970s, the long hair and general lack of ] was closely associated with ]. Today, hairstyling companies brand their own ]s, ]s and ] to achieve the "surfer look", with hairstyles, often shorter than traditionally, which often require more grooming to achieve the permanent hair lift or intentional windswept look. Amongst women, fashion magazines have referred to "sun streaked surfer hair" as a desirable look for women, although genuine surfer hair is often heavily damaged by the elements. | |||
| ==Background== | |||
| As early as 1950, '']'' magazine referred to the "beach bum" surfers of southern California.<ref name="Inc1950">{{cite magazine|work=]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dk4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA116|title=Life revisits the ski bums|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=28 August 1950|page=116|issn=0024-3019}}</ref> In 1963, '']'' described the emerging cultural "uniform" of the surfer with bleached blond hair and white ] jeans, cut off at the knee.<ref name="Inc.1963">{{cite news|work=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XgsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26|accessdate=22 January 2011|title=Surfing Craze Ready to Splash Across Country to East's Youth|author=Lee Zhito|date=29 June 1963|page=26|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> In 1965, ''Life'' magazine noted that the long surfer hair style and clothing (Levis) of surfers also transcended into skiing fashion.<ref name="Inc1965">{{cite magazine|work=Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JkEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|title=Aspen's Awful Problem - Surfers on Skis|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=12 March 1965|page=42|issn=0024-3019}}</ref> From the late 1960s to the 1980s in particular, especially at the time of the ], the surfer style was characterized by thick, long, bleached, often curly blond hair, bleached intensively by the sun and the saltwater.<ref name="SchwendingerSchwendinger1985">{{cite book|last1=Schwendinger|first1=Herman|last2=Schwendinger|first2=Julia Siegel|title=Adolescent Subcultures and Delinquency|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QPPXAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=May 1985|publisher=Praeger|isbn=978-0-275-91656-5|page=99}}</ref> The hair of surfers is often damaged and bleached, brought about by frequent exposure to sunlight, humidity and salty water.<ref name="Tur2007">{{cite book|last=Tur|first=E.|title=Environmental factors in skin diseases|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zS5J0-2KkcwC&pg=PA108|accessdate=22 January 2011|year=2007|publisher=Karger Publishers|isbn=978-3-8055-8313-8|page=108}}</ref> Blonder or red headed individuals tend to be more affected, given that their ] is more sensitive.<ref name="Tur2007"/> | |||
| By the late 1960s and early 1970s, the long haired surfer had become heavily stereotyped in the media (referred to as a "beach bum" <ref name="Tannen1989">{{cite book|last=Tannen|first=Deborah|title=Talking voices: repetition, dialogue, and imagery in conversational discourse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MuaMgeJ4FF8C&pg=PA162|accessdate=22 January 2011|year=1989|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-37900-7|page=162}}</ref> or "surfer dude"<ref name="Communications2004">{{cite magazine|work=Los Angeles Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2F0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA214|title=Spicoli|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=February 2004|publisher=Emmis Communications|page=214|issn=1522-9149}}</ref><ref name="Communications2006">{{cite magazine|work=Indianapolis Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=COsCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA113|title=First Person: The Surfer|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=June 2006|publisher=Emmis Communications|page=113|issn=0899-0328}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Highfield, Roger|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/large-hadron-collider/3314456/Surfer-dude-stuns-physicists-with-theory-of-everything.html|title=Surfer Dude stubs physicists with theory of everything|work=]|date=14 November 2007|accessdate=22 January 2011}}</ref>) as having a lack of discipline and self-indulgence and were described in an April 1971 issue of '']'' in ] as "jobless junkies".<ref name="Wheaton2004">{{cite book|last=Wheaton|first=Belinda|title=Understanding lifestyle sports: consumption, identity, and difference|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fdc32z4dOzUC&pg=PA97|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=28 October 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-25955-2|page=97}}</ref> On the contrary, the modern surfer image has been described as rather less primitive in appearance, with many surfers now having jobs, driving posh cars and spending more time on personal grooming.<ref name="Pike2008">{{cite book|last=Pike|first=Steve|title=Surfing South Africa: Swells, Spots and Surf African Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x-aptcaLdcwC&pg=PA238|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=1 February 2008|publisher=Juta and Company Ltd|isbn=978-1-77013-118-7|page=238}}</ref> | |||
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| In ], the surfer hair style and image became popular in the early 1980s, mostly by those who were not surfers.<ref name="Satō1991">{{cite book|last=Satō|first=Ikuya|title=Kamikaze biker: parody and anomy in affluent Japan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-d-ziwEMqAMC&pg=PA165|accessdate=22 January 2011|year=1991|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-73525-2|page=165}}</ref> The style became known as ''saafaa'', and the more extreme Japanese surfer haircut has been described as being "straight and combed forward with the back cut short".<ref name="Satō1991"/> This is still popular amongst many Japanese youths today, with longer, spiky hair. | |||
| ==Styling== | |||
| {{double image|right|Dean-portrait.jpg|160|RobMachado.jpg|220|Left:]. Right:Surfer ]. These are examples of the modern surfer ] hairstyle.}} | |||
| Traditionally, the surfer hairstyle has been one with little regard to personal grooming; unkempt, wild, long and carefree and at one with nature. However, since the late 1990s, a shorter style, typically with a distinctly elevated ] has emerged amongst young men, fashioned in a style similar to ]. This style often requires more grooming and back combing and the heavy use of hair gels or waxes to achieve the permanent hair lift or intentional windswept look .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.style-hair-magazine.com/surfer-hair.html|title=Surfer Hair:A Hair Trend That's Not Just For The Beach|work=Style Hair Magazine|accessdate=22 January 2011}}</ref> A July 2003 article by '']'' described the modern surfer hair trend as "men growing out their hair, not long, but short with texture; the edges are more undone and natural, not blunt."<ref name="Communications2003">{{cite magazine|work=Cincinnati Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5gsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA108|title=What Are the Hottest Styles for Men This Summer?|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=July 2003|publisher=Emmis Communications|page=108|issn=0746-8210}}</ref> Other variations of the style are the 90s ] style with a floppy fringe with far less application of gel, worn by people such as ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] and the heavy layered fringe and mullet style, worn by people such as ], ], and ]. | |||
| ==Cultural popularity== | |||
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| Since the late 1990s, hairstyling companies have branded their own ]s, ]s and ] to achieve the "surfer look". Hair gel companies began manufacturing stronger holding hair products and adverts began to feature more extreme styles with the tagline "Get surfer hair" to sell the product.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.garnier.co.uk/_en/_gb/our_products/products_STYLING.aspx?tpcode=OUR_PRODUCTS^PRD_STYLING^FRUCTIS_STYLE^FRUCTIS_STYLE_DISCOVER^STYLE_SURF|title=Gainer Fructis Style Surf Hair for texturised styles. Beach in your soul? Get surf in your hair!|publisher=]|accessdate=22 January 2011}}</ref> Many exhibiting the style today use artificial bleach on their hair rather than letting the sun bleach it naturally and maintain a more refined appearance.<ref name="Pike2008"/> The surfer style is often associated with a ] or "pretty boy" male image.<ref name="Morton2004">{{cite book|last=Morton|first=Jennifer|title=Belong: a TV journalist's search for urban culture : from Beirut to Bamako, from Havana to Ho Chi Minh City : stories and photos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gYmgrNYVCFAC&pg=PA39|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=16 October 2004|publisher=Insomniac Press|isbn=978-1-894663-78-6|page=39}}</ref><ref name="Dubois2008">{{cite book|last=Dubois|first=Lila|title=Lights, Camera...Monsters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EYWpYSX0KiEC&pg=PA8|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=1 February 2008|publisher=Samhain Publishing|isbn=978-1-59998-303-5|page=8}}</ref> Numerous media have capitalized upon this image and surfing culture, from American shows such as '']'', '']''<ref name="Allen1995">{{cite book|last=Allen|first=Robert Clyde|title=To be continued--: soap operas around the world|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UZA0C8cwDzMC&pg=PA113|accessdate=22 January 2011|year=1995|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-11007-5|page=113}}</ref> and teen-oriented films,<ref name="EmmisCommunications2004">{{cite book|author=Emmis Communications|title=Los Angeles Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2F0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=February 2004|publisher=Emmis Communications|pages=72–75|issn=1522-9149}}</ref> to a number of Australian soaps,<ref name="Warshaw2005">{{cite book|last=Warshaw|first=Matt|title=The Encyclopedia of Surfing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-DWQSYRx4MUC&pg=PA65|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=24 October 2005|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-15-603251-3|page=65}}</ref> such as '']''.<ref name="Booth2001">{{cite book|last=Booth|first=Douglas|authorlink=Doug Booth|title=Australian beach cultures: the history of sun, sand, and surf|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TzfdbtCf5jAC&pg=PA1|accessdate=22 January 2011|year=2001|publisher=Frank Cass|isbn=978-0-7146-5167-5|page=1}}</ref> One actor in Hollywood who is particularly known for his surfer image and hair is ], who even played the lead role in a 2008 film named '']''.<ref name="Inc.2008">{{cite book|author=Rodale, Inc.|title=Men's Health|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8gDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA189|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=March 2008|publisher=Rodale, Inc.|page=189|issn=1054-4836}}</ref> With women, "sun streaked surfer hair" has been referred to in fashion magazines such as '']'' as a desirable look.<ref name="Inc.2004">{{cite magazine|last=Inc.|title=ELLEgirl|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SCUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA103|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=May 2004|page=103|issn=1535-7465}}</ref> In ], the frazzled, knotted, sun-bleached hair is also considered a desirable trait amongst many female surfers.<ref name="Warshaw2004">{{cite book|last=Warshaw|first=Matt|title=Zero break: an illustrated collection of surf writing, 1777-2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G1zVu4Fma3MC&pg=PA189|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=8 November 2004|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-15-602953-7|page=189}}</ref><ref name="Orlean2002">{{cite book|last=Orlean|first=Susan|title=The bullfighter checks her makeup: my encounters with extraordinary people|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B4Dw8cQOb6YC|accessdate=22 January 2011|date=8 January 2002|publisher=Random House Trade Paperbacks|isbn=978-0-375-75863-8}}</ref> | |||
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