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Announcing the 2nd Annual Slowtide Creative Canvas Art Contest

Announcing the 2nd Annual Slowtide Creative Canvas Art Contest

We are pleased to announce our second annual Creative Canvas Art Contest (a little earlier than planned) in hopes that it will encourage aspiring artists & photographers to tap into their creativity during these challenging times....

SLOWTIDE WFH JAMS

SLOWTIDE WFH JAMS

We wanted to share some of the music that we been grooving to during our WFH quarantined days.  To quote one of the greats, Mr. Bob Marley, "One good thing about music, when it hits...

SLOWTIDE x QUENTIN MONGE

SLOWTIDE x QUENTIN MONGE

As part of our Spring ‘20 collection, we are pleased to have collaborated with the colorful French artist, Quentin Monge. Quentin Monge grew up on a beach in the south of France, where he started...

SLOWTIDE x RVCA

SLOWTIDE x RVCA

  Slowtide and RVCA are excited to launch the collaborative creation of Slowtide x RVCA Towels as part of our Spring 2020 collections.  We partnered with RVCA ANP Artist, Johanna Olk, to create this USA-Made...

SLOWTIDE x ALOHA COLLECTION

SLOWTIDE x ALOHA COLLECTION

Beach days are getting brighter. We collaborated with ALOHA Collection to turn one of their best-selling SPLASH-PROOF pouch prints into this recycled Travel Towel. The Day Palms Travel Towel is now available on our website...

Shapers Series Spotlight: Glenn Pang + T&C

Shapers Series Spotlight: Glenn Pang + T&C

Glenn Pang has been shaping for legendary Hawaiian brand, Town & Country, since the 80’s. He was able to spend time directly under Glenn Minami and eventually work with T&C’s founder, Craig Sugihara. Pang operates...

How to Have a Spa-Like Experience at Home

How to Have a Spa-Like Experience at Home

    We know that everyone works themselves to the brink of exhaustion. Schedules are packed and downtime is minimal. But self care is an integral part of the hustle. Taking time to unwind and...

Shapers Series Spotlight: HaydenShapes

Shapers Series Spotlight: HaydenShapes

Started in Sydney, Australia in 1997 by a fifteen year-old Hayden Cox, HaydenShapes blends technology and design to create a clean aesthetic and an innovative board. HaydenShapes is known for the use of Future Flex...

SLOWTIDE X POW! WOW! HAWAII

SLOWTIDE X POW! WOW! HAWAII

As part of POW! WOW! Hawaii's 10th annual festival, we collaborated with artists Kamea Hadar and Jeff Gress to bring you two new travel towels. Kamea and Heavies showcase some of the exciting styles of...

Slowtide Home with Gavin Dogan of General Admission

Slowtide Home with Gavin Dogan of General Admission

   Gavin Dogan is a friend of Slowtide and the vivacious owner of General Admission in Venice Beach, CA. He spent three and a half years building his dream home just down the street from...

Slowtide Home with Hotel Joaquin

Slowtide Home with Hotel Joaquin

Just down the road from the Slowtide headquarters is a kind of home-away-from-home. Hotel Joaquin is a boutique hotel situated on the Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, CA. Their “laid-back luxurious” feel emulates the...

Shapers Series Spotlight: Britt Merrick

Shapers Series Spotlight: Britt Merrick

  Britt Merrick has been around shaping since the time he could walk. Getting a first-hand look at the craft through the lens of his father’s legendary work, Merrick was set to breach the industry....