Rip Curl

Rip Curl Men's A1037-SIL Shipstern Tidemaster 2 Silver PU Rubber Tide Watch

• Preprogrammed Tide Function: Electronically stored tide charts for 200 preset locations world wide.
• Automatic Tide System (ATS): Rip Curl's patented averaging tide system. Easily set to thousands of beaches worldwide.
• Screw down crown with 4 seals for extreme water resistance and A countdown timer on an analogue watch that keeps track of time for anything from surf heats to the time left on your parking meter.

Product Description

The Rip Curl Story

The year: 1969. A man called Armstrong is about to walk on the moon.

(In fact, the day he does so, Bells Beach is ten foot and near perfect. Two Torquay locals, Charlie Bartlett and Brian Singer, surf their brains out before going home to watch the other momentous event on black and white TV.)

In Australia, surfing is at a curious stage of its development. The “short board revolution” of 1967 has created a frenzy of experimentation in surfboard design and surfing technique.

In the cool climate of Victoria, sanity prevails in design and technique, if not in the temperaments of the surfers. The cold, always a great leveller, has created a hardy breed of surfer who has no time for the hoopla and hype of the glitter beach capitals of the world. And by 1969 these like-minded souls have begun to gravitate towards the equally no-frills seaside town of Torquay, just a couple of kilometers away from Bells Beach, home of some of the most challenging waves in Australia.
And it is into this environment that Doug “Claw” Warbrick and Brian “Sing Ding” Singer decide to pitch their fledgling surf company, Rip Curl. And yes, it will be called Rip Curl.

Rip Curl Surfboards did well in a highly competitive market which had opened up in response to the revolution in design. Pioneers like Gordon Woods and Barry Bennett in Sydney and George Rice in Victoria had been joined by hundreds of wide-eyed hopefuls operating, like Rip Curl, out of garages and tool sheds.

In many cases enthusiasm and innovation overshadowed technical expertise and quality, but Rip Curl concentrated on producing a small number of functional surfcraft for local waves.

In 1970, however, Warbrick and Singer made the decision which changes forever the nature of their fledgling company. Looking at the essential needs of their fellow surfers in cold-water Victoria, they see that one – a board to ride – is being serviced by too many companies, while the other – a wetsuit to keep out the cold – is being serviced by only two, one of whom makes wetsuits for divers and has only a marginal commercial interest in surfing.

Rip Curl took over an old house in Torquay and the partners made a small investment in a pre-World War II sewing machine. They put together a crew of locals and went into production, cutting out the rubber on the floor and handing the pieces to an over-worked and underpaid machinist.

By today’s standards, the prototype Rip Curl wetsuits were primitive, but they differed from others on the market in that they evolved through interaction with surfers.




The people who ran the company were – and still are – the test pilots. There can be no more direct line of communication...

Product Description

Set the Rip Curl Shipstern PU Rubber Tidemaster2 Watch to your local break. Pre-programmed tide functionality lets you know when the tides will be coming in as youtravel abroad, and the automatic tide system can be adjusted to give you a heads up on any local breaks. Set the Shipstern's alarm to remind you to pack it in at work a bit early so you can get to the beach.

Product Features

• Housing Material: 316L stainless steel
• Strap Material: polyurethane
• Heart Rate Monitor:
• Digital Compass:
• Chronograph: yes
• Backlight: yes
• Computer Compatible:
• Water-Resistant: yes, 200m
• Alarms: 1
• Weekday Indicator:
• Battery Type:
• Battery Life:
• Face Size: medium
• Weight:
• Recommended Use: surfing, tracking tides
• Manufacturer Warranty: 1 year

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002XUL6W6
• Item model number: A1037-SIL
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,967 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)