"The feedback was that they wanted some more comfortable boardshorts, so now we've given them the option," he said.
An official from one Gold Coast club, who asked not to be named, said he had been trying to introduce a new uniform for years, but was met with resistance by club hierachy.
"The surf carnivals are a perfect example," he said.
"Kids hang around the beach all day in their boardshorts and they only take them off at the last possible second for a race and as soon as the race is over they put them back on," he said.
"Bright red and yellow caps and club uniform speedos or those other daggy red shorts are not a good look for a kid who would probably rather be wearing a pair of Quiksilver or Rip Curl boardies."
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In the very unlikely event that I am having my life saved at the beach, I won't care what the lifesavers look like. For me, they can be stark naked if it makes them swim faster.
That makes 2 of us!
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