Quiksilver first came into being in the 1970s as a boardshorts company in Torquay, Australia.
It was founded by Alan Green after he and two of his friends, Carol McDonald and Tim Davis got to develop better boardshorts.
They were mat with success and soon started exporting to Hawaii.
In 1976 Jeff Heckman got a Quicksilver license and together with Bob McKnight, the current CEO of Quicksilver, started Quicksilver USA based out of Newport Beach.
In 2002, Quiksilver came up with a ground-breaking new design for a wetsuit called "The Cell" which is perfect for surfing no matter what the water temperature is.
The Quiksilver wetsuits are known for their unique design, flexibility and lightness.
There are several popular Quiksilver wetsuits.
The Quiksilver Cypher series has got high quality fibre-lite neoprene, Biofleece thermal neoprene for mid body warmth and excellent seam sealing.
The Quiksilver Synchro series comes with 100% Hyperstretch II neoprene, Chest panels with vaporstretch mesh and lined with HFT heating system, neck which is hydrowrap adjustable, ectoflex kneepads and an external key pocket.
The Quiksilver Ignite wetsuit has got fibrelite neoprene; LFS seam treatment, Interloc 2.
0 wrist and ankle seals, glide skin neck seal, ectoflex kneepads and an external leg key pocket.
Quiksilver has also got a 3mm long john which is a combination of 70% glideskin and 30% neostretch.
Rip Curl wetsuits are known for their Elastomax and Slickskin technologies.
In 1969 Doug Warbick and Brian Singer named their new surf shop, Rip Curl.
At the time Australia was buzzing with the "short board" revolution and a general air of innovation and improvement in the surf industry prevailed.
Initially, the two concentrated on surfboards and were met with reasonable success.
However, they soon realized that this market was more or less saturated and what was really required by surfers was better wetsuits.
So they turned their minds to producing unique Rip Curl wetsuits.
Today Rip Curl licenses are held by nine corporate to produce and sell Rip Curl items in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, France, South Africa and several places in South America and Asia.
Rip Curl wetsuits include the H-Bomb power heated wetsuit which has feature such as E3 Neoprene, thinner and lighter Fireskin lining, S-Flex knees, chest zip, double Aquaban liquid tape to improve flexibility and durability and an external stash pocket.
One of their classic models is the Dawn patrol steamer.
This has again got E3 Neoprene, S-Flex knees and Fireskin lining.
Additionally, it is ultra light and has got seamless underarms.