The Best Freestyle Shark Tide

With 500 preprogrammed tide locations in graph or detailed display, the Rifles SS Tide watch is the perfect combination of function and durability. An alarm, stopwatch, countdown timer and light put all the data you need right at your fingertips, and the menu-based user interface makes it incredible easy to use. The 316L marine grade stainless steel construction with hardened mineral crystal is rugged and tested to guarantee 100% waterproofing.

Twenty-eight years ago, a couple of surfers turned a simple observation into a cultural icon. Nowhere could they find a watch that would withstand the abusive conditions of their lifestyle, and the damaging effect of salt water and sand. Necessity being the mother of invention, Freestyle was born. Freestyle has since evolved into a diverse collection of watches ranging from the iconic Shark watch to athlete-designed signature time pieces.

History

Freestyle was the first surf watch brand in the US. Since 1981, Freestyle has been making durable, dependable, stylish watches all built to withstand the abuses of the high-intensity, rider lifestyle, both in and out of the water.

It is an authentic, credible action sports brand with roots in surf and founded on performance, providing stylish performance timepieces with enduring quality and durability, while maintaining competitive, affordable pricing.

Freestyle Watches Feature:

A minimum of 100 Meters Water-Resistance

Durable, water-resistant polyurethane or nylon straps, or solid stainless-steel bracelets

NightVision Display on all Digital-models

Luminous hands and/or markers on all Analog-models

Smart design features

A wide range of technologies, ranging from analogs to more advanced, such as digitals, with lap-memory, Tide, Compass, and Altimeter modules

This custom freestyle tide trainer watch features: a Japanese quartz digital movement that provides real-time surf forecasting, tide and weather data for thousands of locations worldwide, including music and camera control from your wrist on a standard watch battery without recharging needed, blue tooth enabled, wavetrak surf & weather data (swell height & direction, wind speed & direction, air/water temp, tide data with alerts for high/low, sunrise/sunset times) world time, sport activity display, music control, camera control, chronograph, countdown timer, customizable alarms, standard digital functions and backlight, polycarbonate case with hyrdro-pushers (able to be pushed under-water), comfortable and durable canvas synthetic strap, durable hardened mineral crystal protects watch from scratches, water-resistant to 330 feet (100 m), and all with a limited lifetime warranty.

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…

The Atom has a vintage inspired design and is the perfect digital sport watch for any lifestyle. It’s built with a mineral crystal lens, high-impact ABS plastic case, super soft silicone strap and features an alarm, stopwatch, timer, light, time, and date.

With 500 preprogrammed tide locations in graph or detailed display, the Rifles Midsize Tide watch is the perfect combination of function and value. An alarm, stopwatch, countdown timer and light put all the data you need right at your fingertips, and a menu-based user interface makes it incredibly easy to use. The lightweight polyurethane construction is durable and tested to guarantee 100% waterproofing.

Twenty-eight years ago, a couple of surfers turned a simple observation into a cultural icon. Nowhere could they find a watch that would withstand the abusive conditions of their lifestyle, and the damaging effect of salt water and sand. Necessity being the mother of invention, Freestyle was born. Freestyle has since evolved into a diverse collection of watches ranging from the iconic Shark watch to athlete-designed signature time pieces.

History

Freestyle was the first surf watch brand in the US. Since 1981, Freestyle has been making durable, dependable, stylish watches all built to withstand the abuses of the high-intensity, rider lifestyle, both in and out of the water.

It is an authentic, credible action sports brand with roots in surf and founded on performance, providing stylish performance timepieces with enduring quality and durability, while maintaining competitive, affordable pricing.

Freestyle Watches Feature:

A minimum of 100 Meters Water-Resistance

Durable, water-resistant polyurethane or nylon straps, or solid stainless-steel bracelets

NightVision Display on all Digital-models

Luminous hands and/or markers on all Analog-models

Smart design features

A wide range of technologies, ranging from analogs to more advanced, such as digitals, with lap-memory, Tide, Compass, and Altimeter modules

This custom freestyle tide trainer watch features: a Japanese quartz digital movement that provides real-time surf forecasting, tide and weather data for thousands of locations worldwide, including music and camera control from your wrist on a standard watch battery without recharging needed, blue tooth enabled, wavetrak surf & weather data (swell height & direction, wind speed & direction, air/water temp, tide data with alerts for high/low, sunrise/sunset times) world time, sport activity display, music control, camera control, chronograph, countdown timer, customizable alarms, standard digital functions and backlight, polycarbonate case with hyrdro-pushers (able to be pushed under-water), comfortable and durable canvas synthetic strap, durable hardened mineral crystal protects watch from scratches, water-resistant to 330 feet (100 m), and all with a limited lifetime warranty.