Rusty is an Australian surfboard and surfwear brand formed in 1985 by Rusty Preisendorfer.^[2][3] It also operates in the US under the name Rusty Surfboards.

Notably, Rusty has worked with professional surfers such asJosh Kerr,^[4]Jamie O'Brien,C. J. Hobgood, Wade Carmichael,^[5] Liam "Letty" Mortensen,^[6] and Jacob "Zeke" Szekely.^[7]

Rusty began as Rusty Surfboards, aSan Diego–based surfboard company founded by surfboard maker Rusty Preisendorfer in 1985.^{[8][9][10][11]} Before starting Rusty Surfboards, Preisendorfer had worked for Canyon Surfboards in San Diego.^[12][13] In 1985, Preisendorfer also collaborated with local surfboard maker Mick Button on a series of surfboards.^[14]

Professional surferC.J. Hobgood became world champion in 2001, becoming the first athlete sponsored by Rusty Surfboards to become world champion.^[15][16] Rusty Australia was then renamed to just Rusty in 2006.^[8][9]

In 2014, Rusty andBillabong teamed up to make a line of surfboards that are replicas of the board used byMark "Occy" Occhilupo in 1984.^[17][18][19]

Rusty released the surf filmTUFF (2015), which starred Noa Deane,Josh Kerr, and Dylan Goodale.^[20][21]

Surfer magazine released features on Rusty Surfboards' Chupacabra, SD, and Blackbird surfboard models in 2018, featuring designer Clint Presidendorfer.^[22][23][24]

In 2020, the Rusty Boardhouse surf shop inLa Jolla, California, closed down.^[11] During the2020 Australian bushfire season, Rusty also made a bushfire relief T-shirt design whose proceeds went to theAustralian Red Cross andWIRES Wildlife Rescue's relief efforts.^[25]

Rusty has released a variety of surfboard types such as fish, shortboard, longboard, and hybrid surfboards.^[26] Its surfboard models include the Rusty Keg,^[27] the Rusty Blade,^[28] and the Dwart.^[29][30]

Rusty also makes clothing such as shirts,^[31]boardshorts,^[32]sandals,^[33] andswimwear.^[34] Rusty also introduced shark deterrent patterns to its surfboards in 2017.^[35][36][37]

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