Last year we developed a planet friendly range of beanies (called re-knit) for those chilly winter months. And now that the weather will drop in temperature soon, they’re back in stock!

How it all began

The initial idea we had was to create our beanie range using organic wool. Organic wool is more planet friendly than standard wool but having the range made out of organic wool meant that new material had to be produced for us to make the range…  So, we had a eureka moment and decided to make the re-knit range from recycled wool.

How we Re-knit

We buy up tonnes of jumpers and cardigans from charity shops like ‘help the aged’ (they have the best, thickest cardis ever). All the garments get bought back to peeler towers. Once the garments have been pulled apart (de-knitted), the wool is washed, re-rolled and transformed into one-size-fits all peeler re-knit beanies – available in Oversize and Regular size.

Hats off to Tina!

Tina (re-knit project leader) has been helping every step of the way and it’s down to her immense knitting knowledge that we’ve not only created a great range of beanies but scarves and fingerless gloves to.

So here’s to brisk, freezing days at the beach with thick winter wetsuits and toasty re-knit beanies!!

Click here to see the range of beanies

p.s. We’re also creating gloves and scarves as well, they’ll be on sale before christmas.

On 25th August we launched a competition asking peeler fans on Twitter and Facebook why they needed a peeler beanie.

Here are a few of the responses we got:

“Because they look great, keep ya warm & a colourful one will make me very popular with the laydees – Gary Elford”

“Quite simply if I don’t get one I WILL die. That’s right death through beanie deficiency. No pressure. – Daniel Morgan”

“I do not need a Peeler Beanie but if I get one for my girl friend I’ll be on a promise – John Lilley ”

These were all great comments, but the winning comment was from Ceri Davies:

“Shaving all this off before i hit France. Will need a peeler beanie to keep my noggin warm!”

Congrats to Ceri, a peeler reknit beanie will be on it’s way to you soon!

p.s. Daniel Morgan – please don’t die of beanie deficiency!! You’ll be able to buy a beanie from the peeler shop from September 1st 2010 (This Wednesday) Watch this space!

p.p.s Keep up with all the latest news and comps – Become a fan on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter

Finally we’ve cut the virtual ribbon and opened the new version of the peeler shop!

Quite a lot’s changed in the background and we’ve simplified the front-end design to make it easier for everyone to find their way around.

Now paying for products is much easier with our inline payment system.

To take a look and see what you think click here

It’s good to wipe out. Wiping out teaches us to get back on our boards and get better so that we don’t do it in the future, even though we will…

Here at peeler towers we’re wiping out. Wiping out our old products that is. We’re getting rid of all our old and current stock to make way for our new beginning.

A new beginning…

We’re giving birth to a new peeler website soon, don’t worry, there’s still going to be a load of amazing planet friendly surf gear available, we’re just re-positioning the peeler brand a little.

Amongst our new range of products will be:

The star of the show – Tiggy Wax, our recently developed natural surf wax.

New tshirts and hoodies – organic of-course.

A fresh batch of Wax Sax, they’re such handy little sacks and are really popular.

All this and more will be available on the peeler website.

So, to make way for our new beginning click here and take advantage of our 50% Total Wipeout Sale and grab a planet friendly bargain.

Protest Dry Feet is a surf movie about experiencing life as a surfer, about the forces that pull you back to the shore and about the desire to stay forever on the ocean. This surf movie is our interpretation of the dedication needed to be a surfer.

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Our planet friendly Surf Wax is almost ready for mass consumption for all you lovely people.

We’ve had several surfers testing the wax, in particular The Freaks of Nature have tested it out.

The Freaks of Nature are a group of surfers, who live and breathe surfing, design and all that’s related.

The guys from Freaks of Nature took our Tiggy Wax to Portugal and here’s what they thought:

waxy review:

Long has the surfing world been dominated by a small number of surf wax companies with a traditionally shaped wax block. As we turn a new corner in surfing culture a fresh look at the wax that sticks us to our boards has been developed by the Peeler Surf guys, called Tiggy Wax.

With its modern concept and shape that can only be described as Kit-Kat like, the wax bars are designed to snap into fingers. This is a unique concept which above everything else enables the user to slip the finger in the arm of the wetsuit in order to use in the water. If wiping out is your prime move, then an extra layer of wax may be the answer to your problems.

This idea of the wax block being snapped apart leaves a few problems. If like me, you enjoy aggressively applying the wax to your board then Tiggy Wax kicks up a problem, Its shape makes this difficult. Bigger is sometimes better, kitkat chunky maybe? As for doing its job, we had no complaints, it’s sticky enough to keep every surfer happy. The smell is also delicious!

Tiggy Wax can definitely compete with the big guns in the waxy world of surfboard stick, however I feel the main dilemma lies with getting the brand into the hands or gloves of the surfers. It’s a nice innovative idea which i think will work very well alongside your standard block of wax.

Photos by hula @ hulaprint.com

FreaksOfNature @ www.freaksof.blogspot.com

A while ago we sent out a peeler re-knit beanie to Yerko in the Netherlands.

Yerko, got in touch with not only a nice compliment about our re-knit beanies but a really interesting note about a surfboard he’s made (pictured above).

“The hat is great, thanks again. Here are some pictures of me and the hat. In the pictures is a hollow wooden surfboard I made myself, I also used cork on the rails and because of that found it a nice touch to use a cork deckgrip as well.”

What a great idea, cork’s a sustainable wood and super planet friendly! Brill!

Volumes of marine litter are dramatically increasing year after year. Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has successful marine litter campaigns targeting manufacturers, mobilising large-scale grass roots direct action and increasing public awareness on this ever-worsening problem.

However, with each new high tide comes a new marine litter line impacting on our beloved beaches and surf spots.

Current anti-litter legislation such as The Environmental Protection Act 1990, MARPOL and the Port Waste Reception Facilities regulations are not providing the levels of protection needed for the coastline.

We urge you to implement a National Marine Litter Strategy to combat this worsening issue and help protect our coastlines.

Click the following link and please sign the petition http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/marine-litter/

Nada Surf – Whose Authority

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Every now and then you come across music which you love so much you’ve got to buy all of their albums at once. Well, that’s just happened and we’re now enjoying the chilled out, emotive sounds of Nada Surf.

Pop onto iTunes, grab yourself a copy of ‘Lucky’, lay back and enjoy

Nada Surf have been going strong for 15 years and thanks to ‘Freaks of Nature’s’ Tweet we found out about them, cheers guys.

We decided it was time for a spring clean on the peeler website.

So, we’ve tweaked the design and functionality a little to make life easier.

For example, in the top right corner of the website (next to the search bar) there’s a clever little widget that adds up items from your basket as you shop.

It’s good to dust off every once in a while and polish a few areas (there’s a joke there, which would pop up if we were in a ‘Carry On’ film).

Hope you like the spring clean, let us know if you would like to see anything else on the website email hello@peelersurf.co.uk