Rip Curl Surf Shop

This may or may not surprise you to read this, but the staff that work at the outlet are All Stars! Super knowledgeable and fast. Went in to exchange a wetsuit and Sebastian helped me out. They didn’t have the color I wanted at the shop, so he called around and had the right suite sent to the shop… Within like 5 min. Thank you.

Went to all the surf shops on 41^st Ave. before stopping here at the rip curl outlet. Sarah was extremely helpful in picking out a new board to optimize my fun at my level of experience. Totally recommend you stop in and see her next time your in the neighborhood. Mahalo Sarah!

Best customer service of all surf shops in town, and I’ve been to most of them. No attitude, the people actually want to help you and want to get you excited about surfing. Because of this, I try to give them my business whenever possible. I’ve purchased boards and wetsuits here with and I’ll keep coming back.

1 star because I can’t give zero. Bought new suit, it ripped after 3 sessions. Store policy is to send it out to be fixed (4 week turnaround) or be refunded a portion of the price toward another siut. Will never spend a penny here again.

This place is amazing. Huge supply of wetsuits in all sorts of sizes. I grabbed a ⁴⁄₃ E-​Bomb wetsuit for $ 199.99 last year. Also a great selection of heavily discounted boardshorts, flip flops, and shirts. But, the real gem here is their wetsuit selection. Only downside about this place is there are absolutely no returns. I love stopping by here every time I’m in town. It’s like being a kid in a candy store!

Went a while back and purchased 4 rip curl men’s tshirts. All size L. All 100% cotton. Two were fine after washing but the other two shrunk and ended up being equivalent to mens smalls. Thought for sure they’d take them back or exchange them. Nope, said the RC employee, because I had WASHED them. Uh, yeaaaaah, …well, that there’s precisely the problem,…they SHRINK when they’re washed — something you won’t have a problem with if you never wash your clothes. I, on the other hand, require those in my family to regularly wash what they wear. So, the bottom line here is, buyer beware. If you buy something there, maybe never dry it? Obviously trunks, bathing suits, flip flops, etc. are all safe purchases. You just can’t be sure of the tshirts. Shop those at your own risk. Otherwise, a fairly good store.

Tonight I planned my evening around going to rip curl an hour early to buy my little brother a birthday gift. The store hours say that the shop closes at 7pm but the employees locked the doors at 6pm. The employees proceeded to do nothing for 10 minutes even after I knocked. Awful experience.

Great place, friendly staff, great prices. Lots of hoodies, shirts, swimsuits, and surf stuff!

Great spot right on Mission. The staff is always pretty nice which is very important to me, as some shops have not offered the best customer service, but that’s probably because evryone working there is friends and it’s more of a hang-​out than a job, but whatever, better than being miserable at their current job, writing a Unilocal review about how someone loves their job and gets to surf everyday with their friends while living is a cool college town.
ANYWAY. Once as a birthday present, my friends got me a «shopping spree» from Rip Curl. It was so awesome because they were having a huge sale, I got a sweet rash guard, new booties, along with a ton of clothes and a Ripcurl purse. It was $ 90 for everything, I should really go back there and do the same thing rather than Goodwilling it up in the Bay all the time. Check ‘em out!

Typically, I like to list my «Pros» about an establishment before I list the «Cons» but I’m going to mix it up on you today!
Cons:
— I’ve purchased booties, surf wax, rented boards and wetsuits but have yet to score a «super cheap» deal here.
— Inventory (specifically booties) was low/​non existent in my size. (men’s 12) Maybe because I was trying to buy in January???
Pros: SERVICE, SERVICE and SERVICE!!! Every single employee I’ve ever interacted with has been SUPER pleasant, polite and helpful. I’ve shopped here at least 5 times in the last 3 moonths.
What’s really impressive about this shop is that I’m a kook from the «valley» (and would expect the «get out of here» vibe) but the employees at Rip Curl Outlet treat me like I’m a local pro.

Less than a week ago, I finally step foot into this place on the corner of Bay and Mission street in Santa Cruz. I don’t know why I never considered checking out this place for fun, but my roommate and I felt the need for something new to show off over winter break. As of now, they have a good BOGO free sale on lots of women and mens apparel, along with some cute two piece bikinis that range from 19.99−24.99! My roommate and I bought matching tops, but my piece was missing the removable bikini strings. The woman at the counter was nice enough to go to the back and gave me another set.
Everything is discounted already from the regular price, but it’s still a little expensive unless there’s a promotion going on. I pass by this place everyday when I go to school, and it’s never really crowded. The woman at the counter told me it usually gets busier around spring time/​summer (makes sense, of course) and it’s a common tourist spot for people to buy surf souvenirs since it really is off highway 1. I probably don’t have the need to come here everyday, but I was definitely attracted to the variety of styles of bikini tops they had for the price. 3.5 stars, but I’ll round up to 4 for friendly service.

Awesome place to get gear when your in Santa Cruz! Plus the staff at Rip Curl are very knowledgable and extremely helpful when it comes to there merchandise.
And they never try to up sell you either.

Got my new flash bomb suit there today. The guys who helped me out we’re killer to deal with. Ripcurl suits by far have the best bang for the buck in comparison. They rule in regards to warmth as well. I had an f bomb Suit for over 5 years and it never let me down. I’ve used a bunch of brands and by far ripcurl is the best.

Good prices and pretty cool stuff for the surfing attire look

I’m just gonna say this shop rocks! There’s some seriously serious deals to be had in this place. Great deals on rash guards, board shorts, wet suits and other surf gear. The quality of the apparel/​gear is very good, I wouldn’t say up to par with O’Neill but not up there with the exuberant prices either.
I bought two rash guards and two board shorts, one was under $ 10, and the rash guards having a buy one get one at 50% off! I thought this was a good deal but the staff even gave me a better price with their buy two shorts and two shirts. Dude, kudos to the friendly and helpful staff. I’ll be buying my surf gear from now on.

This is probably my favorite surf shop ever, and I’ve been to a lot of them, from California to Hawaii and Tahiti.
Their selection isn’t huge but they make up for it with great prices and a good atmosphere. I try to stop there every time I’m in Santa Cruz because they always have great deals. I’ve bought tons of shirts, sweatshirts, accessories and even 2 wetsuits from them over the years.
The staff is always super friendly and helpful, unlike many other surf shops that foster a «too cool for school» attitude.

They had the sweatshirt I wanted when no one else did! And I *love* the retrofit job they did on the old grocery store neon sign! Awesome job!

Trying to find a wesuit and a new surfboard for my friend. we didn’t find what we wanted but we DID find some awesome bright florescent orange shorts for me and a dvd 50% off for him. A total of $ 8 bucks spent at rip curl.
The staff was super friendly, very knowledgeable and suggest other shops for us to look at. Love it

I was trying to find a wetsuit for rent around the bay area, but the only options was go to Pacifica or Santa Cruz. I came here at 9 AM to get a wetsuit and told the saleswoman that I needed one. They didn’t have one in my size, so she took a brand new wetsuit off the rack and made it into a rental for only $ 10. I was expecting to spend at least $ 20.
The wetsuit was perfect and snug, which is what you want and I wasn’t cold at all in the ocean. I definitely plan to buy a wetsuit here. They seem to have great deals all the time.

This place is awesome. The have a huge selection of wet suits and rash guards at reasonable prices. I did not know that this location was an outlet until I went to pay for some Items I picked up.
I scored two sets of sandles for 20 bucks and a skim board for 50 dollars. They’re was so much more crap in there that I wanted to pick up and sift through but I didn’t have much time and had to make a madd dash outta there.
If you’re in Santa Cruz you gotta stop by this place at least once. They’ve got some really good deals.