He eventually made his way to the then-small Surf Coast town, finding a job that included making wetsuits with Rip Curl in its founding years. Teaming up with his mate John Law in 1969 ...

“Alan ‘Greeny’ Green helped introduce Rip Curl wetsuits and quickly switched to his own new Quiksilver boardshort business at just 22 years of age. At the end of 1969, Greeny started making ...

Green first started making wetsuits in 1969 with friends and Rip Curl co-founders Brian Singer and Doug “Claw” Warbrick, aged 22, out of a small rented holiday home in Torquay. He is often ...

The roots of Quiksilver stretch back to a garage behind a Torquay pub, south-west of Melbourne, in 1969 when Mr Green and Rip Curl founders Brian Singer and Doug Warbrick began making wetsuits.