Sun protection & after-sun · Cover up once
The best sunscreen is the one you never have to reapply.
We've all done the thing where you put it on at the car, sweat it off by the first pitch, and spend the evening finding out which spots you missed. This collection is built around UPF 50 fabric instead: cover up once in the morning and stop thinking about it.
UPF 50blocks about 98% of UV
0reapplying. Fabric doesn't sweat off, wash off, or run into your eyes
Reef safezinc lip balm for the part that burns first
Redmond, ORmade in our own 100% solar-powered facility
Sunburned skin doesn't grip, heal, or recover well.
Sunscreen is a chore you have to remember every ninety minutes, and nobody does. Fabric isn't. UPF 50 blocks about 98% of UV and it doesn't sweat off, wash off in the river, or run into your eyes. Put the hoodie on at the car and your day is handled.
The Crash sun hoodie is soft bamboo with Smith Rock art by Ashley Zeigler. The Heaven sun hoodie, art by Debbra Brown, fits over a helmet. The Warrior (the Chey "The Boss" Bowers Signature Series) and Zen Rhino rashguards cover water and mat time. Zinc lip balm covers what burns first. Hydrate handles the day you forgot.
The fix, start to finish
Months out to the night after. Then you do it again.
Prevention is cheaper than repair, and repair sets up the next round of prevention. The loop looks like this.
- 1Months out
Get the hoodie and rashguard that fit so you'll actually wear them. UPF 50 is woven in and doesn't wash out.
- 2Weeks out
Before a trip, zinc balm and Hydrate in the kit. Check the hood fits over your helmet.
- 3Night before
Hoodie and lip balm by the door. Repair on the hands so they go in hydrated.
- 4During
Hoodie on at the car, hood up on the approach, lips before chalk. River and mat in the rashguard.
- 5After
Hydrate on anything pink the same night. Zinc on chapped lips. Wash the hoodie, don't worry about it.
- 6Start again
The day you forget is the day you notice. Put the hoodie back by the door.
The routine
3 steps. Pick a size, hit Add, keep reading.
It goes straight to your cart and the page stays put.
01At the car
Step 1
Put it on once.
The Crash sun hoodie is bamboo, soft enough to live in, with Smith Rock art by Ashley Zeigler. The Heaven sun hoodie is a lighter poly that fits over a helmet, art by Debbra Brown. Both UPF 50. Both done for the day.
02Water and mat
Step 2
Rashguards that work.
The Warrior is the Chey "The Boss" Bowers Signature Series rashguard. Zen Rhino is the quieter one. Both UPF 50, both built for the river, the ocean, and the mat.
03Lips, and the day you forgot
Step 3
Cover what burns first. Fix what already did.
Reef-safe zinc lip balm, SPF 15, gentle vanilla, for the part of you that burns before anything else. Hydrate for after-sun on the day you forgot the hoodie: aloe and hyaluronic acid in a spray that absorbs instead of sliding off.
Find your way in
Tell us what happens. We'll point.
No score and no wrong answers. Pick what sounds like you, and every answer opens another door: a fix, a page, a longer read.
Sun Protection
The science of cover-up
SPF measures a lotion you'll forget. UPF measures a shirt you won't.
Ultraviolet light was discovered in 1801, and the first serious sunscreens arrived in the 1930s and 40s. The SPF number came in 1962: a lab measure of how much longer skin can take sun with the product on than without, measured with a thick, even coat that nobody applies in real life and that sweat, water, and a rubbing shirt strip off in an hour or two. Most people are unprotected by lunch and don't know it.
UPF came out of Australia in 1996, where the sun problem is worst, as a rating for fabric. It measures how much UV the weave lets through. UPF 50 lets through about two percent, which means it blocks about 98, and it doesn't sweat off, wash off in the river, or run into your eyes. You put it on once.
Lips are the exception, because you can't put a shirt on them. They have the thinnest skin on your body and no oil glands, which is why they burn first and chap after. Zinc oxide has been the answer for a century: a physical block that sits on the surface and reflects. Reef-safe matters because the chemical filters it replaces, oxybenzone and octinoxate, were banned in Hawaii in 2021 for what they do to coral.
1801Ultraviolet light discovered
1962The SPF rating introduced for sunscreen
1996The UPF fabric standard developed in Australia
UPF 50About 98% of UV blocked, woven in, no reapplying
2021Hawaii's ban on oxybenzone and octinoxate takes effect. Reef safe becomes the standard
At the carHoodie on, lip balm on, done
Why it happens
Three ways it goes wrong. Three fixes.
Sunscreen wears off.
Sweat, water, chalk, and a shirt that rubs. Most people are unprotected by lunch.
Fix: UPF 50 fabric →Lips have no defense.
Thinnest skin on your body, no oil glands, and most sunscreens taste terrible.
Fix: zinc lip balm →Burned skin stops working.
It doesn't grip, it doesn't heal, and it cracks. One bad day costs a week.
Fix: Hydrate as after-sun →
What a sun day looks like when you've stopped thinking about it.
Hoodie on at the car, hood up on the approach, zinc on the lips before the chalk gets involved. The hoodie goes in the river with you and dries on the walk out. The rashguard does the same on the mat.
The day you forget is the day Hydrate earns its spot in the glove box: aloe and hyaluronic acid on anything pink before bed, which beats finding out in the morning.
Build the kitThe kit
Bottle by bottle.
What each one does, when it goes on, and a button that puts it in your cart.
BambooSun Hoodie - Bamboo - SPF 50
The Crash. Soft bamboo, UPF 50, Smith Rock art by Ashley Zeigler.
$19.95Over a helmetHeaven Sun Hoodie – SPF 50
The Heaven. Light poly, UPF 50, art by Debbra Brown. Fits over a helmet.
$19.95Water and matWarrior - UPF 50 Rash Guard
The Warrior. Chey "The Boss" Bowers Signature Series, UPF 50.
$34.95Water and matZen Rhino - UPF 50 Rashguard
Zen Rhino. UPF 50 rashguard for the river and the mat.
$34.95LipsReef Safe SPF 15 Zinc Lip Balm – Gentle Vanilla Scent
Reef-safe zinc, SPF 15, gentle vanilla.
$4.95
Field notes
Things we learned the hard way.
1
Hood up on the approach
The back of the neck is the spot everyone misses. The hood exists for a reason.
2
Lips before you leave the car
Zinc balm goes on first, before chalk and sweat get involved.
3
Wash it, don't worry about it
UPF 50 is woven in. It doesn't wash out.
4
After-sun the same night
Hydrate on anything pink before bed. It's a lot better than finding out in the morning.
Made inRedmond, Oregon, in our own facility
Powered by100% on-site solar
Formulated bya pharmacist, built by a chef
Plant basedNo parabens, phthalates, or BPA
Tested byclimbers, riders, fighters, and working hands
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