town & country surf designs type public founded pearl city hawaii 1971 headquarters pearl city hawaii united states key people craig sugihara products apparel sporting goods website http tcsurf.com town & country surf designs also known as t & c is a world recognised manufacturer of surfboards . t & c s origins began in 1971 with a single store founded by craig sugihara in pearl city hawaii . the company soon expanded into a full line of surfwear and surfing accessories and now has retail shops throughout the world in countries such as japan australia and peru . in the 1980s t & c became famous for their shirt designs featuring da boys surfing cartoon characters designed by steve nazar . the most famous of these was thrilla gorilla a surfing anthropomorphic gorilla . in 1988 ljn released a game on the nes based on the store entitled town & country surf designs wood & water rage . a sequel focusing on thrilla gorilla town & country ii thrilla s surfari followed in 1992 before the character designs disappeared into obscurity . see also edit billabong quiksilver rip curl external links edit official website steve nazar s official website this article about a corporation or company involved in entertainment leisure sports and or tourism is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about sports equipment is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this surfing related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title town % 26 country surf designs & oldid 679268023 categories clothing brands of the united statesmanufacturing companies established in 1971business in hawaiisurfing equipment1980s fashion1971 establishments in hawaiileisure company stubssports equipment stubssurfing stubshidden categories use dmy dates from march 2013all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 3 september 2015 at 14 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view