Rusty Australia

Rusty began as Rusty Surfboards, a San Diego–based surfboard company founded by surfboard maker Rusty Preisendorfer in 1985.^{[8][9][10][11]} Before starting Rusty Surfboards, Preisendorfer had worked for Canyon Surfboards in San Diego.^[12][13] In 1985, Preisendorfer also collaborated with local surfboard maker Mick Button on a series of surfboards.^[14]

Professional surfer C.J. Hobgood became world champion in 2001, becoming the first athlete sponsored by Rusty Surfboards to become world champion.^[15][16] Rusty Australia was then renamed to just Rusty in 2006.^[8][9]

In 2014, Rusty and Billabong teamed up to make a line of surfboards that are replicas of the board used by Mark "Occy" Occhilupo in 1984.^[17][18][19]

Rusty released the surf film TUFF (2015), which starred Noa Deane, Josh Kerr, and Dylan Goodale.^[20][21]

Surfer magazine released features on Rusty Surfboards' Chupacabra, SD, and Blackbird surfboard models in 2018, featuring designer Clint Presidendorfer.^[22][23][24]

In 2020, the Rusty Boardhouse surf shop in La Jolla, California, closed down.^[11] During the 2020 Australian bushfire season, Rusty also made a bushfire relief T-shirt design whose proceeds went to the Australian Red Cross and WIRES Wildlife Rescue's relief efforts.^[25]

Rusty has released a variety of surfboard types such as fish, shortboard, longboard, and hybrid surfboards.^[26] Its surfboard models include the Rusty Keg,^[27] the Rusty Blade,^[28] and the Dwart.^[29][30]

Rusty also makes clothing such as shirts,^[31] boardshorts,^[32] sandals,^[33] and swimwear.^[34] Rusty also introduced shark deterrent patterns to its surfboards in 2017.^[35][36][37]

• Billabong (clothing)