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Originally Posted by DonH57
Rashguards are shirts or tops made to swim in and provide uv protection. A lot of surfers wear them. I wear them a lot for swimming, snorkeling. I think they were named rashguards because surfers refered to sunburns as a rash. You can find them in sporting good stores, Ron Jon and surf shops. I wear them and doo rags in lieu of sunblock.
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Don is right. Some have UVF 50 protection and perhaps higher.
Surfers and those snorkeling made them popular. They also keep you warmer.
I tried to find them again at the LLBean website but they were totally sold out and now into the new season of autumn and winter gear.
Our grandson , age 11, knew what they were and excited to get them as a gift.
He said they also wear them in water theme parks.......on the slides, etc. He's so tan from mountain biking, etc., he didn't really need it at the beach, but wore them as they are "cool".
I first saw them a few years ago and had no "clue" what they were, when our niece in Raleigh North Carolina began putting them on her first born and then her second child when they'd go to the outer banks to her inlaws place at the beach......and then in her neighborhood pool and also brought them to New Jersey to her parents' above ground pool. They had safari hats, sunglasses and long sleeved protective gear.
I bought some for our youngest.....aged 2 and also for the baby, nine months..........and they wore them........the sets also had regular tops if they wanted to take off the long sleeved ones. They both wore floppy hats. Were protected with sun block.