https://www.badbillys.com/tags/dare-jennings/Recent content in Dare Jennings on BadBillys.comHugo -- gohugo.ioenBadBillys.comSat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.badbillys.com/post/mambo-graphics-australian-surf-art/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.badbillys.com/post/mambo-graphics-australian-surf-art/ <h2 id="a-company-that-called-itself-the-bastard-children-of-surf-culture">A Company That Called Itself the Bastard Children of Surf Culture</h2> <p>&quot;I positioned Mambo as an alternative to the big guys — I think we described ourselves as the bastard children of surf culture.&quot; That's Dare Jennings, years later, describing the company he started in 1984, and the line is a useful way into the whole story: <strong><a href="https://www.mambo.cc">Mambo</a></strong> was never trying to out-surf the surf industry. It was trying to stand next to it and make fun of it, using the same t-shirts and board shorts everyone else was selling.</p>