I didn't think Id actually like these trunks as much as I do... the pictures look very plain/nondescript, but they fit extremely well. My one concern about this particular color is the white parts in relative position to my groin. If youve ever had a pair of white or very bright colored fabric when it gets wet on your skin, anything underneath is HIGHLY visible. Theyve positioned the grey areas of these shorts strategically to hide your *ahem* male features well.

Im also a person that likes things that are special or different. I don't need a lot of it, but just a little. The thing that really won me over was the shiny-silver metal groin stitching. Its not overt, not glaring, and probably most people won't notice (I guess unless they're looking at your crotch), but its cool that this company does different things like this! There are other design pieces that the pictures don't show - the Hurley symbol is present around different parts of the shorts but again in a faded/non-descript way that is nice.

All in all, I thought for sure Id be sending these back for being meh, and was impressed enough to keep them.

BTW: The MSRP for these are $60 (its what the tag said), so Amazon definitely has some good deals with these.