If you are in the market for backpacks, you may find it a little difficult to find the volcom backpacks, since the majority of outfitters do not cater for the clientele that surfs, skates and snowboards. Volcom designs its backpacks for the needs of the rigorous lifestyle of the outdoors oriented individual, who will want to spend a day on the slopes, or hanging with friends, and who wants to be certain that the backpack will be sufficient to hold his board, his helmet and his gear for all his outdoors activity, and even hold his school books when needed.
The backpack design includes aback padded panel with straps that provides good comfort and support and can be adjusted to carry your load; at the sternum another strap allows you to carry your load against your chest. A useful fleece lining, that has a built in pocket for your music accessories, a zippered audio port for holding your tunes safely and still enabling easy access. For your cell phone there is a zippered pocket built onto the strap of the backpack and will allow easy accessed; loose items can be stowed away in zippered side pockets..
Some backpacks have padded rear compartments that will easily hold a computer as large as fifteen inches, and another eight compartments will store personal supplies. The molded back panel provides another five compartments, and can be seen in some units.
Richard Woolcott and his friend Tucker Hall, who in 1991, decided to start the Volcom Company. While on a snowboarding vacation to Tahoe, the idea came to them to provide for the needs of other outdoor enthusiasts like themselves, who seek the accessories to support their rigorous passions such as snowboarding.
The slogan “youth against establishment” appeared to be the theme behind the company’s humble beginnings, as those times was witnessing big music industry changes with the introduction of artists like pearl jam, the riots in , the US involvement in the Gulf war, and Nirvana.