[1] Created by brothers Ross and Angus Thomson in 1988, the idea was fostered in order to generate money to fund their passion of surfing.

The brothers moved the company from Penzance, Cornwall, to Devon in 1992, after which surfer Carl Priscott joined the board.

[2] Angus and Ross Thomson are two South African natives who decided to travel the world in the eighties and experience the best places to surf.

After spending most of their days on the beach and their nights in a pub they began to run low on cash and had to figure out a way to make money.

They named the brand Saltrock after the South African town Salt Rock situated 40 minutes outside of Durban.

They moved to this new coastal town, and on their first night there they met a group of surfers at The Thatch Pub who are still a part of Saltrock.

The Saltrock retail stores are located in:[7] Cornwall Cumbria Devon Dorset Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashire Lincolnshire Norfolk Northern Ireland Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Sussex Wales Wiltshire Worcestershire The mascot of Saltrock is a crazy haired surfer boy called Tok.