Yeah, I can see why they do it, it's just annoying when people constantly tell me to go to Evans, and when I was at school teachers sometimes assumed I could, for instance, buy men's trainers for PE, whereas in fact most of them were too big everywhere but the length. This would also be the problem, I imagine, with all those tranny sites you get when you search online...well, that and the 9 inch red patent leather spike heels that seem to predominate!
Hanzing- thanks for the tip about surf shops, will try to locate one!