My favorite tennis shorts are the Nike 11" conquer "shorts." (those are pre-emptive quotation marks) However, I'm 6'4", and these come about halfway down my kneecap, and that's wearing the waistline at its natural (i.e. not halfway down my arse) position. I can swing the 9" inseams, but cannot go shorter than that, for fear of my bits and pieces coming through the bottom of the shorts! As a tall man, I actually appreciate something besides the 7" inseams that many of the good-looking shorts come in.
With that being said, I think the 15" board shorts for the new season are ridiculous, as were the 13" shorts from last year. Unless, of course, we have a whole bunch of >7' players coming down the pike! ;-)
I see inseams of 5", 7", 9" and above on TW, so I'm not sure what the problem is. It looks like folks of pretty much any height can find something they like.
$0.02 lighter,
Kevin
On a side note, what's the deal with Adidas short sizing? I automatically buy an XL in all shorts, and have never had to exchange any other shorts due to sizing. I bought a pair of the lead gray 9" competition shorts (the ones that were worn during Aus Open/SAP Open timeframe) in XL, and the things were huuuuuge! I went down to a large, and they were still huge! Everyone is sold out of medium, so I tried a small just for laughs. Those are on their way back to Adidas as we speak. The large size is too large in the waist for me, even with the string tightened all the way. If I play with a couple of balls in my pocket, I can feel the shorts twisting and turning as I swing the racquet.
