<PAGE>   1
     As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 1996.
                                      Registration No. 33-____________________
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                QUIKSILVER, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

<TABLE>
<S>                                                        <C>
            Delaware                                           33-0199426
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                             (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)                             Identification No.)
</TABLE>
                          ____________________________
                                 
                                 1740 Monrovia
                             Costa Mesa, CA  92627

                   (Address, of Principal Executive Offices)
                          ____________________________
                                
                                Quiksilver, Inc.
                             1996 Stock Option Plan
                     Quiksilver Team 1995 Stock Option Plan
                 1995 Nonemployee Directors' Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)
                          ____________________________
                            
                            Robert B. McKnight, Jr.
                            Chief Executive Officer
                                Quiksilver, Inc.
                                 1740 Monrovia
                             Costa Mesa, CA  92627
                                 (714) 645-1395

                     (Name, Address, and Telephone Number,
                   Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
                          ____________________________


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
=====================================================================================================================
                                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=====================================================================================================================
                                                            Proposed Maximum     Proposed Maximum       Amount of
          Title of Securities              Amount to be      Offering Price          Aggregate        Registration
           to be Registered                 Registered        Per Share(1)        Offering Price           Fee
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 <S>                                         <C>                <C>                <C>                   <C>
 Common Stock, par value
  $.01 per share . . . . . . . . . . .       865,000            $42.50              $36,762,500           $12,677
=====================================================================================================================
</TABLE>


(1)  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant
     to Rule 457(h) and based on the average of the high and low  sales prices
     of the Common Stock of Quiksilver, Inc. on May 15, 1996.
<PAGE>   2
                           INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

                 The contents of the Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No.
33-24527) previously filed by Quiksilver, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange
Commission are hereby incorporated herein by reference.



                                    EXHIBITS

<TABLE>
                 <S>      <C>
                 5.1      Opinion of Hewitt & McGuire

                 23.1     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

                 23.2     Consent of Hewitt & McGuire (included in Exhibit 5.1)

                 24.1     Power of Attorney (Contained on Signature Page)
</TABLE>


                                   SIGNATURES

                 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Costa Mesa, State of California, on this 9th 
day of May, 1996.

                                        QUIKSILVER, INC.


                                        By: /s/ ROBERT B. MCKNIGHT, JR.
                                            --------------------------------- 
                                                Robert B. McKnight, Jr.
                                                Chairman of the Board and 
                                                Chief Executive Officer




                                      2

<PAGE>   3
                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

                 Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Robert B.
McKnight, Jr. and Randall L. Herrel, Sr., and either of them, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement
and to file the same with Exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated as of May 9, 1996.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Signature                                          Title                                  Date
- ---------                                          -----                                  ----
<S>                                 <C>                                                <C>
/s/ ROBERT B. MCKNIGHT, JR.         Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive             May 9, 1996
- ---------------------------------   Officer and Director 
    Robert B. McKnight, Jr.         (principal executive officer)
                                      

/s/ RANDALL L. HERREL, SR.          President, Chief Operating Officer,                May 9, 1996
- ---------------------------------   Secretary and Director 
    Randall L. Herrel, Sr.          (principal accounting officer)
                                    
                                    Director                                           May  , 1996
- ---------------------------------
    Charles E. Crowe

                                    Director                                           May  , 1996
- ---------------------------------
    Robert G. Kirby

/s/ WILLIAM M. BARNUM, JR.          Director                                           May 9, 1996
- ---------------------------------
    William M. Barnum, Jr.

/s/ MICHAEL GRAY                    Director                                           May 9, 1996
- ---------------------------------
    Michael Gray

                                    Director                                           May  , 1996
- ---------------------------------
    Tom Roach
</TABLE>





                                       3
<PAGE>   4
<TABLE>
                                        EXHIBIT INDEX
                                        -------------

                                                                                       Sequentially
Exhibit Number                            Exhibit                                      Numbered Page
- --------------                            -------                                      -------------
     <S>              <C>                                                          <C>
     5.1              Opinion of Hewitt & McGuire

     23.1             Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
   
     23.2             Consent of Hewitt & McGuire (included in Exhibit 5.1)

     24.1             Power of Attorney (contained on Signature Page)
</TABLE>






                                      4
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1
     As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 1996.
                                      Registration No. 33-____________________
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                QUIKSILVER, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware                                           33-0199426
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                             (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)                             Identification No.)
____________________________
                                 
                                 1740 Monrovia
                             Costa Mesa, CA  92627

                   (Address, of Principal Executive Offices)
                          ____________________________
                                
                                Quiksilver, Inc.
                             1996 Stock Option Plan
                     Quiksilver Team 1995 Stock Option Plan
                 1995 Nonemployee Directors' Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)
                          ____________________________
                            
                            Robert B. McKnight, Jr.
                            Chief Executive Officer
                                Quiksilver, Inc.
                                 1740 Monrovia
                             Costa Mesa, CA  92627
                                 (714) 645-1395

                     (Name, Address, and Telephone Number,
                   Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
                          ____________________________
=====================================================================================================================
                                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=====================================================================================================================
                                                            Proposed Maximum     Proposed Maximum       Amount of
          Title of Securities              Amount to be      Offering Price          Aggregate        Registration
           to be Registered                 Registered        Per Share(1)        Offering Price           Fee
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, par value
  $.01 per share . . . . . . . . . . .       865,000            $42.50              $36,762,500           $12,677
=====================================================================================================================
(1)  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant
     to Rule 457(h) and based on the average of the high and low  sales prices
     of the Common Stock of Quiksilver, Inc. on May 15, 1996.
2
                           INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

                 The contents of the Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No.
33-24527) previously filed by Quiksilver, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange
Commission are hereby incorporated herein by reference.

                                    EXHIBITS
5.1      Opinion of Hewitt & McGuire

                 23.1     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

                 23.2     Consent of Hewitt & McGuire (included in Exhibit 5.1)

                 24.1     Power of Attorney (Contained on Signature Page)
SIGNATURES

                 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Costa Mesa, State of California, on this 9th 
day of May, 1996.

                                        QUIKSILVER, INC.

                                        By: /s/ ROBERT B. MCKNIGHT, JR.
                                            --------------------------------- 
                                                Robert B. McKnight, Jr.
                                                Chairman of the Board and 
                                                Chief Executive Officer

                                      2
3
                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

                 Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Robert B.
McKnight, Jr. and Randall L. Herrel, Sr., and either of them, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement
and to file the same with Exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated as of May 9, 1996.
Signature                                          Title                                  Date
- ---------                                          -----                                  ----
/s/ ROBERT B. MCKNIGHT, JR.         Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive             May 9, 1996
- ---------------------------------   Officer and Director 
    Robert B. McKnight, Jr.         (principal executive officer)
                                      

/s/ RANDALL L. HERREL, SR.          President, Chief Operating Officer,                May 9, 1996
- ---------------------------------   Secretary and Director 
    Randall L. Herrel, Sr.          (principal accounting officer)
                                    
                                    Director                                           May  , 1996
- ---------------------------------
    Charles E. Crowe

                                    Director                                           May  , 1996
- ---------------------------------
    Robert G. Kirby

/s/ WILLIAM M. BARNUM, JR.          Director                                           May 9, 1996
- ---------------------------------
    William M. Barnum, Jr.

/s/ MICHAEL GRAY                    Director                                           May 9, 1996
- ---------------------------------
    Michael Gray

                                    Director                                           May  , 1996
- ---------------------------------
    Tom Roach
3
4

                                        EXHIBIT INDEX
                                        -------------

                                                                                       Sequentially
Exhibit Number                            Exhibit                                      Numbered Page
- --------------                            -------                                      -------------
5.1              Opinion of Hewitt & McGuire

     23.1             Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
   
     23.2             Consent of Hewitt & McGuire (included in Exhibit 5.1)

     24.1             Power of Attorney (contained on Signature Page)
4