July 7, 2006 Sandia National Laboratories prides itself on provifind technology solutions to the most challenging problems that threaten peace and freedom for our nation and the globe. It’s ...

NSW south coast boardmaker Jed Done is a long term customer of Surfblanks. That means he has a spot in the line for blanks. At the start of October, he put in an order for 30 blanks — unusually large ...

A shortage of blanks in the surfboard industry may turn into a flood in a few months as new suppliers emerge and Southern Hemisphere producers ramp up efforts. The quantity of blanks may offset losses ...

A month after the closure of industry titan Clark, shapers don’t know who’ll supply the foam.More than a month after Clark Foam stopped supplying blanks to the surfing industry, local board shapers ...

Clark Foam in Laguna Niguel might have stopped making its foam surfboard blanks last week, but its products are alive on eBay. Surfers, shapers and collectors of the famed foam can find what they’re ...

Another California surfboard blank company has suffered a major setback. This time, though, a fire is to blame. Thanks to our sister magazine Urethanes Technology International for alerting me to this ...

After 44 consecutive years in business, Gordon “Grubby” Clark, closed his doors for good. Clark’s company, Clark Foam, once produced most of America’s surfboard blanks, the foam cores essential to ...

VENTURA, Calif. -- When the Clark Foam company unexpectedly shut down in December 2005 because of environmental reasons, some said it spelled doom for the surfing industry. Many thought the price of ...

Surfing’s dirty secret is easy to find in the drab enclave of San Clemente known as the surf ghetto, where the ocean breeze is spiked with the sweet smell of chemicals and men wearing flip-flops and ...