After Wipeout, Surf Industry Eyes Rebound
Houston Chronicle
'The wipeout might not be so bad after all. For sure, the surf culture is still shaking after Clark Foam _ an icon among surfers _ suddenly closed its Orange County factory after producing an estimated 90 percent of the blanks used to craft custom-made boards worldwide.
"It's kind of like saying Microsoft just pulled Windows off the shelf. Uh oh, that's different," said Sean Mattison, a former professional surfer who's now a buyer for Surf Ride, a shop in Oceanside in northern San Diego County...'
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