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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You can now go green to the core. Of your surfboard, that is. The latest Instagram post from Eco Surf Supply shows the harvesting process of agave grown in Kenya and it's formation into a surfboard ...

For decades, Gordon Clark and his company Clark Foam held an almost complete monopoly on the surfboard blank market. “Blanks” are pieces of foam with reinforcing wood strips (called “stringers”) in a ...

In the surfing world, it's called a wipeout. On Dec. 6, 2005, Clark Foam (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) - the supplier of 80 percent of the polyurethane foam blanks that form the cores of the world's ...

On Sunday, it will have been two months since the so-called”Black Monday” of the surfing industry. Dec. 5 was the day when Gordon “Grubby” Clark closed the doorsof Clark Foam, the supplier of an ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gold Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. But to continue research and development into her new technology using the plant’s buoyant fibres ...

Surfboard construction has undergone a renaissance in the last decade, with shapers experimenting with a myriad of core materials, from closed-cell foams to repurposed wood. Sustainable Surf, a ...

The more I’ve learned about alternative surfboard manufacturing, the more I become impressed by the innovation and ingenuity popping up around the world–whether it’s a seaweed and beeswax resin board ...