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Illumina, Qual-comm, Intuit, Sony, Viasat, Brain Corp., and others are featured. So are San Diego's beaches, blue skies and cityscapes. The 1 minute, 41 second video opens with images that [...]

The Boys to Men Mentoring Network, a nonprofit that successfully mentors fatherless teenage boys, kicked off its summer surf series with donated surfboards from North Island Credit Union. In honor [...]

The article discusses the success of Mike Walker who owns the Walker project that produce surf boards in San Marcos, California. The entrepreneur is a surf board shaper and has opened his own factory as well as a retail shop in which he supplies boards to some of the industry's leading company. The surf boards has captured the walk-in customers and the online shoppers for its good quality and affordable prices despite the increase in the cost of materials.

Reports that several small surfboard companies are being acquired by big corporations in order to survive in the United States. San Diego, California-based small surfboard company Reef Holdings Corp. decision to be acquired by Greensboro, North Carolina-based apparel company VF Corp.; Y Surfboards owner Tom Morey's views about the acquisition of smaller companies by larger corporations; Increase in popularity of surfboards in the U.S.

Skip Frye believes people with the most money are the most encumbered. Conversely, he believes people with the least amount of money are unencumbered and, therefore, more happy. 'I think [...]

The article reports on the introduction of a line of self-propelled surfboards by water-propulsion device developer WaveJet Technologies in Santee, California.

The article announces that Subvector9-3 stand-up paddleboard designed by surfing equipment manufacturer C4 Waterman is a finalist for the Board of the Year Awards from the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA). SIMA is specifically intended to recognize the top designers, producers and retailers in the surfing equipment industry. The nomination of the paddleboard reflects its high quality design and environmentally-friendly concept.

The article reports on the implications of the plant shutdown of Clark Foam, an international maker of polyurethane blanks that make up the core of surfboards, for the surfboard making industry in San Diego, California. When Clark terminated its operations at Laguna Niguel in 2005, it initiated a cataclysmic changed throughout the industry. The local market became saturated and prices dropped, especially on boards made in China.

The article announces the free Biofoam blank from HomeBlown US that will be given to the first 50 people who donate a surfboard for The Future of Surfing event at Fletcher Park in San Diego, California. The event promotes sustainability through the blanks, which features 50% organic domestic soy. The proceeds will benefit the San Diego Center for Children, a nonprofit center providing mental health services to families and children.

The article reports on the launch of the Gordon & Smith International Series of boards by Surf Ventures Unlimited LLC, in partnership with Gordon & Smith Surfboards Inc. in Encinitas, California. The series was designed by Gordon & Smith's shapers and Geoff Fisher of Surf Ventures Unlimited. A list of retailers carrying the surfboards will be available on the web site.

Future of surfing takes shape as Rusty rage runs unabated Twenty-five years ago, Rusty Preisendorfer caught a wave off the coast of La Jolla that launched him into his own [...]