Chapter: 8
The Ride of Your Life
- Is Surfing Hip?
- Lisa Andersen Surfs Better Than You
- Killer Cute
- Kelly Slater is Just Warming Up
- Rebel for Hire
- I Believe I Can Fly
- A Monster in Half Moon Bay
- Mark Foo's Last Ride
- Open Throttle
- Laird Means Lord
- Tahitian Scream
- A Webcam for Every Wave
- Last Call for Print Media
- Taylor Steele Likes it Rough
- Searching for the Perfect Phrase
- Hollywood Tries Again
- Thirty is the New Twenty
- Andy Irons' Poetic Fury
- The Beast and Beyond
- A Dance with the Past
- Foam is Dead, Long Live Foam
- Nature Gets a Makeover
- Surf in a Box
- The End of History
Foam is Dead, Long Live Foam
![Clark Foam molds in junkyard, 2006. Photo: Jeff Divine](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/f1hjpcr4/production/6bbb07fc4400b5c241fbe239f573f50d63339ded-900x506.jpg?w=640&h=360&q=65&auto=format)
Clark Foam molds in junkyard, 2006. Photo: Jeff Divine
![North Shore, 1988. Photo: Robert Beck](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/f1hjpcr4/production/b57fc7e6a2f37da53df1087187af97ff9dacb83e-900x506.jpg?w=640&h=360&q=65&auto=format)
North Shore, 1988. Photo: Robert Beck
![Michele Barland, 1984](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/f1hjpcr4/production/9f667d7d6b6e274018b5ce2ea18950d1c9fa34e9-900x506.jpg?w=640&h=360&q=65&auto=format)
Michele Barland, 1984
![Surftech boards, 2007](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/f1hjpcr4/production/8b37eb245876fc9639dd852d0a37454ea23ff099-700x394.jpg?w=640&h=360&q=65&auto=format)
Surftech boards, 2007
In 2002, Surfer named foam magnate and recluse Gordon \"Grubby\" Clark the sport's second-most powerful figure. The magazine dug out a 25-year-old photo: Clark is balding and middle-aged
Futurism was just as trendy as the retro movement during the 1990s and early 2000s. Two throw-ahead two scenarios in particular—both of which had been around for decades—fired people’s imaginations. One was high-quality engineered surf. The other was the post-polyurethane surfboard. Design work has always been the sexy part of surfboard manufacturing. The hot curl, Malibu chip, plastic machine, T...
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