WIPE OUT!
The whole surfboard manufacturing industry is in a tizzy this week after the sudden closure of Clark Foam. The SoCal company had a virtual monopoly on the production of the foam blocks upon which the manufacturers apply resin to make the boards. Grubby Clark started the company in 1961, but suggests that it has now become too hard to continue, given the current business climat. He cites the growing number of pollution control regulations, fire control systems required, and litigation costs.