Surfboards have undergone radical development and improvement since ancient Hawaiians who created the sport fashioned ridable 16-foot planks from local wiliwili and koa trees. Today’s high-performance ...

Here is the good news: Expanded polystyrene (a.k.a. EPS, or the branded name Styrofoam) is recyclable. Here’s the bad news: much of it is not recycled and therefore EPS-based surfboards are made from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers in Australia are developing smart surfboard fins embedded with sensors, lights and electromagnetic systems ...

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 ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. TIM PALMER: 2012 was a tough year for Australia's manufacturing sector - the high Australian dollar, ...