At the neon-pink-walled factory of Soul Stix Surfboards, in the surf ghetto of San Clemente, Calif.
Many come toting their own surfboards and rise early to hang 10 on the open, near-deserted beaches.
Mr. Miranda says he has wrapped bikes, car tires, surfboards and an Asian sword.
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McClurg later lined up 17 other sponsors, including gin paragliders, Aviso surfboards and Teva sandals.
There are seven surfboards in the laundry room and two long boards under the front deck.
To that end, he added a zipper to the tip, for easier removal of surfboards, for example.
The trust turned down a collector who had 30 surfboards and insisted they be kept together permanently.
While some CEOs may collect cars, Mr. Mechlovitz, 29, has his own trophies: A collection of 10 surfboards in his garage.
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Here, surfboards line the walls and the space holds a recording studio, DJ booth and video production station to create one-of-a-kind vacation videos.
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One mobile app we like is Shark Net, which uses sensors attached to buoys and robotic surfboards toting underwater cameras to track shark movements.
The next morning we decided to fish from our surfboards, which we would paddle out to the edge of a reef, visible from shore with polarized glasses.
"There's not that much interest anymore, which is a bit of a shame, " said Greg Bennett, the 51-year-old co-founder of Bennett Surfboards, on the sidelines of a recent beach carnival.
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The San Francisco social entrepreneurs aim to create an industry certification standard for environmentally friendly surfboards to give surfers, from pros to weekend wave warriors, a scientifically sound green choice.
When the early settlers sailed to Rapa Nui from Polynesia, life on the lost island was all about living off the sea, and evidence indicates that crude surfboards were constructed for travel and fishing.
Indeed, anything that suffers reduced performance from the effects of liquid intrusion seems to be in Coulson's sights: P2i have even experimented with things like tennis balls, surfboards and the nose cones of Formula One racing cars.
"I have retired three times prior, but I am a deal junkie and I love the challenge, " admits Rossi, 66, who on this day has traded a suit for a Hawaiian-style shirt emblazoned with surfboards and palm trees.
Come autumn, the fog clears, and this picturesque metropolis by the bay truly comes into its own, with alterna-dudes strutting up and down Valencia Street, skateboards in hand, and venture capitalists making deals from surfboards and road bikes.
After a round on the inflatable floating trampoline, jet-powered surfboards or James Bond-style underwater "sea bobs, " whoever's lucky enough to commandeer the master cabin can wash off in what Connor believes is the world's first yacht-board aromatherapy shower.
The boards, made by Beachbeat in St Agnes, are able to be used if the owner wants, but as they are now believed to be the most expensive surfboards in the world, it is likely they may not be splashed with sea water.
Monarch Green had another hook: "It's not an environmentally friendly type of product that we make, and we all know it, " says Shea Weber, president of Dewey Weber Surfboards in San Clemente and chair of the Surf Industry Manufacturing Association's board builder committee.
Maeda also points to RISD graduates who have started companies including AirBnB, a website connecting travelers to room or housing space, and Spirare Surfboards, a company that makes eco-friendly surfboards as models to emulate and is bringing these graduates back to campus to consult with students.
When Cold Chisel's Jimmy Barnes sang about pushing surfboards through turnstiles in Misfits, or Midnight Oil's Peter Garret howled "catch the bus to Bondi, sit on the beach and wonder", they were not only conjuring a scene familiar to their '80s pub rock audience but more importantly, they captured a uniquely sunlit Australian branch of angst.
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