Surfboard manufacturers have a number of concerns — heavy competition, expensive shipping and employees who occasionally like to slip out early when there’s a good break.
Product-liability lawsuits typically aren’t one of their worries.
That’s what makes a lawsuit that recreational surfer Tom Gregg filed against Channel Islands Surfboards a little unusual … More
VIRGINIA BEACH
As forklifts and trucks dismantled the beach scene at the 49th annual East Coast Surfing Championships, the action in the water Friday featured a mix of old and new.
Organizers had ordered the beach – except for surfing – closed Thursday afternoon so crews could take apart and cart away the extravagant mixture of scaffolding, tents, palm trees and skateboard halfpipes in anticipation of Hurricane Irene.
As they finished  … More