With the world’s largest maker of foam surfboard blanks abruptly closing, many board shapers are left scrambling for the materials needed for their craft, livelihoods.Last week Gordon “Grubby” Clark ...

Monday December 5th, 2005 was a dark day at shaping bays and in surf shops around the country. Orange County-based Clark Foam -- far and away the world's largest supplier of surfboard blanks -- shut ...

The official dismantling of Clark Foam kicked off Monday with a preview of factory equipment set to go on the auction block Wednesday. But curiosity seekers previewing machinery from the surfboard ...

Clark Foam in Laguna Niguel might have stopped making its foam surfboard blanks last week, but its products are alive on eBay. Surfers, shapers and collectors of the famed foam can find what they’re ...

Just across the Orange Curtain in Westminster, Brad Nadell’s Foam E-Z was the main distributor of Clark Foam for Orange and L.A. counties, selling as many as 1,500 Clark blanks a week. Clark Foam ...

At last check, the world did not end. Many within the surfboard industry thought it might when ClarkFoam went out of business almost two weeks ago. Clark Foam, whichproduced about 90 percent of the ...

Specialized Packaging Group Inc. is living up to the company's name with the acquisition of Clark Foam Products Corp. Clark Foam, with plants in Chicago and Louisville, Ky., makes customized packaging ...