SURFBOARD EVOLUTION. From: Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA) | Date: September 1, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: By Kai Beech

Sep. 1--Gone are the days of primitive caveman surfing equipment.

No longer are wave riders lugging around 20-foot, 100-pound, finless, balsa-wood longboards. Instead, most surfers today come equipped with featherweight, tri-fin, epoxy, potato-chip thrusters that can fit in the front seat of a Geo Metro. With today';s technologies, surfboard shaping has become a thing of the past; a nostalgic art for those with board riding embedd...

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