Gordon “Grubby” Clark on Surfboard Design, Polyurethane, and Blank Monday and the End of Clark Foam

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@LarryMcNeely-me4px 4 ай бұрын

It's great to hear a voice from my long past. At 70, I grew up in Huntington Beach, knowing all the names. I started surfing in 1963, and by 1973, I started building bikes and created the "California Beach Cruiser" bike in Newport Beach and Huntington Beach, so I have a long relationship with surfing and bikes.

@johnlane9743 5 ай бұрын

Wow - such an important conversation - nice to have a humane voice to the Grubby legacy - intelligent and insightful - an important part of the surfing evolution - I now don't see Grubby as a disgruntled crank - but a tough and shrewd businessman - he deserves a second interview and more - got so much to say that hasn't been said before - (fills in the blanks, as it were) thanks gent, thoroughly enjoyable podcast, GRATEFUL to you both !

@AndrewWorkshop 11 ай бұрын

Such a fascinating and interesting legend. Awesome interview.

@olafhenke5654 11 ай бұрын

Great one! Thank you. What a legend 🙌

@GrynerSurfboards 6 ай бұрын

This is the best surfing industry story in the whole planet

@caseyhansen4567 5 ай бұрын

Great that you interviewed Grubby.my dad rode dirtbikes with him in Colorado,in the 90s i think.he asked me if i had ever heard of Grubby Clark, 😅

@darinrmcclure 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this great interview!!! 🖖😎 #TeamBigKook

@stevenwood7613 11 ай бұрын

Remember diving in your dumpster and getting caught a little unclear exactly, but you told us about the rejects and it changed my life! You kept my 3X5 card for years.

@policedog4030 5 ай бұрын

Ending about the 1:11:00 mark where Mr. Clark was describing the differential inherent strength in the blank caused by gravity - I have noticed this too and thought of it as a kind of crust as in a loaf of bread; where the crust is much harder and more dense and thus stronger than the softer interior foam. I didn't know that crust effect was due to the effects of gravity. But makes me wonder if they ever tried spin casting the plugs to us centrifugal force on the entire plug and possibly extend the depth of the stronger foam more deeply into the blank? I'd be surprised if it were that simple but the existence of the stronger exterior seems to imply there is room for improvement if that characteristic could be controlled - perhaps by a pulsed energy of some kind that travels into the interior and affects the curing and size and density of the polyurethane.

@Tblanktim-mu1bh 11 ай бұрын

Another case of government oversight putting a producer out of business. Talk about cutting your nose off to spite your face. Such a great story of development only to be ended by small minded drones. That in a nutshell, is the story of modern day California. The closing of Clark Foam rocked the industry however, it liberated the backyard shaper. We all owe a HUGE debt to Mr. Clark. Amazing fellow.

@helloitsmehb 3 ай бұрын

Yes but also remember many guys who worked for him died from cancer

@helloitsmehb 3 ай бұрын

Many of the men who worked in the factory are now dead of cancer. Nasty stuff Great interview

@LowelFloyd 9 күн бұрын

Yeah of old age. Even the one cancer lawsuit couldn’t be connected to Clark Foam. Clark’s factory consistently passed all safety and environmental inspections. Do a little research before you talk out you enviro-A$$.

@jtrealfunny 5 ай бұрын

Here's a story: after WWII a group of young, talented, and ambitious people connected to the aerospace industry in SoCal take their knowledge and follow their passions into surfboard construction; AND SPAWN 60 years of garage and independent innovation, knowledge passed down word of mouth, and it has evolved into the global thing that surfboard construction is. I'm talking about Hobie, Simmons, G&S, Clark, and then Lis and Frye, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, OC. And all the computers and modern science analysis has only contributed minute refinements, mostly in consistency (I'm guessing Darren Pang doesn't need the computer to get his shapes how he wants them or to understand the tradeoffs in his boards; how did he learn that?). Think of all the problem solving and innovation these guys worked through over the years. For me, the people involved in this story are way more impressive than our billion dollar CEO's (disconnected from everything normal people go through) because they did it outside the corporate system that seems to be gobbling up our world. I'd love to see someone tell it straight, in a nice, thoughtful and quiet way. Take it from the man.