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The End of The Core Surf Shop?
5ones — The effects of the current economic crisis have been fairly visible throughout the community. Everything from established brands to major surf events have been touched in a bad way by the weak economy and have the battle wounds to show it. However, one group that seems to be taking it especially hard right now are the independent, core surf shops that have long been a staple of the sport. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve come to find out that some of my long time “go-to” surf shops in both Southern California and Hawaii are ...