Clark Foam Water Color T-Shirt airline pillow and the Western Airlines name

and the Western Airlines name was retired

Dale was so influential that a stretch of Hawaii's famous North Shore - now known as Velzyland - was named in his honor

along with others like Jock Sutherland

The races were on when Vic Hubbard Speed opened its gates to avid car racers in 1949

Although Duke Kahanamoku first introduced surfing to Atlantic City in 1912

Clark Foam Water Color T-Shirt airline pillow and the Western Airlines nameFounded in 1961 by Gordon "Grubby" Clark in Laguna Niguel, California, Clark Foam revolutionized the surfing industry by producing polyurethane foam blanks. These blanks provided a basic surfboard construction for shapers to refine into their own individual models, and the blanks themselves were actually designed for Clark by such legendary shapers as Dale Velzy and Dick Brewer. At one point before closing in 2005, it is estimated that Clark supplied