The surf industry was once valued at $10 billion, but then it tanked spectacularly. Laurie Towner, like many former pro surfers now has to work a trade, and surfs between shifts!
As in most cases when industries fail, those who lose their jobs adapt their skill set and apply their tools to a new industry. But for the surfers whose job it was to surf to market the multi-billion dollar industry, the job openings were slim. There isn’t a big market for surfing critical, high-risk mountains of moving water outside the surf industry. Photos via the super talented @tomservaisjr and @timmckenna.
