Nick Risse looks over their line of surfboards at Surftech in Huntington Beach, Calif., Friday, June 27, 2008. The industry depends on petroleum-based products to build and ship its boards. And surfers in search of the biggest waves have to dig deeper into the pockets to fill their gas tanks or book flights to the best breaks around the world, including far-flung places like South Africa and Tahiti. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)