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Thanks to a recent court settlement, the city of Huntington Beach CA (near where I grew up) can officially call itself “Surf City USA.”

The dispute arose when the city became aware that of a surf shop owner in Santa Cruz, CA had been selling “Surf City USA” T-shirts. Huntington Beach had the audacity to fire off a cease-and-desist order, claiming it had trademarked the “Surf City USA” moniker. In response, the shop owner sued Huntington Beach. Unfortunately the owner lost the case.

As the author of the World Hum article linked here says, “but really, in a true ‘Surf City USA,’ attorneys would be so stoked after surfing the city’s tasty waves each morning they’d forget about such petty disputes. How about this one: ‘Huntington Beach: Most Litigious Surf City USA.’”

I have a better one, which is what those of us who grew up around it call it anyway, “Huntington Beach: Skinhead City USA.”

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