At Thalia in Laguna Beach, California, you can grab longboard fins and wooden handplanes—or a pair of drop-crotch Zanerobe pants—and carry them all home in a nautical-striped Herschel backpack. Thalia also hosts events (a Beached Days magazine shindig with free tacos) that turn the place into a more-than-shopping destination—a hallmark of the modern surf shop.
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