Rincon Designs — Carpinteria’s iconic bright blue and brown plank surf shop that has “everything for the beach,” boasts its sign out front — has had many homes since its launch as a fledgling surf and surfboard shaping spot in 1980. Owner Matt Moore first opened up at 871 Yucca Lane and hopped between a few other places, including what is now Esau’s, until he landed in 1998 at the bustling 659 Linden Ave. storefront.
Now, the Linden Avenue owners are selling the building; Moore will be out by the end of March, and there are currently no plans to relocate.
“I woke up one morning and said, ‘It’s time to get out of here,’” he told Coastal View News this week. He looked up at the ceiling, where decades of surfboards, designed with the business’ iconic double M, are perched. Since Moore announced the business’ impending closure, loyal customers have piled in, intent on snagging one last piece of gear before the storefront shuts down for good. “It echoes so much in here, now.”…