Ric Green
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| Ric Green |
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| Date of birth: 1962 |
| Date of death: 2000-10-17 (age 37-38) |
| Company(ies): Surf Trip, Inc. |
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Ric Green[1] (Richard L. Green[2]), was a Californian surfer-turned-inventor and former construction worker from Huntington Beach.
After patenting, a tire-changing tool at the age of 18, he burst into the toy business with the invention of a velcro-coated foam football and glove a few years later in 1985 whose rights he sold[3] for a good amout of money to Los Angeles-based company Astro Timer, Inc.[4], who subsequently licensed it to Carson-based toy company Wham-O Inc. which sold it in the United States under the brand name "Sure Catch"[5].
Sometime later, Ric moved to Manhattan Beach, California with his wife Ana Green (neé Montoya), and invested some of the money in the creation of a surfing board game called Surf Trip[6][7][8][9], illustrated by American artist Cam de Leon[10][11], that he self-published in 1988 under the business name of Surf Trip, Inc.[2][6], whose mascot, a blond, mop-topped and very laid-back surfer called Greendog, a caricature of Ric Green's himself when younger, served as the basis and inspiration for Sega Mega Drive video game Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude!.
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Production history
- Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude! (Mega Drive; 1992) — Creator[12]
External links
- Article about Ric Green's Surf Trip The Board Game in Orange Coast Magazine, Volume 15, issue #7 (May 1989)[13]
- Interview (2007-02-09) with Cam de Leon at www.myartspace.com (archived)
- Interview (2010-03) with Cam de Leon at www.salival.fr (archived)
- www.happypencil.com (Cam de Leon's official website)
- Discussion at eyzmaster.blogspot.com (archived)
- wham-o.com
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References
- ↑ Sega Visions, "June/July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 83
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:SurfTripInc Registration 1988-06-14 (California Secretary of State).pdf
- ↑ http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=tm&sno=73585341 (archive.today)
- ↑ File:Astro Timer, Inc. Registration 1985-01-16 (California Secretary of State).pdf
- ↑ File:Trademark Sure Catch Reg Nº 1462960 1987-10-27 (United States Patent and Trademark Office).pdf
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:Trademark Surf Trip Reg Nº 1558214 1989-09-26 (United States Patent and Trademark Office).pdf
- ↑ https://www3.wipo.int/branddb/en/showData.jsp?ID=USTM.73776203
- ↑ File:TheOrangeCountyRegister US 1989-04-10 page 55.png
- ↑ Press Release: 1989-09-21: RETAILING : Every Dog Has His Day, and Star of Surfer Board Game Is No Exception
- ↑ https://i.ibb.co/h2mjjrS/53870696-2021991671438060-5926669708217267020-n.jpg (archive.today)
- ↑ https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/surf-trip-board-game-1988-artwork-cam-1831285370 (archive.today)
- ↑ File:Greendog MD credits.pdf
- ↑ https://books.google.pt/books/content?id=BGEEAAAAMBAJ&hl=pt-PT&pg=PA32&img=1&zoom=3&sig=ACfU3U39G70gpQPVaKnG54B7ZyG590JzYg&w=1280 (archive.today)
