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SURF’S UP: Owner and instructor Bobby Drought developed the business plan for what would become Rhody Surf, which teaches surf lessons and offers equipment rentals, as part of an MBA program capstone project before launching it as a fully realized business in 2011.  PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Riding the waves with Rhody Surf

Entrepreneurship 10/10/2025

Despite Rhode Island’s status as the Ocean State, Bobby Drought recognizes that people generally don’t associate its coastline with one of the most widely...

ROLLING ALONG: Cheyne Cousens moved back from California in 2023 to run his father’s Elemental Surf and Skate shop in Middletown, which he rebranded Omen after an idea that began as a hobby in 2014 with printed-up T-shirts with logos and artwork he personally designed.  PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Omen is making waves in Aquidneck Island surf and skateboard scene

Entrepreneurship 04/11/2025

A mainstay in Newport and Middletown’s surf and skateboarding scene for years, Cheyne Cousens was ready to take the reins. After his father, Symon Cousens,...

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