BUSINESS
February 22, 2002 | LESLIE EARNEST, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In a deal that is likely to send shockwaves through Southern California's surfwear businesses, industry icon Bob Hurley has sold his company in Costa Mesa to giant Nike Inc. The terms of the sale were not disclosed. But in acquiring Hurley International, Nike, which has been trying for years to break into the burgeoning market for surf, skate and snowboard clothes, is picking up one of the industry's hottest brands that last year did about $70 million in business.