Established in 1989 by owners Jeff and Marla Rauthause at the corner of W Point Loma Blvd and Sunset Cliffs Blvd, Second Chance Sports runs a buy-sell-trade-consign model across surfing, snowboarding, golf, tennis, fishing, skateboarding, biking, and baseball gear. Used-surfboard inventory turns fast — beater longboards, egg hybrids, shortboards, and soft-tops sold to new riders finishing lessons with instructors like Crispy J's Surf lessons who need a first board without a $700 new-board commitment. Wetsuit consignment covers both full suits and spring suits across sizes, with a dressing-room setup for try-on before purchase. The cross-sport consolidation pulls customers who surf but also freedive, spearfish, or paddleboard — a single trade-in session swaps a snowboard for cash toward a new surfboard, with overlap into specialty retailers such as Spear Shack for gear the shop doesn't stock in depth. Owners work the counter directly, so price negotiation, trade valuation, and consignment splits are handled by the decision-makers without manager escalation. The highest-complexity transaction is a multi-item trade-in evaluation — surfers offloading a full quiver of outgrown boards plus accessories, appraised board-by-board against current market value, with store credit scaling against an incoming purchase of newer gear.