Thanks to Jamie O’Brien’s high profile soft-top antics and every imitator on the planet, the popularity of foamies has reached ridiculous heights. It was estimated by Bloomberg Businessweek that as of 2015 about 500,000 Wavestorms had been sold. There are massive Instagram accounts dedicated to soft-tops, faomie surf contests, and surf school flotillas blanketing every conceivable user friendly line-up. But as they continue to increase in sheer volume around the planet has anyone paused to consider the environmental impact of these things, or how we can avoid piling them up into landfills?
The answer to this question, as it turns out, is yes. While some brands have made boards from alternative materials like cork others are aiming to streamline the entire recycling process. Formula Fun, for example, has set up an entire recycling system. By building boards from recyclable materials, designating drop-off locations for old ones, and giving credit towards new boards in exchange, they’ve created a start-to-finish foam surfboard recycling program.
Watch the video below or check out this site for details on how they perform and what goes into making them.
As of the timing of this post the cost of a 5′ 3″ fish is about $250.00. Click here to order one and have it mailed directly to you from Formula Fun.
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