A while back The Good Brine posted a video entitled The Roach Tail by Juddy Productions (Ben Judkins) that focused on a surfboard made from cigarette butts. The project seemed to us like a great way to publicize the issue of pollution in the ocean – specifically the easily underestimated problem of discarded cigarette butts. […]
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 […]
“It’s about realizing that clean beaches start at home” – Kahi Pacaro – With a 2017 world champion and winner of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing about to be decided, the North Shore of Oahu is once again at the epicenter of the surf world. While the The Hawaiian Pro, Vans World Cup of […]
It sounds like an ode to 1970s surf culture – mushrooms, hemp, low environmental impact, and phenomenal surf in the outer reaches of Maui’s lush shores. In reality it’s a recipe for the birth of a surf company start-up that prides itself on sustainability and performance. Focused on the creation of fins, Huckleberry Surf Company […]
You might have heard the news recently that Punta De Lobos officially became a World Surfing Reserve and Noosa in Queensland, Australia was selected to be the next one – but what exactly is a World Surfing Reserve? And why should we care or get involved? To answer the first question we went to the source. […]
Discarded body boards, plastic bottles, used fin boxes, left over carbon fiber, and Kelly Slater’s old traction pad are some of the materials Dan Mann recycled to create a surfboard largely made out of trash. Watch the video below and listen to Dan Mann expound on his approach to learn more about how he replicated […]
With good waves, a beach clean-up, music, food, locally produced art and beer on offer, the inaugural Irving Fish Festival, set to run Saturday October 28, 2017, is guaranteed to go off in a big way. The beach clean-up, coordinated by Surfrider Foundation – San Francisco Chapter, starts at 9:00 AM at the Irving Street […]
What could be a better addition to your surfboard than high quality Futures Alpha Series fins made from recycled fishing nets and carbon fiber? How about knowing that each fin is made in the USA and a portion of your purchase goes to towards protecting sharks? That’s the model Bureo is presenting through a collaboration […]
Getting ahold of a surfboard with the perfect dimensions is a challenge. A lot of time, money, and material resource goes into the act of making sure you get it right. Once you have your magic board it makes sense to maintain it. Preserving your board will not only allow you to get the most […]
What can be done to keep broken surfboards, old wetsuits, and other surf industry waste from ending up in landfills? Make handplanes!!! That’s the solution Enjoy Handplanes came up with. According to their website, “Enjoy Handplanes are made with either old foam from broken boards or ruined blanks from manufacturing for the board and neoprene […]