Most surf wax is made from petrochemical based materials like paraffin. While there are organic options out there, they tend to be overlooked by the mainstream surf population. Most of us who surf (there are millions these days) apply paraffin based wax to our boards repeatedly, building up a grippy base, before scraping it off, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bureo, a company making skateboards and sunglasses from discarded fishnets, just teamed up with Jack Johnson to launch a new sustainable product – The Fishnet Flyer. Like their other products, the frisbee is designed to fuse sustainability with fun while spreading the word on environmental issues. What better way is there to celebrate concepts of […]