The holiday season is approaching, and that means one thing to those born and raised next to an ocean. The surf is up!
Despite the fridged water temperatures, and the pitch black early mornings, the waves in the winter months are incomparable to any other months.
So with great waves, and the holidays about to approach, there is almost no better time to start talking about the eco-friendly surfboard revolution.
Companies have jumped on the greener life band wagon and started producing natural-material boards.
Ocean Green EcoFoil is a surfboard company that makes all of their boards out of sustainable forested wood. It also uses hemp instead of fiberglass laminates.
According to the Ocean Green website, the Bangor University in Wales has proven that the hemp being used in boards is creating a stronger composite, weight for weight than the usual fiberglass equivalent.
The EcoFoil boards look the same as other boards in regards to width and height, however their color and design-free exterior screams environmentally friendly.
Now if our feeling left out, because you couldn’t surf if your life depended on it, and throwing a couple hundred dollars into a new board just isn’t your style…but you don’t want to be left out of the winter surfing fun, I have just the idea for you.
Build a skim board. With winter break off from school, you’ll have a little more time on your hands to become a skim board creator, builder, and designer.
My brother has been building skim boards for years, and the results are nothing less than greatness.
He starts by finding large, old pieces of wood that have been thrown into dumpsters by corporations or small companies.
He cuts, shapes, sands, paints and glosses the boards to perfection and in no time they are ready to be taken down to the beach and thrown hard against the shoreline sand.
It’s cheap, fun and it’s a unique way to recycle old wood into a new toy. Plus, when everyone heads down for an early morning ride, you won’t be left behind.
For more information, check out these sites:
Surfer's Path
The Green Guide
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