Anyone here already get one of these blanks under his planer ? Tried to contact them but no answer… ? Any infos ? Already shut down ?
Not much of a website.
This looks like a highly energy intensive process to create foam from ecologial materials. I am all for eliminating poly foam from every industry but there are natural materials as alternatives that do not require so much input to yield a board. For instance, I use wild grown agave, others use cork (I dont know about that process).
With agave alls thats needed is to remove the skin/bark, mill flat and parallel on two sides and glue. All the enegry that goes into making the blank is some gasoline to drive to harvest the plant and haul it home, and a couple hours in the shop with a table saw, thickness planer and bandsaw. It takes at most two hours in the shop to turn out a blank. And all this process can be done without using electricity and machines. An industry for agave eco boards is closer than we realize and a lot simpler than reinventing the wheel.
Why replicate an antiquated process of producing foam to avoid using foam in surfboard blanks? Go natural, for real.
Hi Marc,
I’m interested in this foam tech and others. I reached out to BIOM a month or so ago and was replied to by their CEO. He stated that they are a about 2-3 months away from launch. Apparently they had some formulations to work through.
Humm.
Netherlands?
Maybe close to the OP…
Bio degradable
and waterproof (do you smell something).
Closer maybe Artic Algae.
My stupid 2cents.
According to their website, BIOM foam is 100% biodegradable, compostable, and carbon neutral. Arctic’s doesn’t make any of those claims and they still use mostly petro-chemicals and isocyanates (hello cancer!). From what information is available (ahem, greenwashing) they only contain +/- 15% algae-oil. That 15% fraction is genetically modifed, which from this Swaylockian’s perspective, is risky business for you, your customer, and the environment:
The US Departments of Energy and Agriculture have continually avoided comprehensive environmental reviews of genetically modified algae-oil strains…
I’ll take the Dutch stuff over the franken-algae any day.
Got it!
And honestly thanks…
Forgive my ignorance
Just an “overthehillgang” shaper and glasser, shit I’m already dead!
Like most older folk, ah
I can only see what is very obvious.
Aloha
LOL
Just looking out for you Matty!
Aloha