Eco Friendly Surfboard

General Discussion
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/guernsey/surfing/2004/07/eco_board.shtml

Do you think the possibility of a completely eco friendly surfboard is an environmentalists dream or does it have a future in modern day surfboard design

Personally I would go for an eco friendly board, I’m guessing

it would be very hard to get the same performance as a foam board but given the

choice what would you choose </>

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Yes, an eco friendly board is an environmentalist’s dream and yes the concept has a future in ‘modern’ surfboard design. Do you know anything more about the vegetable resin used on the ‘eco friendly’ boards mentioned on the Guernsey site?

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Found various contact info here: http://www.edenproject.com/395_5880.htm

4

check out BSA, bamboo surfboards australia,

I haven’t gone to their site in a while but from what I remember they use a less toxic foam core, no stringer, bamboo strip laminated deck/bottom, with less toxic epoxy… I think.

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yes but bamboo surfboards – ecologically a bit better maybe (altho styrene contains loads of nasties)… mine was super heavy and didn’t surf well at all… Did hear something about a guy using a honey based substance to laminate boards — anyone else know anything here?

Also a few years ago a guy called “mark tolan” I think claimed to have made some eco friendly resin…what happened to it?

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There is a mention and some good images of the ecoboard in the current issue (#44) of The Surfer’s Path. There is also an article by Steph Robins about an even more “eco” board being used in the Solomons. Seems a couple of Aussies unsuccessfully tried to establish a surf camp on one of the remote islands in the early 90s. The locals picked up surfing, and now ride boards that they fashion our of seko palms. It takes them about a half hour to put together a board, and they aren’t good for more than a short session, but there are some incredible shots of the local kids getting slotted in critical sections. A cargo cult worth believing in!

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there is an article on one in the latest issue of carve (uk) they used the balsa from a tree in eden project and then glassed it with resin from one off the trees in the dome,

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Chris Garett makes surfboards out of wood with no fiberglass and resin at all : http://www.seajuice.com/sjnewchrisgarrett.html

I wish I knew more about how he wraps his rails with wood.