While there has been a trend to make “greener” surfboards using a variety of materials, including carbon fiber, for Grain Surfboards nothing beats wood. The company noted that for more than a thousand years surfboards were made of wood and that’s good enough for them.
The makers use Northern White Cedar with a bit of Western Red Cedar along with a natural blend of traditional construction style with New England boat building craftsmanship and the result is one serious surfboard.
Grain Surfboards
[Via Wood Working Network: Wood Surfboards Make Summer’s Top 50]
Move over long board, Faceplant’s new Boardriders are bodysurfing handboards that let wave riders hit the surf in any condition. Originally devised for use on days that weren’t too great for surfing, but would still be good for bodysurfing, the handboards, also known as handplanes, have reportedly even been gaining popularity with the tradition surfing crowd.
They blend into the landscape and even if we notice them, many think they’re eyesores. We’re talking about billboards. But here is something most of us never think about: what happens to the materials after the ad campaign is over? What becomes of the billboard?
While no one would probably want to be “waterboarded” or experience “waterboarding” we think a lot of wave riders might want to experience the Waterboard. These new eco-friendly boards are made of partially-recycled material and are hand crafted in the USA.
Don’t tell the guys at Signal Snowboards/Every Third Thursday it can’t be done. They’re created snowboards with iPads and boomboxes built in, and now they’re done what a lot of people would likely say can’t be done – a snowboard that can double as a surfboard!
While that polystyrene foam – sometimes called by the brand name Styrofoam – does a great job protecting consumer electronics while in the box, the white stuff typically ends up in the garbage. But now the foam is seeing new uses as a surfboard.
We like the idea of seeing fitness products reused as something cool when they reach their end of life. The truth is that not every product can be easily recycled so seeing something that can’t be used for exercise but can still make a statement, and not just end up in a land fill, is truly inspiring.