why wouldn t you change? the industry says it s already supporting the development of alternative wetsuits. the surf industry members association told us it s been: but with recycled wetsuits still a way off, there s one other key message of sustainability i can get on board with, and that s repair. so, i ve been looking at my own suit. this is years old. and i was thinking about getting a new one but now, i think i m just going to patch it up. it can definitely last for a few more years like that. so, how s my new, recycled surfboard coming on? it s time to pick it up from local shaper dan. oh, my god! look at it! oh, my god. it is gorgeous! and this is the colour that will make it unpopular. that s the thing. if you use it in the right way, it s not it s actually an all right colour especially when you see the actualfinished product come up. you can see like a the little sparkly effects to it. yeah. it s not exactly it s not a horrible brown.
but with recycled wetsuits still a way off, there s one other key message of sustainability i can get on board with, and that s repair. so, i ve been looking at my own suit. this is years old. and i was thinking about getting a new one but now, i think i m just going to patch it up. it can definitely last for a few more years like that. so, how s my new, recycled surfboard coming on? it s time to pick it up from local shaper dan. oh, my god! look at it! oh, my god. it is gorgeous! and this is the colour that will make it unpopular. that s the thing. if you use it in the right way, it s not it s actually an all right colour especially when you see the actualfinished product come up. you can see like a the little sparkly effects to it. yeah. it s not exactly it s not a horrible brown. this blank is perfect for, like, eco credentials, longevity. so, it s a bit harder to work with but this board s gonna
recycled polyurethane foam. the theory is, you make your surfboard, you save all the foam, you return it to these guys and remanufacture it back into polyurethane blanks. so, what s the downside? it s brown. the white surfboard is king always has been. you want them to look whiter than white. it is a shame that surfers can t see through that. what about the price? £50 60 more. so, they are more expensive, but you could argue it is going to last you longer. so, a recycled, longer lasting board a step, at least, in the right direction. as the shaper gets to work, i want to find out what the mainstream industry is doing to be more sustainable. our next stop is here in taiwan. don t worry to keep our carbon footprint down, we re using a locally based camera crew.
with certainly traditional polyurethane foam, is these guys, which are essentially recycled polyurethane foam. the theory is, you make your surfboard, you save all the foam, you return it to these guys and remanufacture it back into polyurethane blanks. so, what s the downside? it s brown. the white surfboard is king always has been. you want them to look whiter than white. it is a shame that surfers can t see through that. what about the price? £50 60 more. so, they are more expensive, but you could argue it is going to last you longer. so, a recycled, longer lasting board a step, at least, in the right direction. as the shaper gets to work, i want to find out what the mainstream industry is doing to be more sustainable.
it back into polyurethane blanks. so, what s the downside? it s brown. the white surfboard is king always has been. you want them to look whiter than white. it is a shame that surfers can t see through that. what about the price? £50 60 more. so, they are more expensive, but you could argue it is going to last you longer. so, a recycled, longer lasting board a step, at least, in the right direction. as the shaper gets to work, i want to find out what the mainstream industry is doing to be more sustainable. our next stop is here in taiwan. don t worry to keep our carbon footprint down, we re using a locally based camera crew. it s here that one of the most successful mass produced boards is made. this is the wavestorm. launched in 2006, it