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.
wetsuit like material that we are now testing in some cold water products this autumn. right. so, that could be part of a wetsuit? yeah. i mean, it seems pretty stiff. so, yeah, it s a bit stiff there but then you add a laminate on it like this and it starts to get a bit more of the properties that you need for a wetsuit. 0k. not quite able to make a fully functioning surf suit out of it yet, but it is a process. there are other options. this suit was made from natural rubber, harvested from sustainable plantations. but critics say this bio rubber isn t as durable or as cheap as oil based neoprene. tom says the industry needs to invest in order to change. some of the press that s coming out around the toxicity of neoprene is extreme, to say the least, horrendous. so, if you knew that, 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:
the misconceptions about wavestorm is that, you know, we are creating this mass of boards that are meant for, you know, landfill if they re broken or not wanted and, you know, you can use a wavestorm board for, you know, many years. we don t build boards as disposable boards here. can this reallyjust be about consumer habits? well, the surf industry members association represents manufacturers across the globe. it says they ve donated up to $80 million to groups working to protect the oceans. it says: so, change may be happening but there s still another murky side to surfing the wetsuit. for me, here in the uk, having one is essential but choosing a sustainable
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