Pristine peak, broken boards and piles of cheap polystyrene dump on our beaches. Its dump on our beaches. Its reall dump on our beaches. It s really disheartening to see this amount of waste. Surfers may enjoy this amount of waste. Surfers may enjoy the this amount of waste. Surfers may enjoy the fresh this amount of waste. Surfers may enjoy the fresh sea this amount of waste. Surfers may enjoy the fresh sea air, l may enjoy the fresh sea air, but the industry relies on toxic chemicals, producing suits and boards derived from oil and living that dream of being at one with nature is getting more and more difficult. Getting more and more difficult. We do want to encourage difficult. We do want to encourage people difficult. We do want to encourage people to i difficult. We do want to | encourage people to get outdoors, but it the same time, at what cost to the planet . So i want to know, can surfing clean up its act . I have served for more than a decade, but this is my first day on the
in a police car in hampshire. time now to leave you with ten seconds of party. as a man city supporter i was in instabul, the blues have been parading their trophy when a thunderstorm hit manchester. you are all caught up. bye for now and have a good night. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. that surfing dream. the perfect wave. the perfect look. but beneath the surface lies a murkier side. for every pristine peak, broken boards and piles of cheap polystyrene dumped on our beaches. it s really disheartening to see this amount of waste come forward. surfers may enjoy the fresh sea air, but the industry relies on toxic chemicals, producing suits and boards derived from oil. and living that dream of being at one with nature is getting more and more difficult. we do want to encourage people to get outdoors, but at the same time, at what cost to the planet? so i want to know, can
pristine peak, broken boards and piles of cheap polystyrene dump on our beaches. it’s dump on our beaches. it s reall dump on our beaches. it s really disheartening to see this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy the this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy the fresh - this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy the fresh sea - this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy the fresh sea air, l may enjoy the fresh sea air, but the industry relies on toxic chemicals, producing suits and boards derived from oil and living that dream of being at one with nature is getting more and more difficult. getting more and more difficult. we do want to encourage difficult. we do want to encourage people - difficult. we do want to encourage people to i difficult. we do want to | encourage people to get outdoors, but it the same time, at what cost to the planet? so i want to know, can surfing clean up its act? i have served for more than a decade, but thi
so, um, some hairy moments, a lot of boards flying around and i was quite worried, but i m going to get back into surfing, get back on my board and i will do it better this time, try and be sustainable and green, and see what i can find out. because all of this is a world away from surfing s origins. riding waves was once a sacred practice. in ancient hawaii it was a way for men and women to praise the ocean gods. surfing struggled through colonisation, but by the 1920s the so called king of surfing, duke kahanamoku, was spreading his love of the surf abroad. even the future king edward tried it out on a visit to hawaii. it took off around the world, including here in the uk. in the 1950s the wooden boards of the hawaiians gave way to modern materials. reporter: blocks of stiff i
riding waves was once a sacred practice. in ancient hawaii it was a way for men and women to praise the ocean gods. surfing struggled through colonisation, but by the 1920s the so called king of surfing, duke kahanamoku, was spreading his love of the surf abroad. even the future king edward tried it out on a visit to hawaii. it took off around the world, including here in the uk. in the 1950s the wooden boards of the hawaiians gave way to modern materials. reporter: blocks of stiff polyurethane foam, - and over a layer of fibreglass there must be several coats of chemical resin. the surfers were now kept warm by suits of neoprene. and what was the source of most of these new products? oil an industry producing greenhouse gases, toxic emissions and waste products that take years to break down. and today, just look