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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 surfing clean up its act? i ve surfed for more than a decade, but this is my first day on the water for over three years. new year s day 2020 and the fin of my board went into my face. i was left with 16 stitches, and it has taken me this long to start trying to get over my fear. today i ve come to the calmer waters of an inland surf lake near bristol to try and start getting back my love of surfing. as a journalist coverin ....
For landfill, sent them off to bulgaria and they ve been repurposed into a foam 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 industr ....
We ve taken the thousand wetsuits that were destined for landfill, sent them off to bulgaria and they ve been repurposed into a foam 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, ....
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: ....
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 up 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: but with recycled wetsuits still a way off, there s one other key message of sustainability i can get ....