Cliff Kapono, a surfer-scientist from Hawaii, invited surfboard shaper Matty Raynor to produce three identical surfboards using three different core and skin materials. Was there much difference between them? It is estimated that over 400,000 surfboards are made each year worldwide. However, most of these boards are made with highly toxic materials that ultimately end up as waste in landfills or pollution in natural waterways, and very rarely can be reused. How can surfers help change this scenario? How can surfboards shapers make the shift towards a more sustainable environment? Polyurethane has been ruling the surfboard world for more than five decades, but that things must change.

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Surfboards: polyurethane, algae or recycled styrofoam?

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