Surfboards are elongated platforms used by surfers to ride waves. They were originally invented in Hawaii, where they were referred to as "papa he’e nalu", and made of heavy local wood. Since then, ...

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Fifty years, and we”re still using the same old recipe to make surfboards. That tried-and-true combination of polyurethane foam and polyester resin. As Surfing ...

At 2 Mile Surf Shop in Bolinas, Calif., John Moore guided an electric planer along a thick loaf of foam. Wearing shorts, flip-flops and a ventilator mask, he was shrouded in a swirling cloud of ...

Surfboards are not as eco-friendly as you might think. Could bio-based materials and new technological developments help? Surfing has a dirty secret: surfboard production techniques are often at odds ...

Here’s a handful of companies that are putting the planet first with sustainable practices to make SUP boards you can feel good about riding. Traditional building methods and materials for standup ...

Research teams from Swinburne University of Technology and University of Southern Queensland have provided a deep overview of the current state of the art of fire-retardant recyclable epoxy systems ...