Thursday, September 6, 2007

Surfboarding's environmental nightmare

The materials that surfboards are made from are so damaging to the environment that a surfboard core business recently shutdown. Plenty Magazine investigated the unenvironmentalness of the business of surfboard manufacture as well as the actions that British surfers are taking to clean up local beaches. Surfing seems like a back-to-nature type sport and probably most surfers do so because of the closeness to nature. But the detriments of the boards have come to light so the next time a surf holiday comes to mind, thinking twice about the negative environmental impact is a must.

Read the full article: The next big wave

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