Ocean Green

by **thawkwood** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:46 am

Has anyone heard of the Ocean Green company, with its environmentally friendly surfboards? Has anyone ever used one of these before if so? I just read about them in Surfer Magazine's most recent issue. The Eco-Foils sound cool...

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by **isaluteyou** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:30 am

eco friendly surfboards never heard of that before

by **thawkwood** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 1:09 am

Check out their website, Oceangreen.org. They're trying to make surfboards out of environmentally friendly materials. For instance instead of a foam core, they use hollowed balsa. Instead of epoxy or fiberglass they use hemp cloth. It's a very interesting concept, I think. It's a surf company based in Cornwall, UK.

by **el_timmo** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:13 am

Didn't they win an Award from The Surfer's Path Magazine?

by **hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:16 am

how much do they cost?
twice as much?

by **thawkwood** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:35 pm

Their 6'8" Thruster is about 1,129 USD when converting its 599 British pound pricetag.

by **GowerCharger** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:59 pm

599? so twice as much is about right then (probably more in the US)

by **hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:01 am

600 is about 1200 in U.S. dollars. i can usually find a nice epoxy that i like for 350. id rather just spend more time supporting recycling to be more ecofriendly.

by **thawkwood** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:02 pm

I'm probably not investing in one either. Personally I'm happy with my 7'2" funboard and will probably look for a good shortboard to upgrade to in a year on my local shop's used rack.

by **isaluteyou** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:58 am

jeez is it packed with weed or something. Thats really pricey sheesh.

by cj » Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:10 am

Someone say weed?

by **thawkwood** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:10 am

Think about it. First they're using materials that are pricier than foam and fiberglass/epoxy then they've gotta ship it here to the US for customers who don't live in the UK. That's why it's pricey.

by **CheeZee** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:32 am

jeez is it packed with weed or something. Thats really pricey sheesh.

.. nice one bro :lol:

theres a Cheech & Chong come back film for sure hehehe

hmmm .. an eco - friendly board ! .. nice idea and obviously im loving the use of hemp but i gotta say most guyz and gurlz dont throw away any kind of board as their normally kept for old-times sake or passed on to a bro or sis to use ..its a nice idea though ..

hemp is the strongest natural fibre known to man so i guess it would be pretty durable but it sounds to me that its more of a 'niche finding product' than anything sustainable

" Now find me a stick thats coated in Hemp resins and im there lmao :twisted:

by **drowningbitbybit** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:37 am

CheeZee wrote: i gotta say most guyz and gurlz dont throw away any kind of board

Its not that the boards are built, broken and then thrown away thats the problem so much as the building is flippin' toxic! :shock:

Hence clark foam shutting down (unless you believe the other conspiracy theories) as they were getting hassled by the environmental police.

Boardmaking will have to go more environmentally friendly in the long run, thats for sure.

by **hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:42 am

isaluteyou wrote:jeez is it packed with weed or something. Thats really pricey sheesh.

someone here was caught smuggling weed in a hollow surfboard from california or something.

by **CheeZee** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:42 pm

sorry it took me a while to get back to this thread ..i was busy .. err.. drilling and scooping foam .. err .. new design ive come up with nothing at all to do with the above post ..

" .. gotta go .. last minute flight to Amsterdam .. err .. good surfing there :lol:

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