Amelia Martin was on a missionary trip to Haiti in 2019 when she noticed something that upset her: an avid surfer, she was struck by the pollution in the ocean and on a local beach. She said it ...

The first surfboards were a far cry from the advanced structures we see today. Made out of wood from Hawaiian trees, they were frequently so long they could carry up to ten people and weighed as much ...

Let's face it: Surfboards are not environmentally friendly. Neither Polyurethane or EPS foam breaks down, and snapped and old surfboards typically end up in the landfills. Not to mention the piles of ...

Five years ago, Patricio Guerrero was surfing the rolling waves of Santa Cruz when the leash on his board broke, sending it flying into a nearby cave and shattering its nose. As Guerrero worked on ...

A Sarasota craftsman creates surfboards ideal for riding waves on Florida's Gulf Coast. Brett Tellinger of Gum Surfboards has been hand-shaping boards for over 15 years, blending old-school techniques ...

Surfboards have undergone radical development and improvement since ancient Hawaiians who created the sport fashioned ridable 16-foot planks from local wiliwili and koa trees. Today’s high-performance ...

Think 'surfing' and that might not prompt vision of people riding waves in the Great Lakes. Imagining surfboards being produced in the fresh water basin may be even harder. But a Milwaukee, Wisconsin ...

TOMORROW'S CLEANUP WILL FOCUS ON LAURELESS GRADE A LOCAL SURFBOARD MAKER IS USING HIS SKILLS TO GET CIGARETTE BUTTS OFF THE BEACH AND SURFBOARDS ON THE WATE R. TAYLOR LANE TAKES DISCARDED CIGARETTE ...

The Great Lakes don't readily evoke images of surfing and surfboard-making, but a surfer in Wisconsin is on an eco-friendly mission to change that. Surfers spend a lot of time in the water, so they ...