Saving The Rainforests—Of The Sea
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐, “๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก”, ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐% ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐’๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ง. But, do you know what is? Macroalgae, which produces over 70% of the world’s oxygen. This includes kelp forests, like those located along the California coastline. Kelp forests provide habitat and food for over 700 species of algae, invertebrates, and fish.…
Timber Surf Co. | The Surf Industry’s Transition Towards Oceanic Preservation
“The very best part of surf culture is to help, not harm, our beloved Ocean,”says California native and lifelong surfer, Ryan Lynch, founder of Timber Surf Co. “Building hollow wooden surfboards is one way we’re taking steps to minimize foam and plastic from our waters.” For the last 75 years or so, most surfboards are made with the same three…
Surflife | Angie Chiuzzi
Angie grew up with a passion for nature; caring for every little creature that walked across her path and spending as much time in the garden with her mother as possible. Tending to the environment in front of her has always been a way of life. “I really believe that by being in nature you can find your peace and…
Rain Drops | Runoff | Surfing On Sewage In The Drop Spot
Surf at your own peril. Heavy rain spatters against contaminated city streets, which are designed to avoid flooding by directing all stormwater toward the ocean. ย The filthy detritus carries with it a host of insidious bacteria, trash, petroleum pollutants, metals, toxins, and viruses as it flushes curbs, sidewalks, gutters, creeks, and rivers down through drainage pipes until it all spills…
Reform Life | Ryan Minarik
“Stop making goals. ย Instead put your dreams on the horizon and chase them every day. ย You’ll find a new meaning of success.” Ryan Minarik used to have a corporate job full of meetings, schedules, and deadlines. ย As a sophomore at Arizona State University, he founded an audio brand called, BOOM by Polk. ย Being the lead on the brand he created,…
Full-Circle Eco-Friendly Surfboard | Eddy Garcia
8 million metric tons of plastics …enter our ocean every year on top of the 150 million metric tons (1 metric ton = 2205 pounds) of plastics that currently circulate our sea. ย That’s equivalent to dumping one city garbage truck full of plastic in our oceanย every minute of every day for an entire year. ย From the tiniest plankton to…
Surflife | Deadboard Co. | Ben Gagnon
“The surfboard market is saturated with the same unsustainable oil-derived product. People are taking notice of this and there are lots of new eco-friendly materials that guys are shaping nowadays. There is a slow but steady movement away from foam core boards.”ย Ben Gagnon started surfing the summer after he finished high school. ย Upon receiving an Economics degree from UCSD…
