Earth’s oceans have been poisoned due to toxic products designed to surf its waves.

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A history of producing bio-hazardous surf products has left scars on the earth. The procedure of shaping surfboards is incredibly harmful to the shaper, with dust and fumes damaging the lungs.

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The finished products can live for a few years in the hands of an experienced surfer but will then upon damage or neglect, rot in the earth.

 

From vintage shaping done in backyard sheds in the 1950s to mass-manufacturing surfboards today, there has been an increase in hazardous surf materials. 

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At the time, these surfboards were not known to be harmful nor were the methods used to create them yet the products weren’t produced at the rate they are today.

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Nowadays there’s an influx of new surfboards ready for purchase with many more old, broken ones rotting in garbage dumps, some even beneath the sea, amidst marine life.

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Boards have evolved from sandalwood trees to a combination of fibreglass and polyurethane, a plastic material.

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This material can take hundreds of years to biodegrade, whether, on land or sea, the environment and its creatures suffer from it.

 

Modern technology is beginning to catch up to this production boom, presenting new methods and materials in the industry that will decrease hazardous waste and pollution.