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06-27-2008, 09:45 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Introducing COUNTRY FEELING SURFBOARDS
Hawaii’s Original GREEN Surfboards
Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, June 9, 2008—Master shapers Jeff Bushman
and Kyle Bernhardt have launched Country Feeling Surfboards, a label
devoted to surfboards made with environmentally friendly materials.
Employing soy- and sugar-based foams, plant-based and solar-activated
resins, and hemp, silk, and bamboo cloth, these boards take surf
manufacturing a step in the right direction. Country Feeling’s striking
line of classic shapes—fishes, single-fins, twin-fins, funboards,
longboards, and stand-up paddleboards—shows the soul of surfing can be
green.
“I don’t think a lot of surfers ever really thought about what was in
their surfboards,” Bushman says. “The toxicity of the industry that
comes from the surfboard industry is minor compared to the auto
industry and other manufacturing, but we’re the ones playing in the
ocean, and it just seems like the right thing to pursue.”
“We want to be inclusive, not exclusive,” adds Bernhardt, encouraging
other shapers to lessen their carbon footprint. “It’s not like suddenly
surfboards are going to be the greenest product out there. We’re more
trying to make a statement that it’s possible to use other materials.
We can use natural fibers. We can reduce what we put out—at no
consequence to the end product.”
For more information:
Website: www.countryfeelingsurfboards.com (http://www.countryfeelingsurfboards.com/)
Email: info@countryfeelingsurfboards.com (info@countryfeelingsurfboards.com)
Phone: +1 (808) 638-7192
Photos available upon request.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Introducing COUNTRY FEELING SURFBOARDS
Hawaii’s Original GREEN Surfboards
Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, June 9, 2008—Master shapers Jeff Bushman
and Kyle Bernhardt have launched Country Feeling Surfboards, a label
devoted to surfboards made with environmentally friendly materials.
Employing soy- and sugar-based foams, plant-based and solar-activated
resins, and hemp, silk, and bamboo cloth, these boards take surf
manufacturing a step in the right direction. Country Feeling’s striking
line of classic shapes—fishes, single-fins, twin-fins, funboards,
longboards, and stand-up paddleboards—shows the soul of surfing can be
green.
“I don’t think a lot of surfers ever really thought about what was in
their surfboards,” Bushman says. “The toxicity of the industry that
comes from the surfboard industry is minor compared to the auto
industry and other manufacturing, but we’re the ones playing in the
ocean, and it just seems like the right thing to pursue.”
“We want to be inclusive, not exclusive,” adds Bernhardt, encouraging
other shapers to lessen their carbon footprint. “It’s not like suddenly
surfboards are going to be the greenest product out there. We’re more
trying to make a statement that it’s possible to use other materials.
We can use natural fibers. We can reduce what we put out—at no
consequence to the end product.”
For more information:
Website: www.countryfeelingsurfboards.com (http://www.countryfeelingsurfboards.com/)
Email: info@countryfeelingsurfboards.com (info@countryfeelingsurfboards.com)
Phone: +1 (808) 638-7192
Photos available upon request.