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With a few notable exceptions, the history of surf culture is generally associated with a laid back lifestyle, health and sustainability. Indeed you’d be hard pressed to find too many surfers that didn’t have at least a passing interest in environmental matters. Well, at least that’s the perception most people have. Until recently, the unstated reality behind this myth was more likely to be one of overt consumption, toxic materials, and unnecessary pollution. What? But, it’s true when you give it some thought. Since the sixties, surfboards have been routinely manufactured with synthetic polymers. Tough on the environment. How many chunks of resinated polyurethane float haphazardly around the Southern Pacific these days? Wetsuits,...