The eQFOiL | Exploring Sustainability Through Olympic Windsurf Board Design. Recognising the ever-increasing need to undo the damage that humans are having on the planet, Starboard, the designers of the iQFOiL, have been working to turn the negative impacts of their equipment board into positives. Through planting 22 mangroves for every full senior set up,…
Starboard leads the watersports industry with their designs, but with Starboard Blue, they also take a leading approach to environmental impact.
For every board made, Starboard plants 3 mangroves and collects 1.4 kg of beach plastic.
The iQFOiL class is dedicated to creating a better world for future generations. With Starboard Blue, the iQFOiL plants 22 mangroves and collects 11.4kg of beach plastic for every full senior setup.
The International Canoe Federation represents all national canoe organizations worldwide, and in 2021, they announced Starboard Blue as their environmental action partners.
Together, they direct the events for all ICF disciplines to a more environmentally positive pathway.
The Professional Windsurfers association wanted to reduce the environmental impact of their major events. Working with Starboard Blue, they took action by collecting set amounts of shoreline plastic and planting enough mangroves to make the events 10X climate-positive.
Starboard is honored to be the recipient of World Sailing’s 11th Hours Racing Sustainability Award; “Starboard (THA), the leading manufacturer of Stand Up Paddle boards and windsurf boards, including the iQFOiL, the Paris 2024 Olympic Men’s and Women’s Windsurfer Equipment, have won the 2020 World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award.”
Committed to creating a future of freedom worth living in, Starboard Blue has supported SOMWR to make environmental action an intrinsic part of their product design.
For every SOMWR garment, Starboard Blue has planted 1 mangrove and picked up 1.4kg of shoreline plastic.
Head of the Dart is the largest SUP challenge in the UK and with the help of Starboard Blue, they have taken action to measure and offset the emissions from their athlete travel and joined the 10X climate positive movement.
On a mission to address the problem with plastic, Merijn Tinga, one of our Ocean Ambassadors, (a.k.a the ‘plastic soup surfer’) has paddled and windsurfed from London to Paris, carrying an Olympic Torch made with plastic bottles. A journey to raise awareness The ‘crazy expedition’ began on June 22nd as he windsurfed from London Bridge,…
Today, we are releasing our 2023 carbon footprint, sharing our impact in our most comprehensive report yet… Every year, since 2017, we publish our carbon footprint report to provide an accurate account of Starboard’s CO2 emissions and every year we strive to improve our calculations and reporting. This year we have taken our report to…