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.
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.
This means that Starboard, FreeWing, Airush, AK, Severne & SOMWR are all now B-Corp Certified Brands. Joining the likes of Patagonia, Finistere, Creatures of Leisure, Rip Curl, Burton, Cariuma and many, many more. When we first became B-Corp Certified, all the way back in 2018, we had 100,000 baby mangroves in the ground, we were…
With the iQFoil Equipment being the selected equipment for the Windsurfing discipline at the 2024 Olympics, Starboard saw an opportunity to show how we can reduce the impact of all sporting events. Each event will be made 10 x carbon positive every year in the lead-up to Paris 2024.
One step to saving the ocean is to save the forests. Re-building our injured planet. REPAIRING FROM INJURY Do you know how every part of your body is connected to the other parts? How if you injure the left side of your body, your right side has to overcompensate? Or how when you break your…
Starboard Ocean Ambassadors Cal Major and Zane Schweitzer recently took an opportunity of a lifetime to go to the APP World Tour‘s New York SUP Open on Long Beach with Dryrobe, and some of her fellow Starboard athletes, including champion eco-warrior Zane Schweitzer. The Paddle Against Plastic founder has done some pretty impressive eco campaigns like her Lands…
Starboard was recently invited by our new partner, SCG, for their 2019 SCG SD Symposium. Chief Innovation Officer, Svein Rasmussen, presents Starboard’s sustainability initiatives, starting at 46 minutes.
Deep Blue Life = engaged and aware ocean advocates, taking action to protect the health and the future of our environment, and dedicated to a more ocean-friendly way of life. Iballa, speaks up to the Moreno Twins ‘ Deep Blue Life. What environmental issue is most important to you as an ocean athlete? What do…