When we travel, planning ahead in order to reduce single-use plastic footprint can be challenging. Especially for athletes lugging around large windsurf or SUP boards and other gear. Nonetheless, being a conscious consumer is possible. Here are 5 tips to help you reduce your carbon footprint when you’re on-the-go. 1) Water. Consider your alternatives to…
…and we have our first winners of the #stopsucking drive! Before we continue, a big shout out to everyone that participated ~ thank you for being an ocean ambassador and taking care of our planet for the future! You are heroes! Onwards… watch the live draw from Taco Lake (Starboard HQ) Week 1 #stopsucking Winners…
Ocean Ambassadors are always in the water, face to face with the issues our ocean is facing due to human consumption. They care about finding the solution and are leading the way by actively working on their own projects, creating awareness and influencing change. Right now our Team Riders are also paving the way, the…
On the 28th of February, Starboard Ocean Ambassador Cal Major and her Stand Up For Our Seas paddleboard expedition team completed their 100km, unprecedented SUP expedition of the Baa Atoll in the Maldives, raising awareness of the need to protect marine life, and the necessary actions to do so. The expedition received an incredibly positive…
Today, Starboard launches its #stopsucking social media campaign in an effort to grow awareness of the harmful toll plastic straws and other single-use plastics have on our environment, by simply saying no to plastic straws. Starboard would like YOU to join us in our fight against single-use plastics by saying NO to straws…
Together for a good cause – six-time SUP World Champion Sonni Hönscheid designed the charity Love Your Ocean Bottle in collaboration with MIZU. The love for water Enjoy the journey – leave nothing behind! This slogan unites. Jussi Oksanen founded Mizu with the intention of reducing the use of plastics. While snowboarding he is…
Bali, Indonesia: Over the past three years the movement has gathered 45,000 people in 325 locations & prevented 135 tons of plastic from entering our oceans. One Island One Voice brought back Bali’s Biggest Clean Up for the third year in a row. The event took place on the 16th of February 2019 all across…
“Tavaha” is a Nordic expression for taking care of the ocean, and is a short documentary about Simen Knudsen’s perspective on plastic pollution and why he contributes. TAVAHA from Bjarke Hvorslev on Vimeo. Visit SUP.no for more information about paddleboarding in Norway.
This is a global trend against plastic-pollution, as our planet is completely dependent on. It is no secret that we have a big global problem with plastic pollution. Since 2016 half of the world’s biggest coral reef, The Great Barrier, has died due to the polluting of our oceans and global warming. By the year…
DSM and Starboard transform discarded fishing nets into high-end surfboard components and contribute to cleaner oceans, litter-free beaches and jobs for local communities. Watch and learn more about DSM’s Akulon RePurposed: About DSM Bright Science. Brighter Living.™ Royal DSM is a purpose-led global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living. DSM is driving economic…