In the midst of this years pandemic, Starboard Ocean Ambassador Mikaela was super excited to share with us her new partnership with environmentally conscious toy brand, Shore Buddies. Together Mikaela worked with Shore Buddies to create a series of YouTube drawing videos. Mikaela developed the series so that she could provide a great way for…
About Good Karma Projects Good Karma Projects is an environmental non-profit organisation, founded by Starboard Ocean Ambassadors Albert Font de Rubinat and Jordi Oliva. Two surfers and engineers with a mission. The organisation focuses on the education and awareness of society about the impact of human activity in the environment. Good Karma Projects’ mission…
Mangata Adventure is a local (micro) adventure company based in the land-locked city of Tongeren, in Belgium. The town and the area around it has no connection to the sea or the oceans and the rivers are barely known for an adventure. Starboard Ocean Ambassador Wym PyI launched Mangata Adventure with the sole mission of…
In The Beginning There Was Plastic In 2016 Ocean Ambassador Brent Allen began a grassroots movement to protect Monterey Bay using a simple sticker. “I set up a meeting with a couple of friends, James DeLeon and Shawn Adams, to create a sticker to hand out to coastal communities surrounding Monterey Bay. JD…
At the beginning of September, we were excitedly spreading the word about Ocean Ambassador Chris Hopkinson’s Chesapeake Bay Paddle and his mission to plant 20 million native oysters. Now we wanted to give you an update on just how he got on! It took 9 days for Chris to complete the 240km across the…
At Starboard we are always looking for ways to reuse and up-cycle the materials we all ready have. So when Starboard Ocean Ambassador Wim Pyl from Mangata Adventure showed us how to turn our old catalogues into beautiful envelopes, we thought we should share with you all at home! In this article we are going…
At Starboard we know that there is no better feeling than that of giving the perfect gift, especially at Christmas. So this December when you buy any Starboard (certified eco-board) paddleboard, we’ll plant 2 mangroves instead of 1. All you have to do is email your purchase receipt to supmarketing@star-board.com…
Discover the reality of plastic pollution in the River Rhine with the Plastic Soup Surfer as he paddles from Source to Sea on a SUP made from plastic waste. Three years ago the Plastic Soup Surfer, Starboard Ocean Ambassador Merijn Tinga, hiked to a small lake high up in the Alps. He must have been…