The leading water sports manufacturer, renowned for designing this year’s new iQFOiL Olympic Windsurfing Class, won the award for turning their environmental impact upside down. In collaboration with the International Olympic Committee, BBC Green Sports Awards, and UN Global Climate Action, the Sport Positive Awards aim to celebrate those taking a lead in using the power…
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 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.
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…
Get to know Mina Mobekk, the 20 year old iQFOiL athlete representing Norway at the Paris Olympics 2024. After winning 1st place at the iQFOiL European Championships last May, Mina is getting ready to represent Norway at her first Olympics this July. Before heading down to Marseille for the Games, we caught up with Mina…
With not long left till the Paris Olympics, we caught up with Emma Wilson, the iQFOiL athlete representing Great Britain in July, to talk about all things foiling, working with kids, and environmental action. British summer time was making its first appearance, as Emma rolled up on her bicycle to the Official Test Centre in…
Next week is a big one in the Starboard calendar! June 5th is World Environment Day, followed closely by World Oceans Day on June 8th. If you’re looking for fun ways to make time for the planet next week, you are in the right place! Environmental action starts with awareness, and next week is the…
In less than 100 days, you can expect fast-paced action coming from Marseille Marina, but for the iQFOiL, it doesn’t stop there. The new Olympic class is also leading the sporting world with its innovative approach to environmental action. What is iQFOiL? iQFOiL is the new windsurfing class being introduced for the Olympic Games this…