Ventura rivermouth,
let's keep it clean.
cuts your knees. Cork does not absorb
water; it repels it—that means your
surfboard tail remains light and agile
for those sick turns. Cork is a natural fire
retardant, so your board won’t catch fire
because you rip so hard.
In 2013, Wave Tribe started
manufacturing several of its bag models
in California. It sure feels great to support
local businesses and substantially
decrease our transportation footprint by
more than 10,000 kilometers. We joined the upcycle movement, purchasing used vinyl billboard
advertisements that normally go straight into landfills. We repurpose that material to create new
products, like a rad Wave Tribe boardbag. Each bag is unique and we can make custom sizes or
funky shapes. But the most awesome thing about these bags is that they are made by other
surfers in California, using materials sourced from the United States. This keeps jobs in America
and also helps us invest back into our local communities. Buying local isn’t just for food, and
as Corie from Australia reminded me this week, it is easy to get lost in the haze and daze of the
naive consumerist lens that we are conditioned to see life through, in this “7-Eleven, 24 hour,
Ventura
Earth Day Eco Fest
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Promenade Park, Ventura
10am to 5pm • free admission
earthday everyday
www.venturaearthday.org
The ocean and garbage.
super-sized, but wait there’s more, no
time for time society.”
We as consumers have forced
companies to deliver lower and lower
priced products via the Walmart effect.
The reality is that "how" a purchase
impacts one’s wallet is more decisive
than "how" the product influences
Upcycled
the environment. We need to change
billboard
how we think, how we look, how we
boardbags.
consume and how we live. It’s up to all of
us to join this eco movement and to recognize the importance of living and surfing differently.
Our oceans and planet deserve and demand an immediate action. Our lives are intimately
connected to the health of our planet, and if we don’t act now, we’ll all be surfing in wave pools
filled with boogie borders and chlorinated water.
Derek Dodds is the founder of Wave Tribe and can be found riding his Mini Simmons around
Ventura beaches and foreign surf locations. Please send your comments, suggestions,
and stoke to [email protected].