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the perfect look. but beneath the surface lies a murkier side. for every pristine peak, broken boards and piles of cheap polystyrene dumped on our beaches. it's really disheartening to see this amount of waste come forward. surfers may enjoy the fresh sea air, but the industry relies on toxic chemicals, producing suits and boards derived from oil. and living that dream of being at one with nature is getting more and more difficult. we do want to encourage people to get outdoors, but at the same time, at what cost to the planet? so i want to know, can surfing clean up its act? i've su...

pristine peak, broken boards and piles of cheap polystyrene dump on our beaches. it’s dump on our beaches. it's reall dump on our beaches. it�*s really disheartening to see this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy — this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy the _ this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy the fresh - this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy the fresh sea - this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy the fresh sea air, l may enjoy the fresh sea air, but the industry relies on toxic chemicals, producing suits and boards derived from oil and living that dream of being at one...

This is probably one of the most toxic things and making boards is the spraying, because you are using either isocyanates or you are using the cellulose, and cellulose isn't very good for your lungs or your skin or anything like that. you've got to have proper fume filter mask on, you've got to have that. isocyanates will mess your eyes up as well. so probably a bit of my vision now is coming over 35, 36 years of using isocyanates. then there is the industry's waste. it will be landfill at the end of the day? it'll be landfill. we are so far advanced in certain things and so far behind another...

And this is where much of that giant wave of surf waste comes from — beginner's boards thrown away after a day at the beach. some beaches have these recycling bins, have a look at this one. someone�*s just put this in here. this one, brand—new, someone has dumped it after their holiday. this looks like it was practically new, but snapped. and this is just the very tip of the waste iceberg. these are boards collected onjust a handful of beaches in cornwall. this is quite typical, really. neil hembrow, 0cean recovery project manager for keep britain tidy, was out on the beaches of cornwall...