Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Less than Awesome

DESIGN

MOST SURFBOARDS were made from polyurethane foam before the main supplier, Clark Foam, ceased operations three years ago. Now several manufacturers are making what they call eco-friendly boards.

But are they any good? To find out, Virginia Tech engineering and science major Michael Porter (right) went on a surfin' safari last summer that took him to Baja California and up and down the East Coast. Wearing a backpack full of instruments to collect data, he …

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