Here is a “green” press release from one of my favorite local companies 9:fish Surfboards. I first met one of the co-owners Sunny Trinh at ASR in September. We hit it off, and now 9:fish advertises on our TV show Planet X; they are even making us a custom board with the Planet X logo. We are impressed with their product and their way of doing business.
Everyone at 9:fish is great, from the engineer / designers to the sales manager: down to earth, approachable, and just plain nice. Everything they do, from their comical TV ads to their surfboard designs speaks quality and care. Plus, they share my passion for surfing! I recommend checking them out at the Action Sports Retail convention in San Diego this weekend, January 24th through 26th. Join me in supporting one of the surfing industry’s smartest innovators.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
Wesley Negus/Partner
310.266.4248
Sunny Trinh/Partner
818.636.3462
9: Fish Surfboards
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE: 9:FISH’S SURFING SCIENTISTS TO SHOWCASE ALUMINUM SURFBOARD PROTOTYPE AT ASR SAN DIEGO – January 21, 2008 – 9: Fish Surfboards will unveil its first prototype for an environmentally sound, recyclable aluminum surfboard in the ASEC (Action Sports Environmental Coalition) Green Room during this week’s Action Sports Retailer (ASR) tradeshow in San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 24-26).
The board was born out of collaboration between 9: Fish Surfboards and a team of five engineering students (and surfers) from Harvey Mudd College, one of the nation’s premiere engineering colleges located in Claremont, Calif. Constructed from a lightweight aluminum alloy, the so called “Grilled Ahi” was named after the company’s most popular fish model, the “Seared Ahi.”
“Surfers want an environmentally-friendly and durable board without having to sacrifice the quality of their ride or pay an arm and a leg,” says 9: Fish Co-founder Wesley Negus. “The board that will be on display has been surfed extensively in Santa Monica and Venice so we know that it works.”
What’s so great about aluminum-based surfboards? The Grilled Ahi is more durable than its fiberglass counterpart, does not corrode, is 100 percent recyclable and it does not emit hazardous toxins during manufacturing and construction. For more information about 9: Fish and its products, please visit http://www.9fishsurf.com.
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4 Comments
January 24, 2008 at 6:02 am
And 9Fish are made in China. Heck, what is more “green” than that?
That is true, they are. The owners tell me that the shaper is an American who probably couldn’t afford to live here anymore like most of us who want to produce a quality product. And, yes, I agree with you that we need to make surfboards out of something other than toxic materials, and keep the manufacturing in this country. Until we can, how about supporting the designers who are trying to make a green product? Personally, I would love to design graphics for surfboards and make a living off of that, but no one will pay me for custom work. Even non-custom won’t pay my bills. I am an artist. Have you ever tried to sell a painting?
January 24, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I think this is cool.
I wonder about hte environmental record of the country where they manufacture their surfboards.
Not so good
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Farewell to the Yangtze River Dolphin
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1651819,00.html
Not 9fishes fault obvisously, but cheap labor has its costs too.
January 24, 2008 at 5:33 pm
I agree, but our environmental record is not so good either. We are all guilty of buying things in plastic packaging. Even at the grocery store; those one-time use plastic bags to put our vegetables in. We have all bought our coffee in cups with plastic lids or styrofoam cups. Those mesh bags that the potatoes and onions come in are nearly indestructible, and serve as fish traps in the ocean. Even my rice milk has a round plastic pull tab that could be deadly to the right size fish. (I cut it in half before recycling).
If their aluminum surfboard prototype makes it, perhaps it will be manufactured here. We could all be surfing aluminum soon.
April 22, 2009 at 6:49 am
My fellow on Facebook shared this link with me and I’m not dissapointed at all that I came here.