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surfboards and the environment...

Hawaiki Surfboards are environmentally conscious and hope to raise awareness about:

1. Environmentally Friendly Surfboard Manufacturing Practices
2. Surfing and the Coastal Environment
3. Hawaiki Surfboards Campaign to Remove the Shark Nets from Australian Beaches
   

As surfers we are often taken to some of the most idyllic places in the world and  it is easy to get caught up in the beauty of the surroundings, however it is wise to also be aware of some impacts that could affect our entire surfing experience in the future.

Environmentally Friendly Surfboard Manufacturing Practices

Hawaiki Surfboards for girls are 100% Australian Made and are produced within an environmentally conscious surfboard manufacturing company.

Leading surfboard companies are now using more environmentally friendly materials and are minimising or recycling waste products.

Innovators in the surfboard industry are experimenting with aluminium and styrofoam to make more durable and flexible surfboards. Other natural materials that are renewable resources such as bamboo and hemp fibres can offer a surfboard lightness and flexibility.

Surfing and the Coastal Environment

There are many other environmental concerns on our coastlines that are often a result of human settlement or invasion of exotic species on land and in the water such as:

• Damage or Destruction to Reefs
  

  Walking on reefs to get out to surf breaks can destroy unique marine habitats, corals can take many years to regrow. Coral reef systems are vital to the health of our oceans and our atmosphere.

• Negative Impacts of Shark Nets on Marine Life

  

  Sharks nets are in place in many populated areas to offer people with a sense of security. However these nets are harmful to not only sharks but every year hundreds of dolphins, rays, turtles and whales get caught up in these nets and often die as a result. If you are concerned about sharks, learn more about them to overcome your fears and stay out of the water at dawn or dusk especially after high rain fall.
  
  Hawaiki Surfboards are passionate about protecting sharks (a species that is more than 400 million years old). Only a few out of the hundreds of species are potentially dangerous and the chances of encountering a shark are much less than having a car accident.
  
  Hawaiki Surfboards supports bans on shark finning, Surfers for Cetaceans, Sea Shepherd.and Remove Shark Nets.
  

• Coastal Erosion

  As beach front developments suffered from the natural effects of coastal erosion, engineers tried to increase the size of the beach to protect these homes or buildings. Some of the engineering processes such as groynes, rock walls, artificial reefs and sand pumping systems can have positive and negative impacts on surf breaks. New surf beaches may be created while old ones may never break as they used to.
  
  

Hawaiki Surfboards Campaign to Remove Shark Nets

In support of protecting sharks, marine mammals and other near shore marine life, Caroline Jackson (owner of Hawaiki Surfboards) has started a campaign to educate beach users and dedicate her time and a percentage of profits earned from Hawaiki Surfboards towards the Remove Shark Nets campaign. See www.removesharknets.com, learn about what is really happening at Australian surf beaches everyday at Queensland and New South Wales beaches.

Visit removesharknets.com and sign the online petition.

Do you have a question about Hawaiki Surfboards for girls, or Remove Shark Nets? Contact us