Eco-Friendly Wax!
Every once in a while I will find the ocean color, blue, gray and on occasion a brown. I never really knew why that was the case and still don’t quite know why that is. However, I do know that there are many things that effect the quality of ocean water on a day to day basis. One of those variables YOU. Now I’m not pointing fingers at anyone when it comes to their interaction with nature and specifically our beautiful oceans.
But for example, the other day, a friend of mine offered me some eco-friendly wax for my board. Tim is an outreach specialist with REI and is very conscientious about his impact on the environment. He does a great job at REI and is regularly recognized for his achievements. His job responsibilities include hiking trail clean up, trail preservation and outreach contributions through REI grants. But the remarkable achievement is on his off time, when he is not getting paid by his company, the choices that he makes. One, is that he drives out of his way, 20 miles from his home surf spot, to visit a small organic “green” store in Encinitas that sells this eco-friendly board wax. Why?
If you ask Tim, it is an easy answer. It helps reduce the impact on the environment. Surfing is a multi-billion dollar industry. For as long as I have been surfing and for as long as my friends have been surfing, I can’t recall a time when we used an eco-friendly board wax. And then to consider the amount of petroleum us surfers are placing in the water on a daily basis over years and years of waves…it is an impact to which all of us contribute.
I’m not sure if the wax has caused the different colors to the water, but I feel strongly that there is more we can do to be less impacting on the environment. Thanks to those who use the Matunas organic wax like Tim. Hopefully more of us can follow in his footsteps. Check out the link below to Matunas.
***Matunas website: http://www.matunasco.com/