 Rerip Offers Surfboard Recycling to Pros in San Fransisco
Rerip Partners with the Sustainable Surf Coalition to Offer
Surfboard Recycling in San Francisco, kicking off at the Rip
Curl Pro Search Contest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: San Francisco, California - October 31st, 2011 – Rerip and the Sustainable Surfing Coalition have partnered to provide a surfboard recycling location in San Francisco. Aqua Surf Shop (by Ocean Beach) is now accepting surfboards for recycling, becoming the newest Rerip recycling location. As part of the launch of the program, Rerip will also be recycling all of the surfboards broken by athletes during the Rip Curl Pro Search Contest, scheduled between Nov. 1-12 at Ocean Beach. The Search is the first professional contest to be held in San Francisco for over ten years.
Aqua Surf Shop sells surfboards, surf accessories, wetsuits, skateboards, bodyboards, apparel and accessories; the shop is inspired by good relationships and communication with their shapers. If you have a dinged up old board– or a sick stick you don’t surf any more– drop it off at Aqua Surf Shop to help the environment and a surfer in need.
Surfboards in any condition can be dropped off at any of the Rerip recycling locations, including Aqua Surf Shop, Patagonia in Cardiff-by-the-Sea and Ventura, Noll Surfboards in San Clemente, and Coconut Pete’s in San Diego. Surfable and repairable boards are donated to local and international youth programs or resold at low prices to support the recycling program. Unrideable boards and remnants are used in the Rerip artist network and for research and development.
About Rerip
Rerip.org is an organization striving to keep boards out of landfills and encouraging action sports enthusiasts to Rerip their unused gear. Run by a team of volunteers, Rerip hosts annual events and awareness campaigns, and is growing its surfboard Recycling Program up the California coast and beyond. For more information, please visit www.rerip.org.
About the Sustainable Surfing Coalition
The mission of the Sustainable Surfing Coalition is to empower the surf community to improve its own sustainability, through research, education, and community. By doing so, they will demonstrate to the world ways to effectively reduce negative environmental impacts, and maximize social benefits. Read more at our website: http://sustainablesurfcoalition.org/
About Aqua Surf Shop (at Ocean Beach)
Aqua Surf Shop at Ocean Beach is located at 2830 Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco CA 94116. Store hours are Sun. - Tues. 10AM to 5:30PM, Wed. - Sat. 10AM to 7PM. For more information, please call 415-242-9283or visit www.aquasurfshop.com.
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