Green Your Gear with Bamboo Skateboards, Surfboards—Even Bikes!
If you’re anything like 45 percent of Americans who, according to a recent ABC News study, you resolved to lose weight this New Year, you might also be one of the 84 percent who lose their gung-ho by March. The best way to stay on track? Try something new! Instead of going nowhere on the treadmill (and wasting a lot of electricity while you’re at it), fulfill your fitness resolutions this year by thinking outside the box, with bamboo options for surfing, shredding and biking your way to fitness.
Because it flourishes without pesticides or chemicals, is 100% biodegradable, can grow up to four feet per day, absorbs five times as much green house gases and produces 35% more oxygen than the equivalent amount of trees, bamboo is one of nature’s most sustainable resources. Obviously, we love it woven into fabric for some of our favorite fashions, but it also makes a sturdy frame for the Calfee Design Bamboo Bike, which also features hemp fiber lugs. (Who knew?)
And surfing is about as natural a sport as you can get, except for the board you’re shredding on, until environmentally conscious surf companies hit the water. Break the mold with one of AltarNative Bamboo Technologies new bamboo boards, which are ethically sourced and produced using fair-trade standards.
Finally, skateboarding is one of those sports that’s so much fun you tend to forget you’re actually getting a workout. And the new boards from BambooSK8 take advantage of the fact that bamboo is not only super strong and flexible, but lighter and more resilient than the average maple skateboard. Not to mention pretty darn chic. Need a little extra incentive to green your board? BambooSK8 is offering an exclusive 40% off their decks only for EcoStiletto readers, if you email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with “EcoStiletto 40%” in the subject line.
Happy shredding!
