Welcome to the sustainable surfboard movement. Helping you ride and build a better board.

The ECOBOARD Project helps the board-riding community to build, buy and ride high-performance sustainable boards.

The simple act of choosing a more sustainable board can be an on-ramp into a dramatically more sustainable, ocean-friendly life.”

Michael Stewart, Co-founder Sustainable Surf

Much more than just the ‘ECOBOARD’ label found on boards from the world’s best surf brand, the ECOBOARD Project educates and engages individuals about the environmental impacts of their board-riding lifestyles through the lens of their surfboard.

Featured Blog Posts

  • Bizia Surf: ESS19

    Bizia Surf: ESS19

    From the Forest to the Ocean with Bizia Surf By Kailani Wetherell for Sustainable Surf, 25 July 2024.  When I sat at Haleiwa Joe’s and met McKenna Conforti last October, little did I know that it would spark the beginning of a long awaited partnership between the ECOBOARD Project and Bizia Surf. A few drinks…

  • Apple: ESS13

    Apple: ESS13

    An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away… How a brother duo created a bustling team building boards for a better tomorrow. All out of an apple orchard.   By Kailani Wetherell for Sustainable Surf, 29 May 2024. They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away…and with Appletree boards, you’re riding sustainably each…

  • EcoByRy: ESS09

    EcoByRy: ESS09

    Ecoboard Shaper Highlight 009: Breaking Barriers, Shaping Waves: An Earth-Conscious Journey with ECObyRy by Kailani Wetherell for Sustainable Surf. 21 March 2024. We had the pleasure of getting to sit down and talk with Ryan Harris of Ryan Harris Shapes, a leading ECOBOARD builder based in the South Bay, Los Angeles. As a pioneer of…