by Carolyn | Jun 23, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
On World Ocean’s Day (8th June 2017) Carlos and I became the first people to complete a marathon on a SUP made out of plastic bottles in the absolutely stunning setting of the Dordogne River in France. See the highlights of our day on our photo gallery here. The Route...
by Carolyn | Jun 2, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
We are delighted to announce our new partnership with ITIWIT by Decathlon. We shall be using one of their new 12’6 Explorace SUP boards to accompany the Plastic Bottle SUP on its marathon. Having completed the 5km fun race at L’eau Vive on the Plastic...
by Carolyn | Jun 1, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
Inspiring others to try a new sport After seeing our first plastic bottle SUP, a friend from São Paulo asked us if we could help him build a board. We were delighted, this was exactly the response we had hoped to get! We want to encourage everyone to re-connect to...
by Carolyn | Jun 1, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
Just to illustrate the huge issue of plastic pollution in our waterways, The Plastic Monster, (aka Wim Pyl) from Belgium competes in the 5km ‘fun’ race at the L’eau Vive event. Stand Up Against Plastic Organised by Le Grand Huit in Joinvile Le Pont,...
by Carolyn | Jun 1, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution
L’eau Vive was a great event organsied by Le Grand Huit, in Joinville Le Pont, Paris on the 13th and 14th May 2017 where we built our Plastic Bottle sup. Carlos and I went along as part of a team of volunteers from, charity, Watertrek. Carlos and I arrived in...
by Carolyn | May 30, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution
Jairo Lumertz is a Brazilian surfer who built his first surfboard out of plastic bottles in Hawaii in 2007. Many professional surfers have used and approved of his bottle surfboards; indeed every year they host a surf competition on the plastic bottle boards in...
