A Clean Beaches video I made for SUP the Mag.
I started monkeying around with renewable bamboo because I had some poles collecting dust in my garage. Building with free bamboo seemed better than ordering another couple hundred dollars worth of carbon tubes. Now that my eyes are open to building with bamboo, wood, and other plants it’s a no-brainer for me to start building with these materials and stay with it even if the first couple attempts fail.
The bamboo camera poles I made have proven to be durable and light and free. I am currently refining a bamboo land skate paddle and working out a simple way to make a water paddle. With foil surfing being all the rage these days it makes sense to me to work out how to make wings out of wood and other plants, especially since right now there seems to be a shortage of supply…
