Ride the Future

Only a surfboard can surf the future

Dare to test

In this issue we invited two of the world's best surfers to a blind test to find out where the future of surfboards is heading. Are they up for the challenge?

We all have duties as citizens

The preservation of the planet and the oceans is in everyone's hands

With the world facing the challenge of climate change, sustainability occupies a central position in everyone's lives, and surfing is no exception. That is why MEO, TdP, and WSL have stood out as active players in creating greater awareness of best environmental practices while inspiring others.

The edition aimed to revolutionize the surfing industry and promote cooperation between shapers and surfers in order to create sustainable high-performance surfboards.

In this edition of the Project, we continue to alert and inspire society in the fight against ocean pollution caused by plastic and waste resulting from COVID-19. We must act and change to ensure a more sustainable and secure future.

The pandemic that affected the health of global society also impacted the health of the oceans.
The waste resulting from Covid-19 led us to raise our voices against the things that no one wants to see in the sea.
This was an "Open Call" for all shapers to submit their designs for surfboards made from waste generated by Covid-19.

Every year, each of us produces more than 30 kg of plastic waste. If nothing changes, by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans. Portugal is one of the worst affected as it has a maritime territory 40 times larger than its land area.

"The Unwanted Shapes" is a project that aims to inspire society to overcome the problem of plastic consumption, through those who have a strong connection with the sea - surfers.

MEO has taken the initiative to develop 5 surfboards made entirely from the plastic that a person produces at home. These boards were used by the best surfers on the planet at the World Tour event in Peniche.

What do you do to beat the plastic bag?

Every time I come back from surfing I pick up garbage from the beach. I always take a cloth bag for my shopping.

@guilherme_martins

What do you do to beat the plastic cup?

I use recyclable cups for events, at work a pet mug :)

@danyfortuna

What do you do to defeat the plastic box?

I take my own containers to take-away establishments.

@mariar1126

Portugal of sea, waves and surf

With the world facing the challenge of climate change, sustainability occupies a central position in everyone's life, and surfing is no exception.

The Unwanted Shapes, in the fight against plastic

We can never talk enough about protecting the environment. In the Special Heat - Beat the Plastic edition the surfers, instead of competing, surfed for the same cause: to beat plastic on boards made from plastic waste.

Are we going to surf in a plastic sea?

MEO, as a brand of causes and through its connection with surfing, has promoted the development of surfboards made from recycled plastic.