Joey Santley collects surfboard foam dust at the Lost Surfboards factory in San Clemente. The founder of Green Foam Blanks uses his proprietary formula to recycle the waste dust to make new surfboard blanks. “This is like a perfect powder day,” Santley said.
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Joey Santley collects surfboard foam dust. “Probably enough for about a dozen boards,” Santley said. “And it won’t end up in the landfill.”
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Joey Santley carries another bag of surfboard foam dust through the enclave of San Clemente known as the surf ghetto. He collects the dust from several surfboard makers in the neighborhood and uses it to make his own Green Foam Blanks.
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Joey Santley sits with two finished surfboards made for him with his recycled foam material.
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