The Single Fin Mingle 2019 from The Single Fin Mingle on Vimeo.

beautiful images from photographer jannik obenhoff of the "we are one" paddle out in memory of the lives lost in the chch mosque shootings

kindness

before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth.

what you held in your hand,
what you counted and carefully saved,
all this must go so you know
how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of kindness.

how you ride and ride
thinking the bus will never stop,
the passengers eating maize and chicken
will stare out the window forever.

before you learn the tender gravity of kindness,
you must travel where the indian in a white poncho
lies dead by the side of the road.

you must see how this could be you,
how he too was someone
who journeyed through the night with plans
and the simple breath that kept him alive.

before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,
you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.
you must wake up with sorrow.

you must speak to it till your voice
catches the thread of all sorrows
and you see the size of the cloth.

then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore,
only kindness that ties your shoes
and sends you out into the day to mail letters and purchase bread,
only kindness that raises its head
from the crowd of the world to say

it is i you have been looking for,

and then goes with you everywhere
like a shadow or a friend.

naomi shihab nye

we are over the moon to have our first box of salt gypsy leggings and rashies arrive at surfing tribe! not only do they look fantastic, they are super well made and feel great on. kiwi designer & director of salt gypsy danny clayton's new line is our fav - the recycled collection and the best bit is these beauties are made from econyl - 100% regenerated yarn!

check out the info on this great fabric made from post consumer waste:

pre-consumer waste can be production discards, industrial plastic components and oligomers, but it is with post-consumer waste that the big challenge comes in. post-consumer waste is waste that would otherwise be dumped in landfills or abandoned in nature with big environmental problems.

with the ECONYL® regeneration system this material can be recovered which can be carpet fluff (the upper part of carpets), abandoned or spent fishing nets (from all over the world) - and regenerated, giving it a new life and contributing to a cleaner environment.
the fishing nets can come from agreements that are in place with the fish farming industry or from spent or abandoned nets that are recovered from the seas or collected through special projects with fisherman and the fishing communities (healthy seas and net-works™). most of the nets from canada, usa, norway, greece, turkey, egypt, pakistan and thailand.
the other big stream is the one related to fluff (upper part of carpets) that is recovered from spent carpets, especially in the usa.

the ECONYL® regeneration system is a unique chemical and mechanical process that allows to create regenerated yarn from waste keeping the same purity and characteristics of nylon coming from virgin raw material. with this yarn, numerous textile products can be created with a double advantage for the environment. from one side waste material is used in a smart way that would otherwise remain wasted in the environment, and from the other side, precius raw material is saved that is normally used in the production of nylon.

environmental benefits

for every 10,000 tons of ECONYL® caprolactam (the raw material used), these are the environmental benefits obtained:
- 12.6 thousand tons of waste are eliminated
- 70 thousand barrels of crude oil are saved
- 42 thousand tons of CO2 equivalent emissions are avoided
- 865 thousand GJ on total process energy are saved
(based on aquafil's 2013 EPDs and compared with the average aquafil virgin product. aquafil internal data).

in 2015, the production of ECONYL® caprolactam (our prime material) will save:
-more than 100,000 tons of CO2 equivalent emissions, equal to a car circumnavigating the equator more than 15,000 times.
-more than 2 million gj of energy, equal to the energy demand of citizens of rome for about 10 days.

every ton of fishing net recovered and regenerated, will produce enough yarn for:

- more than 26,000 pair of socks. (with 50% ECONYL® yarn content)
- more than 1,000 m2 of carpet (total pile weight: 600g/m2)
the official numbers and figures can be updated so it is better to check on this page 

from ocean waste to ocean style! 

photo of grace murdoch by shannon cavarocchi

we absolutely love these boardshorts!! made from 100% recycled and recyclable fabric, these boardies are made by the tailors of sunshine, riz. crafted from eco friendly fabrics and digitally printed with earth friendly inks.

in addition to producing beautiful boardies & working from the awesome company principles of sustainability, substance & style, riz also contribute to the eden project, the marine conservation society and the wave project, making them a company we are wrapt to work with in aotearoa.

riz boardshorts - swimwear with soul

awesome people and awesome event! surfing tribe are super wrapt to be the sponsors of the 2016 single fin mingle's women's division for the second year this fabulous event has been in existence! very much looking forward to the next one! check it out here.....

Single Fin Mingle 2016 - Highlights from Jonathan Smit on Vimeo.

“this is what you shall do; love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning god, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.”

walt whitman

kia hora te marino

kia whakapapa pounamu te moana 

kia tere te karohirohi i mua i to huarahi

let the calm be widespread 

let the sea glisten like greenstone

and the sun ever dance along your pathway

photo annie b @ surfing tribe

whalefest kaikoura is an annual event dedicated to learning about, conserving and celebrating whales and dolphins of aotearoa. this year we will be holding it at the kaikoura memorial hall on the weekend of the 14th - 15th november! we have some great speakers lined up, stalls in the memorial hall and plenty of time to head out and enjoy the beautiful dolphins and whales of kaikoura! it will be a great weekend and we hope to see you there! surfing tribe will be there supporting the theme of reducing plastic use and decreasing waste that ends up in the marine environment. 

head to barbara todd's whales and dolphins of aotearoa book here.