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"Australian surf brand Bolero Surf has partnered with Spanish energy giant
Acciona to make surfboard fins from recycled wind turbine blades in the hope of
creating a new local manufacturing industry.
The Bolero Surf fins are the first commercially available product to come out
of Acciona’s ‘Turbine Made’ initiative which it launched in February 2025. The
company has previously promoted shoes made from wind turbine blades that were
sported by former Queensland energy minister Mick de Brenni in 2024.
Bolero Surf is the brainchild of 26-year-old entrepreneur Banjo Hunt, a
Newcastle based surfboard shaper who is now turning his attention to designing
quality fibreglass surfboard fins.
Hunt says that many surfers are pairing new surfboards with cheap and inferior
fins that are often made from unsustainable materials.
But the new surf fins, made from recycled wind turbine blades from the Waubra
Wind Farm in Victoria, are designed to meet the performance demands of modern
surfing while also highlighting the scalability of recycled wind turbine
materials."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
