Everybody go green surfing

Grab your Ecomoana board, hop in your hybrid, and head down to the beach to catch some waves. It's time for eco-surfing.

France's Ecomoana makes environmentally-friendly surfboards for people who don't want to hurt the planet while hanging 10.

The company's boards, just nominated for a Volvo SportsDesign Award, use expanded polystyrene foam, which Ecomoana says is a lighter and stronger foam that is both longer-lived and more recyclable than polyboards.

Feel the flax

The surfboards also use flax fibers, a bio-based resin derived from soy, instead of fiberglass. The resin is 50 percent petroleum and 50 percent bio-based.

Volvo plans to announce the SportsDesign Award winners at the end of the month in Munich at ISPO Winter 08, an international trade show for sports equipment and fashion.