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Alterego Surfboards

passionate about perfection

Alterego is the first brand in the world capable of manufacturing and sell 95% compostable surfboards.

Founded in 2017 by a group of Italian executives and professionals passionate for sports, outdoor, environment and business innovation, Alterego Surfboards is an innovative startup based in Sardinia. It is recognized in the market for the production of high-performance surfboards made of cork and other advanced materials with low CO2 impact.
The result is a range of perfect surfboards for every level of surfing, offering flexibility and performance with a green core. Sustainability and eco-friendly products are becoming a must and surfboards are made with polluting materials.
There are not many real eco-friendly boards on the market. Alterego has managed to produce sustainable and eco-friendly water boards without compromising the product performance by using a proprietary technology (Alterego bi:o’cor:k technology) which is unique and solves a huge environmental problem: making the boards up to 95% compostable. First in the market to reach this goal.

For us, sustainability is not a style, but a constant that is present in all aspects of our production cycle. We use only high-density EPS on site, recycling over 80% of waste material from production. We laminate the boards exclusively with a bio-resin, Entropy Resin Supersap, and we utilise cork, a highly renewable wood, as a natural foundation for the structure of our surfboards.
Soon we will be able to recycle 100% of our waste fibreglass, as we are constantly active and engaged in research and development of alternative sustainable materials to those manufactured from polluting and harmful chemicals that are still used today in the making of composite materials.

Alessandro Danese,Alterego General Manager
One of our goals is to demonstrate that sustainable production and sustainable products are possible, and we would like to change the rules and get rid of materials polluting the environment by using eco-friendly, recyclable, compostable and not polluting materials. This is what our surfers and our oceans, beaches and coasts deserve, we have the responsibility to preserve nature.
Alessandro Danese,Alterego General Manager

+ Our Mission: Innovate and replace existing water board production technology and water board products by developing water boards that are environmentally friendly and sustainable.

+ Our Vision: Create products using natural raw material available in nature or hand made and disposable without any impact on the environment.

+ Our Value: We care about the environment, we trust in tangible innovation and tangible actions to preserve nature, we believe there is always a clean way to manufacture and dispose of products.

Alterego Surfboards aims to innovate the production of water sports boards by developing eco-friendly and sustainable gear replacing the standard highly polluting construction and production technologies with solutions that have no environmental impact according to the logic of a circular economy.

Alessandro Danese,Alterego General Manager
One of our goals is to demonstrate that sustainable production and sustainable products are possible, and we would like to change the rules and get rid of materials polluting the environment by using eco-friendly, recyclable, compostable and not polluting materials. This is what our surfers and our oceans, beaches and coasts deserve, we have the responsibility to preserve nature.
Alessandro Danese,Alterego General Manager

+ Our Mission: Innovate and replace existing water board production technology and water board products by developing water boards that are environmentally friendly and sustainable.

+ Our Vision: Create products using natural raw material available in nature or hand made and disposable without any impact on the environment.

+ Our Value: We care about the environment, we trust in tangible innovation and tangible actions to preserve nature, we believe there is always a clean way to manufacture and dispose of products.

Alterego Surfboards aims to innovate the production of water sports boards by developing eco-friendly and sustainable gear replacing the standard highly polluting construction and production technologies with solutions that have no environmental impact according to the logic of a circular economy.

The Alterego Factory

The Alterego factory is an industrial structure of 800 m² divided over two floors near Alghero, Sardinia.
The layout of the single production departments – cutting area, resin room, sanding room, painting area, carpentry workshop, shaping room – has been designed to ensure an efficient and fast handling of the materials, the semi finished and finished products.

The factory is equipped with many industrial machines dedicated to each stage of surfboard production. Including a numerically controlled CNC cutting machine by Emmegi, which allows the cutting of boards up to 15”.

We are ready to face the future production challenges in the most sustainable way!