Traditional bellyboards are available for free across the UK, thanks to a startup that is committed to tackling discarded polystyrene boards
Locals call them โsnappersโ โ the bargain-bucket polystyrene bodyboards that are a beach time favourite with kids, but that invariably prove as shortlived as the great British summer.
On beaches in the south-west, their tattered remains haveย become such a depressingly familiar sight that one council backed banning them altogether.
But recognising that not every mum or dad has the deep pockets to stump up for a more sustainable, wooden โbellyboardโ alternative, one manufacturer is offering day long rentals for free on coastlines across the UK.
Dick Pearce and Friends, a startup that makes traditional wooden bellyboards by hand in Newquay, Cornwall, trialled the idea โ dubbed โSurf Wood for Goodโ โ last summer, and has expanded to more than 30 sites for this season.
