So I started by learning about the history of surfing and surfboards.

As time passed, surfboards changed from solid wood to plastic materials. Their construction also changed, becoming lighter and more advanced.

While studying this history, I began thinking about one important question.

Could I make a surfboard that was both strong and kind to the environment?

Part of the answer came from my childhood.

My family worked in the plastic recycling business, so I grew up knowing that plastic does not simply disappear after we throw it away.

I remember watching old plastic being buried in a large landfill.

As a child, I often wondered,

"If people many years from now dig up this place, what will they think when they find all this plastic?"

That memory stayed with me.

Perhaps that is why I have always cared about the materials I use.

I began searching for unusual surfboard projects around the world.

Some people built boards from beach mats.

Others used plastic bottles.

Some even made surfboards with cardboard frames.

Among them, the cardboard frame caught my attention.

I found myself asking,

"If I made a frame like this, what would it look like?"

"How could I make it stronger? Simpler? More beautiful?"

Those questions became the starting point of a completely new design.