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3D Printed Surfboards from Paradoxal Surfboards To Be Made From Green Algae
Paradoxal Surfboards is a project led by a young Frenchman who wants to make surfing more respectful of our environment. Jérémy Lucas has imagined 3D printed surfboards designed with greener materials, not those that come the oil industry. Namely, from…
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Paradoxal Surfboards is a project led by a young Frenchman who wants to make surfing more respectful of our environment. Jérémy Lucas has imagined 3D printed surfboards designed with greener materials, not those that come the oil industry. Namely, from the green algae that washes up on the Breton coast, he has developed a material compatible with 3D printing. He can thus recycle a waste product from the sea and create value. We met with Jérémy to learn more about this project and his future plans.
3DN: Can you introduce yourself? How did you discover 3D printing?
Jérémy Lucas
Hello, my name is Jérémy Lucas and I am a 32-year-old entrepreneur and surfer from France. I am the founder and owner of the Paradoxal Surfboards project. Basically, I discovered the joys of surfing about ten years ago during a road trip in Australia. I heard for the first time about 3D printing several years ago in specialized press articles that were focused on new technologies. At the time, it seemed so futuristic and inaccessible that I didn’t get more interested in it.
Then in 2019, I decided to co-create, with my partner at the time, a Mechanical Design office in Douarnenez. Under the name FL3D, we were mainly doing two things: industrial design, CAD, for professionals such as boilermakers, metalworkers, sheet metal workers, etc.; also, we were answering very specific requests for individuals thanks to our Ultimaker 3D printer installed in our small 9m² office. We had difficulty making this second activity profitable.
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