The article is about Ono Takahashi. Ono, is a man pursuing his own vision of how surfing should be. For him, this means using his favorite plant to produce home grown surfboards. The boards he makes have close to 80% plant material, hemp fins, hemp cloth and hemp in the blank.
Industrial hemp is "the goods" as far as environmentally friendly materials go. It's a rapidly replenishable resource that can be produced easily without pesticides or harmful chemicals. A genuinely green alternative to the environmentally damaging petrochemicals in the standard surfboard.
Stay tuned, there will be more articles on green surfboards.
The article is titled The Board Farmer, page 54 in Issue 303. This is a link to the Current Issue of Surfing World. I'll post a copy of the article once its no longer the current issue.