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Corkboard takes on new meaning for surfers

July 29, 2015

US big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara has a new board made entirely of cork. German carmaker Mercedes Benz and a Portuguese cork producer have collaborated on the custom surfboard.

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McNamara plans to use it on the monster waves off Nazaré.