Kerry's Grasshopper Skateboards sets out to make waves

Ballybunion-based Grasshopper Skateboards aims to break into the UK and US markets with its eco-friendly designs

Kerry's Grasshopper Skateboards sets out to make waves

AIMING to make waves in the world of skateboarding, a small start-up company in the seaside village of Ballybunion has created an eco-friendly skateboard out of bamboo and hemp.

“We have developed the world’s first all grass, sustainable, high-performance skateboard” says Grasshopper Skateboard founderd Barry Liston explaining that the 95% of skateboards are made from maple and that skateboard manufacturing is the number one global cause of maple deforestation.

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