The Mariner Mat: A Perfect Addition To Your Sandy Summer

Clean Ocean Designs aims to improve our surfing joy with what the Ocean has to offer. They are always looking to craft the best accessories with sustainable and natural raw materials, combining sustainability with the best designs to reinvent the outdoor experience.

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For that reason, Clean Ocean Designs partnered with Bloom. They utilize excess algae biomass harvested from ecosystems in need of algae management. Algae biomass does not require fossil fuel or arable land to grow, making it the perfect resource for creating useful biomaterials. By implementing algae biomass into performance products around the world, Bloom has created a strong market and efficient supply chain for algae as a sustainable resource, all the while helping create and maintain healthy ecosystems. The new algae technology with which the Mariner Mat is composed, delivers striking performance values, which make them excellent replacements for conventional foams. Algae’s natural thermoplastic qualities meet, and in some cases exceed performance characteristics of conventional closed-cell flexible foams.

The Mariner Mat also features a surface of wavy ridges on both sides sandwiching holes for water and sand to freely flow off of your feet and wetsuit. With handles on both sides it can be used to rinse off all of your gear. Compression molded, the mat has little to no waste in production, and does not require a secondary cutting process. To maximize the sustainability experience of the product, it will be delivered with a compostable packaging with water-based inks. Are you then ready to improve your outdoor experience? Just start from the Mariner Mat!

Micro algae produces a high amount of triglyceride oils, which are great sustainable substitutes for petroleum-based plastics and cfc-based foams.

Practicing sports and different activities in the natural environment requires a strong sustainable consciousness, today more than ever we need to reduce our carbon footprint and give back to nature what it has been damaged. That’s why Clean Ocean Designs developed the new eco-friendly Mariner Mat, whenever you are surfing, fishing, hiking or just going to the beach you can now wash your feet without getting dirt on the ground, leaning on a welcoming soft material entirely made up with natural materials. Protecting your feet from the dirt ground can even extend your wetsuit’s durability and hygiene. Once washed off, you can put on your shoes, shake the mat and you’re ready to go. The Mariner Mat is designed to be easy to clean and fit in small spaces, such as your car or van. It’s perfect to stay between boards to protect them while driving. Clean Ocean Designs is focused on innovating for better outdoor experiences so we can practice the same activities with less impact on the environment.

The Mariner Mat is made with  Bloom foam, transforming algae buildup into our durable and environmentally sound utility mat. Yes, algae! The same necessity we have for petroleum-based plastics can easily be satisfied with more technological and biological products. Micro algae produces a high amount of triglyceride oils, which are great sustainable substitutes for petroleum-based plastics and cfc-based foams. Most importantly, the natural harvesting process cleans our waterways and scrubs our atmosphere of Co2, in fact each Mariner Mat returns 155 liters of fresh water to the environment and sequesters 97 cubic meters of Co2. Algae is the fastest growing plant on Earth, and it is a vital component of aquatic ecosystems. However, the rise in global temperatures, excess nutrient runoff, and human activities have contributed to an uncontrollable rise in algae growth in ecosystems around the world—harming plant, animal, and even human life.

For that reason, Clean Ocean Designs partnered with Bloom. They utilize excess algae biomass harvested from ecosystems in need of algae management. Algae biomass does not require fossil fuel or arable land to grow, making it the perfect resource for creating useful biomaterials. By implementing algae biomass into performance products around the world, Bloom has created a strong market and efficient supply chain for algae as a sustainable resource, all the while helping create and maintain healthy ecosystems. The new algae technology with which the Mariner Mat is composed, delivers striking performance values, which make them excellent replacements for conventional foams. Algae’s natural thermoplastic qualities meet, and in some cases exceed performance characteristics of conventional closed-cell flexible foams.

The Mariner Mat also features a surface of wavy ridges on both sides sandwiching holes for water and sand to freely flow off of your feet and wetsuit. With handles on both sides it can be used to rinse off all of your gear. Compression molded, the mat has little to no waste in production, and does not require a secondary cutting process. To maximize the sustainability experience of the product, it will be delivered with a compostable packaging with water-based inks. Are you then ready to improve your outdoor experience? Just start from the Mariner Mat!