CNN's Anderson Cooper recently profiled San Clemente's Joey Santley of Green Foam Blanks. If you're not familiar with Green Foam, they collect bits of others blanks from shapers across San Clemente and produce new blanks composed of their old materials, creating an environmentally responsible blank in the process. Santley's eco-conscious production was enough to catch the attention of Anderson Cooper and his show, AC 360. Look for a cameo from Matt Biolas, Cory Lopez, and Kolohe Andino. Here's the clip to the left.

Surfing's dirty secret is easy to find in the drab enclave of San Clemente known as the surf ghetto, where the ocean breeze is spiked with the sweet smell of chemicals and men wearing flip-flops coated with white dust search for magic inside blocks of
toxic foam.

Joey Santley is looking for something equally elusive: an environmentally friendly surfboard. Or at least one with a carbon footprint that's less titanic. Learn More