Editing Snowboard (section)

===Sustainable manufacturing===
Amongst Climate Change, the winter sports community is a growing environmentalist group, whom depend on snowy winters for the survival of their culture. This movement is, in part, being energized by a nonprofit named "Protect Our Winters" and the legendary rider Jeremy Jones.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://protectourwinters.org/about#sthash.rYWFqqA2.dpbs |title=Protect Our Winters |publisher=protectourwinters.org |access-date=2013-12-03}}</ref> The organization provides education initiatives, support for community based projects, and is active in climate discussions with the government. Alongside this organization, there are many other winter sports companies who see the ensuing calamity and are striving to produce products that are less damaging to the environment. Snowboard manufacturers are adapting to decreasing supplies of petroleum and timber with ingenious designs.

*One company, [[Burton Snowboards]], in 2007 employed an interesting technique in their attempts to decrease the use of the valuable forest. The core, as mentioned above, was made from a thin honeycomb structure of Aluminum and they called the board the "Alumifly". Now, one might debate that the production of Aluminum is toxic process, however, Aluminum is now being praised for its recycling prowess. This extremely abundant element is 100% recyclable (ability to be recycled with no loss of material performance or quality) and requires only 5% of the energy it takes to make Aluminum from ore.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aluminum.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Auto_Truck&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=25648 |title=Aluminum Recyclability |publisher=The Aluminum Association |access-date=2013-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207110114/http://www.aluminum.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Auto_Truck&Template=%2FCM%2FContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=25648 |archive-date=2013-12-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Considering all of the Aluminum in circulation today, snowboard cores could easily be made from recycled cans.
*[[Niche Snowboards]], based out of Salt Lake City Utah is another snowboard manufacturer that has really been revolutionizing the industry.{{Citation needed|date=January 2014}} Founded with a focus on the relationships between materials, our environment, and ourselves, the company has an incredible line-up of ecologically-minded boards. Their technology includes: recycled materials, sustainably harvested wood cores, "hemphop stringers" (a carbon fiber substitute), Magma Fiber (a fiberglass substitute made from Basalt), Bio-resins (replacing petroleum-based alternatives), and bamboo topsheets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nichesnowboards.com/tech/ |title=Niche Snowboard Technology |publisher=Nichesnowboards.com |access-date=2013-12-03}}</ref>
*The boards from the company [https://capitasnowboarding.com/pages/the-factory CAPITA] are made with 100% [[clean energy]] (powered by an in-house hydro activated NH3 [[thermal energy]] system without co2 emissions or [[global warming potential]]), 98% locally sourced materials and are hand crafted. They claim their facility (named "the mothership") is the newest, most technologically advanced and ecologically responsible manufacturing facility in the snowboard industry.

When it comes down to it "the least of our worries will be that skiers and snowboarders don't get to go play," says Jeremy Jones.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/winter-is-in-trouble-snow-athletes-fight-for-climate-action-20130411 |title=Snow Athletes Fight for Climate Action |magazine=Rolling Stone Magazine |access-date=2013-12-03}}</ref>