HO Sports unveils Sabre Water Ski with Checkerspot’s biobased foam core
In Washington, HO Sports, a watersports designer and manufacturer has announced the launch of their new Sabre Water Ski in partnership with Checkerspot, a biotechnology company headquartered in Alameda, California.
The new product features a biobased foam core designed specifically for water skis, developed through Checkerspot’s WING Platform, which custom formulates algae-derived biomaterials to meet desired performance properties with less reliance on fossil fuels. This collaboration showcases Checkerspot’s advancements in biotechnology and materials science, enabling the production of more sustainable water skis, the company said.
The Sabre’s new biobased foam core was tailored to reduce overall weight while simultaneously delivering higher compressive strength, the company said.
“At HO Sports, we were already using bio resins in our skis. Sourcing a biobased core material was the next logical step,” said Dave Wingerter, Vice President of Product Management and Global Brand Director at HO Sports. “Seeing what Checkerspot was doing with their foam and how it worked for snow skis in their brand, WNDR Alpine, it seemed like a great fit. Replacing plastic foam cores derived from petroleum with foam cores derived from algae oil is an elegant solution to a big problem we have in the world. Making foam out of algae instead of petroleum is just a better way.”
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