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    • A red Flax (harakeke) surfboard on a beach by waters edge.
    Rights: 2007 Scion Published 10 May 2013 Size: 190 KB Referencing Hub media

    The harakeke surfboard was created to show that it is possible to make a water-resistant composite material using biomaterials.

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      Composite materials

      Composite materials (composites) are made when two or more materials with different properties are combined to produce a new material. The physical and chemical properties of each of the ...

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      Skateboards made out of harakeke?

      Professor Kim Pickering from the School of Engineering at the University of Waikato was the winner of the 2008 KuDos Award for Environmental Science, sponsored by Environment Waikato. Kim’s ...

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