Based As Austin Texas Jarvis Boards Craft Beautiful Paddle Boards From Local Materials Ensuring That There Is As Little Environmental Impact During The Process. Meet The Man Who Left The Corporate World To Start It All.

Based as Austin, Texas, Jarvis Boards craft beautiful paddle boards from local materials, ensuring that there is as little environmental impact during the process. Meet the man who left the corporate world to start it all.

Tony Smith’s journey to creating Jarvis Boards started after buying a how-to guide book in a second hand book store detailing how to build a canoe. The following day Smith ordered a table saw and a load of wood and set to work. The end result – even if it did take “a million hours” – was impressive.

“The canoe reignited my passion for building things.” Smith explains, “It was a success. It floated and it looked great – you can’t really ask for much more. I still have it and still use periodically, but now I use a paddle board so much more.”

The canoe, along with an ever increasing interest in paddle boarding, led to the birth of Jarvis Boards, with Smith giving up his job as a stock broker to focus on making these exquisite boards full time. Jarvis Boards craft wooden paddle boards – made using reclaimed lumber and sustainably harvested wood – that are lightweight and durable, using the natural strength of the wood. As well as the wood used, the boards feature a core made from recycled foam, with resins made from recycled bio-waste.

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Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.

Increasingly we believe the world needs more meaningful, real-life connections between curious travellers keen to explore the world in a more responsible way. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Our Trips are suitable for both solo travelers, couples and friends who want to explore the world together.

Culture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. Our Rail Trips are our most planet-friendly itineraries that invite you to take the scenic route, relax whilst getting under the skin of a destination. Our Private Trips are fully tailored itineraries, curated by our Travel Experts specifically for you, your friends or your family.

We know that many of you worry about the environmental impact of travel and are looking for ways of expanding horizons in ways that do minimal harm - and may even bring benefits. We are committed to go as far as possible in curating our trips with care for the planet. That is why all of our trips are flightless in destination, fully carbon offset - and we have ambitious plans to be net zero in the very near future.