You can use bamboo to make a fence, a boat or a fishing rod. You can even use bamboo shoots to make a tasty meal. Now thanks to Rip Curl, you can also use bamboo to make a rashvest!

Rip Curl have developed an ‘eco-friendly’ polyester based material which they are using to make rashies. The fabric combines the natural fiber of bamboo with 65% recycled PET bottles.In addition to the eco materials, the Classic Bamboo rash vest has some great performance benefits including improved thermal properties and reduced odour (anti-bacterial). The vest that John West rejects (sorry couldn’t resist) will be available in July.

What’s next, a wetsuit made from lemon chicken leftovers?