Mercedes-Benz and Garrett McNamara announce the development of two new surfboards

Mercedes-Benz Portugal just delivered a new surfboard to Garrett McNamara entirely made of Portuguese cork, a project done in partnership with Corticeira Amorim. The new board was handed over by Joerg Heinermann (Mercedes-Benz Portugal CEO) and Alberto Batista (Commercial Manager of Amorim Cork Composites). This board will be used by Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara to surf the biggest waves in the world in Nazaré, Portugal. In addition to this innovative surfboard, efforts will be undertaken to develop yet another surfboard, to be made of the foam used to manufacture aircraft wings, a