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Riding High with Rapanui
Through time immemorial, it has been the habit of the older generation to disapprove of the younger generation. Among one of the most common gripes that current oldieslevel at youngsters is that they are too materialistic and are not as motivated or as passionate about political or world issues as we were in our day. Claire Gillman has come across a pair of young men who are about to make us old grumpies eat our words. The couple in question are two brothers from the Isle of Wight, Rob and Mart Drake-Knight, and their brain-child is Rapanui Clothing, an organic and sustainable clothing company that uses organic, natural and ethical fabrics. At 23 and 21 respectively, the brothers, both keen surfers, were motivated to set up a green surf clothing company after suffering the eff ects of pollution and environmental change at fi rst hand.Indeed, Mart still wears scars from a skin infection caused by pollution and Rob spent three days of a holiday in France in bed due to sickness caused by fi eld run-off .
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