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Victoria-based materials
science company Aluula
Composites Inc. calls itself
"cutting-edge," "revolutionary"
and "unrivalled." And while
it's a fact that the brand has
created something truly
groundbreaking, its origin
story is practically a 21st-
century cliché. "It's truly one
of those exciting tech stories:
with creative, innovative
people in a garage, working
together to find better
solutions," says president
and CEO Sage Berryman with
a laugh.
Those creative innovators
were Richard Myerscough and
Peter Berrang, two windsport
enthusiasts who founded
Aluula in 2019. They aimed to
change the world of kitesurfing
by creating a new material that
was lighter and stronger than
anything else on the market—
something that could with-
stand wild winds and rough
HARDER, BETTER,
LIGHTER, STRONGER
Aluula's materials are changing kitesurfing
tricks—and potentially the global shipping
industry—forever By Alyssa Hirose
T E C H + S C I E N C E
To p t o b o t t o m : D u o t o n e, O c e a n R o d e o, O c e a n R o d e o ; illu s t r a t i o n : J a n ik S ö ll n e r/ N o u n P r oj e c t
LIFT OFF
Founded in 2019,
Aluula created and
patented a polyethyl
ene composite textile
that doesn't add extra
weight to windsurfing
kites. Because the
durable material is also
made without glue,
users can recycle it at
the end of its life
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