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OUR STORY
Welcome to Maple Eyewear!
We are keeping up-to-date with the latest Styles & Materials in Sunglasses! Using Walnut, Beechwood, Bamboo, Rosewood and Off-Cut pieces of Skateboard Decks (Maplewood) to promote Renewable Resources and Eco-Friendly materials!
Featured throughout our Collection is 5 species of wood as well as Acetate |Polarized Lenses |Gradient Lenses |Mirror Coating |Scratch-Resistant Coating |Spring Hinges & Double Barrel Hinges!
Displayed in Hotels, Surf Shops and Campsites we are available in over 50 retail locations in California and Cape Town, South Africa, offering our customers an easy option to match every outfit with a pair of Maple Sunglasses!
We use bamboo to make a stylish accessory and also to uplift the Underprivileged Townships of South Africa!
In our 5 year upliftment project we are growing Bamboo in the rural areas of South Africa providing an endless building material and encouraging growth and sustainabilities within communities.
• Bamboo can be used to make furniture |decking |tiny houses |green houses |water pipes |cups |bowls |firewood |clothing
• It's the fastest growing plant on the planet!
• Known as the miracle plant it can grow 3ft (1m) per day | 1.6inches (4cm) an hour!
• Most trees take 30 - 40 years to grow to maturity and then are harvested
• Bamboo can grow to twice the size of a palm tree in 2 - 3 years
• Bamboo regenerates, if it is cut down it grows back without needing to be replanted
• Bamboo is edible the roots and seeds are used to make bamboo rice, flour and tea!
• Legend has it Chuck Norris is still brushing his teeth with the same bamboo toothbrush he had as a kid!
We source our Maple from Off-Cut pieces of Skateboard Decks making our products Up-cycled and Re-Purposed.
Off-cut Maple is an expression of our Brand originating from an industry of Surfers, Skateboarders and Creatives in Cape Town, South Africa and San Diego, California.
Maple is a hard wood and extremely durable, with layers in Skateboard Decks we are able to create a variety of color combinations.
Our Maple models are our Signature Models using all of our highest end materials.. Layered Maplewood, Polarized Lenses and Spring Hinges they are only available in stores we supply and directly from our website!
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
