BIDDEFORD — Jeff Beaudoin loves to surf.

A college friend, who is now his brother-in-law, turned him on to the sport when they both attended the University of New Hampshire.

Since then, he’s been hitting the waves every chance he gets for the past 10 years.

Nowadays, though, the Biddeford High School graduate doesn’t get a lot of time to surf. He squeezes it in between working as an engineer at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery and spending time with his wife and two young children.

If that didn’t keep him busy enough, Beaudoin has also started his own small business, which he runs from his home. However, that part-time job allows him to bring in his love of surfing. In May, Beaudoin started the eco-friendly, surf-style clothing T-shirt business Surfeur.

The former Biddeford resident, who now lives in York, is of French descent, so he decided to put a Franco theme to his business name; surfeur is French for surfer.

His T-shirts come in multiple colors and there are four designs for men, and one design for women.

Beaudoin’s T-shirt-making skills date back to high school.

“I made them off and on for fun,” he said.

Now, he has combined two hobbies into a business.

Beaudoin said he’s starting small.

“I didn’t want to go into debt,” he said.

He has his own screen press in his basement to print the designs.

“I watched a YouTube video to learn how to make the screen press,” said Beaudoin.

In addition to earning a little extra income for his family, he said he tries to be socially conscious in his business.

“I find any way possible to be eco-friendly,” said Beaudoin.

For instance, the shirts are made from recycled material. In addition, he donates 5 percent of his profit to the nonprofit End 68 Hours of Hunger, an organization that provides food for the weekend to children in need.

Beaudoin’s T-shirts can be found at Aquaholics and Too Cool in Kennebunkport, or through his website at surfeurwear.com.

— Staff Writer Dina Mendros can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 324 or [email protected].