Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
Mike came to the workshop a couple of years ago with his eldest son to make their own wooden surfboards, so thought it was only fair to bring his youngest son along last summer to do the same. You can read and see more of their week with us here But….what made this surfboard even more special was the unique idea that Mike had for the wood layup on it.
At present, HRH Prince Charles has tested positive for Covid-19 and is out of self-isolation and on the road to recovery. We wish him the absolute...
“Surprise me” is a great challenge to receive from a customer ordering a custom surfboard, and it’s also brave! But that’s exactly what...
Over the course of the last year we’ve been developing a range of three flat-water exploration stand-up paddleboards. We spent this summer refining...
Surfing is often referred to as “The Sport of Kings” thanks to its ancient history as the preferred pastime of Hawaiian kings and queens, but it...
Abandon all hope of glory Let it fall from your hand, Float through grit And settle to the sand. Swim on comrades The Closeout is come. Breathe in Earth’s aura, The magnificent clear. Where you go you’ll stay Held under your fear. Swim on Comrades The Closeout is come. Kick with resolve The most euphoric whim. Hoots and shakas Outlook is grim. Swim on comrades Closeout...
Every once in a while we receive a request from a customer asking for something a little different. We love these little forays into the wider...
This weekend the annual Boardmasters Festival returns to Newquay (7th-11th). The Boardmasters has been running in one guise or another since...
The name paipo (pronounced pipe-oh) is derived from the Hawaiian "Pae Po'o" which means to surf headfirst. Essentially these surfboards are...
We were delighted to welcome 10xEuropean Longboard Champion Ben Skinner into the workshop this week to get started designing a wooden big wave gun...
It's always great to get feedback from clients about the boards that we've shaped them, and particularly so when the feedback is accompanied by photographs of the board in action. Add a little sunshine and surfing in boardshorts into the equation, and you can imagine how stoked (and envious) we were here in the workshop when we received an e-mail from Haris at the start of February. Haris had asked James to shape him a 9'0" long x 28" wide...
