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Custom made, just for you.

Since 2008 we’ve been hand crafting personalised wooden surfboards, paddleboards, bellyboards and handplanes.

Made from locally grown timber from regenerative sustainable woodlands, they marry our two deepest passions and allow our customers to enjoy the oceans and rivers whilst being kind to our planet.

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Custom Surfboard

“Fast and solid, one of the fastest fishes I have ever surfed, pure rail to rail!” – Karl, local surfer

A range of shapes from 5’6 all the way up to 9’6 to suit a wide variety of surfers and surf conditions. Our surfboards are designed to utilise the benefits of surfing on wood and are made to last.

• Sustainable ‘skin and frame’ wooden core.
• A wide range of shapes to choose from.
• Designed and made for a lifetime of waves.

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Custom Paddleboard

A range of shapes from 8’6 to 12’6 for a wide variety of paddlers and conditions. Two distinct styles; day boards for recreational use exploration boards for long distance excursions.

Designed to utilise the benefits of wooden construction and made to last.

• Sustainable ‘skin and frame’ wooden core.
• A range of shapes to choose from.
• Designed and made for a lifetime of paddling.

Full Line up of wooden bellyboards in front of the wood stack

Custom Bellyboard

Ride waves the traditional way on a classic bellyboard. Made from three layers of sustainable timber and finished with a natural oil, our bellyboards will be fun to use for years to come.

We use ours almost as much as we use our surfboards, especially in the summer!

• Sustainable wood finished with natural oil.
• A range of shapes to choose from.
• Designed and made for a lifetime of waves.

Otter Wooden bodysurfing Handplane and Da Fins product shot in france by Mat Arney close up

Custom Handplane

Handplanes are a great addition to your bodysrufing experience, creating lift to bring your head and chest out of the water which increases your speed along a wave. They never fail to make you smile whilst you play in the waves!

• Sustainable wood finished with natural oil.
• A range of shapes to choose from.
• Designed and made for a lifetime of waves.

James Otter of Otter Surf photographed by Alun Callender for Country Living

Boards in Stock

Sometimes we’ll make a surfboard, paddleboard, bellyboard or handplane that’ll go into our stock and can be purchased straight away from our online shop.

If you want to get one of our boards under you, you might just find what you’re looking for and it’ll be ready for immediate dispatch.

Our Process

Our hollow skin-on-frame wooden surfboards begin life as rough sawn planks of locally grown western red cedar and poplar.

To discover how we turn those planks into refined, intricate surfboard shapes, head over to our Process page.

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5'6 Seadar

“My heart beats fast when I remember this session and I blink and its gone. It was one of the best surfing days of my life; quick hollow empty tubes.” – Matt, 2018

Ordering a Custom

If you’d like to order a custom board from us, you can order through the website, or speak to one of us over the phone and we can help guide those final decisions and get the making of your board scheduled into the workshop.

Everything we make here starts life in the timber stack outside our workshop, so all our custom products take time to make. We will do our best to make your item as quickly as we can, but we pride ourselves on making the best products possible.

We’ll keep you posted as your board progresses from those rough sawn planks to the finished article so you can get progressively more excited about those first few splashes in the sea.

Gideon bottom turns his Otter wooden surfboard at Gwithian. Island Hopper

Which Shape to Choose

When deciding which board shape yo choose, there are several factors that come into play.

The main things that help inform your decision are the type of surfboard you enjoy surfing the most, the style of surfing you aspire to, your weight and fitness levels and then how often and where you’ll be surfing.

We’re here to help guide you though, so feel free to call or email us anytime and we’ll offer our insight on how our boards will work for you. We know them inside and out.

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