10 . 01 . 23
When considering the purchase of a 5 day workshop experience there is a lot to think about, especially the cost – so here, we break down the price of a typical surfboard under 7′, so you know what you are getting for your money…
10 . 01 . 23
When considering the purchase of a 5 day workshop experience there is a lot to think about, especially the cost – so here, we break down the price of a typical surfboard under 7′, so you know what you are getting for your money…
Our 5 day surfboard workshops currently start at £2,950.00
The first cost to consider is wood: £130.00
All of our wooden surfboards are made from the planks that rest just outside our workshop doors.
Before a workshop can begin, we process planks to make the pieces of the surfboards, such as the skins, rail strips and nose and tail blocks. This usually takes 3 days: £450.00
During a workshop the first 3 days are spent making a blank, this involves a fair bit of glue: £50.00
Disposables such as rubber gloves, sandpaper and dust masks: £15.00.
5 days expert tuition with James and team, who have taught over 200 people how to make their own wooden surfboards: £750.00
Running costs of the workshop for 80 hours, including electricity, insurance etc: £540
The finishing of our surfboards, which includes the glassing, fin box installation etc: £520.00
We add 20% VAT: £491.00
Total: £2,946.00
And there you have it, a breakdown of how your money gets spent on a 5 day wooden surfboard making workshop with Otter Surfboards. As you can see, we break even when there is one attendee, and only make a profit margin when there are 2 or more workshoppers for the week.
We often get asked about our process, so hopefully you have found this helpful.
As always we are here to answer any questions you might have, so please feel free to contact us!
We completed workshop number 112 in 2024, here's a huge thank you to everyone who joined us to come and make their own wooden surfboard!
Here's Jonathan to tell you what it was like joining us in our workshop to make a wooden surfboard...
