Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
Meet Ivo who has joined us to make his own sustainable, hollow wooden surfboard...
A 7'10 Clipper we have currently on the trestles, being shaped by James...
At the weekend we were joined by 4 fine folks in the workshop for a day of making bodysurfing handplanes and bellyboards...
Towards the end of last year Matt popped by to pick up the wooden surfboard he made with us...
Here's James to show you in our final episode, how we shape the underside, the rails and the overall sanding of our 6'2 Swift...
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...
Laurie made a 9'1 Wicket with us last year, and we recently reached out to him for his reflections on the workshop experience and how the board is...
In part 5 we showed how the deck skin is glued down to create the hollow blank, now you can watch as we begin the shaping process!
Jon and his Labrador 'Rodo' have joined us for the week to make a 9'1 Wicket...
Last week Will dropped by to pick up the wooden surfboard he made during one of our 'make your own' workshop experiences...
Robby and Alfie recently spent the week with us making wooden surfboards, here they are to tell you all about it...
Father and Son; Robby and Alfie have joined us for 5 days to make their own wooden surfboards!
Back in August we welcomed Helena, Andrew and Nathan through our big blue doors just up the hill from the beach, for a week of making...
Every month or so we open our big blue doors to folks wanting to make their own bodysurfing handplane...
We love speding time with our customers in the workshop, sharing the experience and excitement of making wooden surfboards with your own hands over five days and often, we develop friendships too. A few weeks later, our workshoppers come to collect their finished surfboards and head out into the world for a lifetime of waves. Sometimes, we're lucky enough to see them again at our Annual Gathering of Makers that we host each year, and can...
Here's James to take you through how we prepare for the top of our wooden surfboards to be glued down, a huge moment!
On Monday we were joined by Andrew, Helena and Andrew who are spending the week making their own wooden surfboards with us!
A few weeks ago we were joined by Will, Matt and Adam who had come to make their own wooden surfboards, here's how they got on...
