Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
Our new van art is finally here! We are super happy to finally announce the winner of our van art contest and show off our newly wrapped van!
Back in April we were visited by Anna and Sebastian who were on a surf trip of the UK to promote their company, Sieve Recycled Plastics. They showed...
Until 1967, there was no such thing as a longboard. Then the shortboard revolution happened and all of a sudden what had previously been called...
A week or so after re-opening the workshop post-lockdown, a delivery driver dropped off a large, heavy parcel. We had no idea what it was,...
At our 2017 Annual Gathering of Makers we were joined and entertained by The Cheddar Experiment (the side project of Reef bass player Jack...
One windy Monday morning in the beginning of March we were joined at the workshop by the lovely Matt Barr, of the Looking Sideways action sports podcast. Matt is a real heavyweight in the world of boardsports media; a former editor of Whitelines snowboard magazine, co-founder of All Conditions Media, and the founder and presenter of Looking Sideways. His mission is to "cover the most interesting stories in action sports and other related...
Surfboards, in all their various forms, are relatively fragile; getting them from one place to another, be it to your final destination on a surf...
Surf wax is as necessary when surfing as the surfboard itself, but it’s also a small, consumable product that is often overlooked. Most surf...
Easkey Britton, PhD, is a pioneering Irish surfer with a fascinating story: an academic and world travelling professional surfer, amongst other...
"It is the story of how I built a surfboard when I never thought I could, and what it's like to build a company when I never thought I would." In...
Creating anything with an organic material such as wood is both challenging and hugely rewarding, particularly if your aim is to work with and show off wood as a medium rather than hide it. Woodblocks have been used in printmaking for millennia, with the earliest surviving example originating from China and dating back to 220AD. Ordinarily a carved wooden block is used to repeatedly print onto paper or cloth, with the woodblock itself seldom...
Cornwall is, and has a history of being, home to some incredibly creative people; from the artistic hubs of St Ives and Newlyn in the 19th and 20th...
Every surf spot has its characters who are recognised for one reason or another. Our local break has one such individual who is highly regarded far...
Surfers Against Sewage are a charity very dear to our hearts here at Otter Surfboards; based just over the hill in the neighbouring village of St...
It's fairly common for visitors to the Otter Workshop to comment on James' lack of footwear. For most of the year, in the workshop, on the beach and...
Last September, just as the last of the summer warmth was preparing to give way to autumn, James managed to sneak in one final surf in boardshorts at our local beach for the year. The boardshorts that he wore are produced by our good friends at Riz; a British brand dedicated to creating classically styled surf shorts with minimal impact upon our environment. To that end, they currently have a crowdfunding campaign entering it's final...
