Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
We are stoked to be featured in the eighth edition of We Are Makers magazine!
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 Bessant). Jack had Reef’s acclaimed American producer with him, George Drakoulias, as they were in between recording sessions for Reef’s last album Revelation. George joined Ched Ex on stage (the corner of the barn), and sat on a chair jamming along with the band on a really unusual looking...
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...
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 the summer of 2016 best-selling author (The Idles Traveller, Crap Towns, Three Men in a Float) and CEO of Unbound publishers, Dan Kieran, joined us for a week and made himself a beautiful 7’2” Coaster. At the time, Dan had no intention of using his experience making a wooden surfboard 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...
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 everywhere in-between, he doesn't wear shoes. This isn't particularly unusual amongst the surf community, however James is rare in that, being his own boss, he's able to carry his barefooted lifestyle across into all of the other areas of his day-to-day life. There are occasions when he does have to...
