Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
Welcome to our latest workshopper profile piece. This time it's featuring Matt who has made not one, but two wooden surfboards with us!
Sebastian who made a board back with us in 2021, recently got in touch to let us know how he is getting on with his 8'2 Pieces of Eight...
Hugo made a wooden surfboard with us back in 2019, and we have had the pleasure of working with him on a few other awesome projects over the years...
Martin joined us to make his own wooden surfboard back in May 2022, last week he sent us a ride report from a recent surf on his 9'1 Wicket...
James joined us to make his own wooden surfboard back at the end of 2021, we caught up with him recently to ask his thoughts and reflections of his...
A few weeks ago, Tim stopped by to pick up the 9'1 Wicket he made with us last year. He then drove straight to the beach for the first surf...
A few months after a surfboard workshop there is a magical moment, when workshoppers return to pick up their fresh new finished surfboards!
With Spring on our doorsteps and a packed few months full of workshops to look forward to, we thought we'd share one of our favourite videos that...
Last year Pierre, Camille and Bastien made their own wooden surfboards with us, we recently caught up with them to get their thoughts on the...
Welcome to a new series where we reach out to former workshoppers and people who have ridden our wooden surfboards, to get their thoughts on our...
This week's workshopper profile is all about Rachel, who joined us back in October 2020 to make her own wooden surfboard. Check out her story below!
It's been our busiest year ever here at Otter Surfboards, full of amazing moments which we are incredibly grateful for! In no particular order, here...
Welcome to a new feature in the Otter Surfboards Journal! Every few weeks we will be profiling one of our workshoppers who has spent a week with us,...
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...
More often than not, when the waves are good and we arrive at our local beach before sunrise to surf before work, we end up parked next to and...
As we near the end of another year, before we start looking ahead to what’s to come in 2019, we like to take a moment to pause and reflect on the past twelve months. It’s an opportunity both to celebrate our high points, and note the lessons to carry over to next year.
I’ve spent a fair chunk of my adult life now at sea on wooden vessels – be they surfboards or sail boats. Holding the line of a 5'5, 8kg...
“It has taken seven years to write and it’s only 27,000 words long but I have finally finished the thirteenth book that will have my name on...
Every year, as summer gives way to autumn, we invite all of our previous wooden surfboard workshop attendees back to Cornwall to celebrate their...
