Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
Here's the latest in our series of videos focusing on James's book, Do Make, dive in for chapter 4!
Last weekend we travelled to Bath's Finisterre store to guide some folks through the making of their very own wooden bodysurfing handplanes and...
This week we caught up with Ornella when she came to collect her 6'10 Jetty!
A couple of weeks ago we were joined by Mitch and Jeff who had both joined us to come and make their own wooden surfboards, check out how they got on...
Dropping the kids off at school, running down to the beach and finding some small, gentle waves to play in is the perfect start to the week! Liz joined James this morning down at Porthtowan for a few slides on her bellyboard and shared the waves with a couple of friends. Lots of giggling, silliness and laughter had us all in high spirirts until poor Liz stood on a weaver fish in the low-tide shallow water (amazingly caught on camrea!)....
Every now and then we are reminded of projects that we have been involved in, it's great to look back and appreciate them, and we are thankful to...
Kevin stopped by last week to pick up the wooden surfboard he made with us last year...
With the last few days of the school holidays upon us, James was keen to share a Monday morning surf club session with his son, William. The waves...
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...
As much as we hate to admit it, summer is on it's way out... but as surfers, we have a lot to look forward to in the coming months!
This week we welcomed Mitch and Jeff who have joined us to make their own wooden surfboards...
James has been out of the water due to an injured ankle, so he was stoked to go for a paddle yesterday with his mum!
We are stoked to announce another collaboration with our friends at Finisterre! At the end of September we will be taking our workshop on wheels,...
Welcome to the latest in our boardrack briefing series, featuring our 6'4'' Cutter!
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...
Welcome to part 4 of our 'Why Wood' series of articles, explaining our reasons for using this wonderful material to make our wave-craft...
In this clip, James talks us through the Otter Bellyboard range - why we make them, how we make them and how we use them...
This morning Emily dropped by to pick up her fresh new wooden surfboard...
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