Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
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 us a selection of fins they had made from recycled materials and we were stoked to find out more...
Summer is here! And so are summer waves, so for the most part we have enjoyed sliding around on our bellys the past few weeks, save for a pretty...
A couple of weeks ago, we opened our big blue doors to the surfing community for the first time in 3 years! We were joined by pro surfer Alan Stokes...
On the 20th of May come and join us for an entertaining evening with Alan Stokes, where he will be talking about his life in surfing with James, and...
We've had a whole range of conditions these past few Mondays, from chunky, hollow, offshore bombs, to tiny, shallow, perfect peelers, so lets take a...
March has been a pretty good month for surf at the bottom of the hill, we have had swell rolling in and offshore winds greeting us at the beach for much of the past few weeks! Here's a round up of how our Monday mornings went down this month... MMSC 7.3.22: Lumpy peaks and a cold offshore wind at high tide made for a fun little surf!
We love the process of making a surfboard and then surfing it, such a simple pleasure, but sharing the experience and watching it come full circle is...
The waves in Cornwall have been pumping, so it's been a special month for Monday Morning Surf Club, click here and read on to share the...
In previous journal entries we have looked into the history and function of both the single fin and twin fin setups, now its the turn of perhaps the...
Back in December we were lucky enough to be invited up to the London Surf Film Festival, where one of our films had been shortlisted in the...
Monday Morning Surf Club (MMSC) means getting in the sea, and appreciating and sharing whatever waves we are greeted by on a Monday morning at Porthtowan beach, in case you missed it here’s more on why we started MMSC. November has been pretty epic, not least because we have had a fair bit of swell and stormy weather hitting our Cornish shores; here’s a round up of how we got on with our ‘get in no matter what’ approach to wave...
This month the Body Board turns 50 years old so we decided to find out more about the huge influence on the surf world that is Tom Morey, and also...
Summer in Cornwall often means small waves and busy lineups, which can sometimes impact negatively on quality surf time. Our answer to this?...
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...
At a low enough latitude, which for surfers here in the UK means the north of Scotland and the Outer Hebrides, on the summer equinox when the sun...
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 Seader in fast, beautifully round, waves in the Maldives for the first time required a shift in my approach. I had to slow down, to feel more, and become more sensitive. It didn't happen on my first attempt, or even my second, but with some patience and practice I realised that James’ board demanded my...
It was our Chris' birthday last week but despite him having the day off, he came in to the workshop anyway. Why? Because the surf in the little bay...
Take a scroll through social media, and if you didn't know any better then you could perhaps be forgiven for coming to the conclusion that women's...
Snow rarely settles on this stretch of coast; in fact it very seldom falls. When it does, and there's surf, it's definitely a novelty that gives a...
