Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
A cold northerly wind and some wobbly chest high peelers greeted us at the beach this morning...
Over the years we have been lucky to have been a part of many birthday celebrations and special occasions, so we know how important it is to get the...
A couple of weeks ago we welcomed David and Simon to the workshop. See how they got on making their own wooden surfboards…
Onshore and mushy just off high tide, still a few waves to be had in amongst the paddling and duck dives!
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!
Time flies doesn't it?! In an ever changing, fast paced, crazy world, the reasons why we do what we do, remain the same...
Beautiful, glassy, 3-foot peelers greeted us at the beach on the incoming tide this morning..!
Let us introduce you, a little more formally, to The Island Hopper. At 7'4" it's the Otter Surfboard's "one board quiver" model, perfect for...
And we're off, welcome to our first wooden surfboard workshop of the year, featuring Simon and David...
A beautiful morning, complete with offshore chest high peelers, and a lush sunrise...
It's always great to welcome back workshoppers when they come to pick up their freshly finished surfboards, recently Alessandro popped in to take home his 7'2'' Coaster...
Yep, we make our surfboards out of wood. It’s different to the industry standard of polyurethane foam, wrapped in fibreglass and polyester...
Very mushy at the beach this morning, mid-tide, northerly wind, lumpy weird waves... but we made the best of it as we always do!
In our new video series, James talks us through his book, Do Make: The Power Of Your Own Two Hands, chapter by chapter...
Here is a question we often get asked by people interested in making wooden surfboards and other wooden wave-craft with us...
Another great morning of waves, this time a little bigger with an offshore wind at high tide Porthtowan, check out the video and James's thoughts on a fun surf...
We managed to get some great shots of James in his element one evening a few months back, shaping a commissioned 6'2'' Swift...
For anyone new to our Boardrack Briefing series; it’s a chance to take a closer look at our range of wooden surfboards, with a detailed and...
We went hunting for waves this morning as it was blown out at the bottom of the hill. We found some fun waves and a beautiful sunrise, check out the...
