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 announce that on the 5th of May 2023, we will be heading up to Bristol and collaborating with The Wave, running a handplane workshop and bodysurf session!
We get asked this question a lot, so we have filmed a clip dedicated to bringing you the answer!
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...
Another cold one! Unsurprisingly we weren't joined by the usual crew, but we made the best of a lumpy, onshore mid-tide session...
We recently finished a very special custom 6'1'' Swift, which is now up for sale. Here's James to tell you more...
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…
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...
Yep, we make our surfboards out of wood. It’s different to the industry standard of polyurethane foam, wrapped in fibreglass and polyester resin. The reason we make our surfboards out of wood has a few layers to it, so we've broken it down into 6 sections, here's part 1...
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...
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...
