Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
Yup, we have a boring white van and need help... We want to reach out to our network of talented creative folks to help us make it more exciting! The winning artist will have their artwork sign written onto our van and earn themselves £250. Submissions must be emailed to us at [email protected] by the 7th July, see more details below...
At the start of June we were joined in our workshop by Bob, Bob and Burt. Good friends for the last 20 years, they usually meet up for surf trips...
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...
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...
Last week we welcomed 3 new workshoppers through our big blue doors… Steve, Arthur and Sophia joined us for the week to make their own...
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 who was kind enough to take part in a talk all about his life in surfing, and the project we did together (which you can see here). The talk was enjoyed by a packed out barn full of people, and we loved being able to show everyone around the Otter workshop to talk all things wooden surfboards,...
As the weather here in Cornwall warms up and summer approaches, we are enjoying a fun run of surfboard workshops. Here's how the latest 3...
Mike came to the workshop a couple of years ago with his eldest son to make their own wooden surfboards, so thought it was only fair to bring his...
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...
The ultimate combination of sun, swell and favourable winds welcomed Lee, Mark and Ethan to Porthtowan for a week of making. Here’s how they got on…
During our wooden surfboard workshop experiences, we often get asked how we make the 'skins' for the top and bottom of our surfboards, well - here is...
Danny is a good friend of ours. We have known him since 2015, when he came to make his own handplane with us and, since then, we have stayed in...
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...
Last week the workshop was filled with sawdust, interesting stories and good coffee as we were joined by James, Nick and Alessandro, who came to make...
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 even more rewarding. Here’s Mark’s story…
Our first workshop of the year was a family affair; with father Pierre, daughter Camille and son Bastien all making their own wooden surfboards, with...
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...
