Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
Summer has absolutely flown by for us here at Otter Surfboards, with three surfboard workshops in August keeping us busy, the old adage about time and flying has certainly been ringing true! Joining us for our mid August surfboard workshop were Matt and Oli; Matt from Bath where he runs an architecture firm with his wife, and Oli from Plymouth where he is studying to be a mental health nurse.
Why Fish? When summer starts to show its face each year, surf shops and magazines begin their annual round of promoting various “Fish”...
Summer in Cornwall is in full swing! August has been a busy month for us here at the Otter Surfboards workshop, it got off to a great start when Tim...
Yep, we make our surfboards out of wood. It’s different to the industry standard of polyurethane foam, wrapped in fibreglass and polyester...
Last week was special for a number of reasons, not least that we had a father and son making a surfboard together in the workshop and there were...
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 make our own wooden version of the shape he pioneered.
It’s not often Cornwall is blessed with both waves and sun during a workshop, but last week was definitely one for the books! Here’s our attempts...
Summer in Cornwall often means small waves and busy lineups, which can sometimes impact negatively on quality surf time. Our answer to this?...
Last week we were joined here in the Otter workshop by Chris and Phil who came to make their own sustainable wooden surfboards, Chris made a 6’4...
If you follow Otter Surfboards on social media, you may have come across our weekly posts documenting our encounters at Porthtowan Beach on a Monday...
During the sunny and calm days of last week we welcomed Sam to the Otter workshop to make his own wooden surfboard. The lack of waves at the bottom of the hill and the sun streaming through the open doors gave us the perfect setting to guide Sam through the making and shaping of his surfboard, also providing a few opportunities to grab lunch at the beach and bask in the sun during tea breaks outside our blue doors. With this being our first...
For those of you that have bought one of our handplane kits, this How To guide will take you through each step of the making of your bodysurfing...
In the last week of October, we were joined in the workshop by Harry and Chris. Both had travelled from the other side of the UK, to join us, but...
Do Make has now been out in the world for a couple of months, since publication day on the 3rd of September. I’ve never considered myself a...
During the first week of October, Rachel and Jerome came to join us to make their own surfboards. Rachel made herself a 9’1 Wicket, that was set to...
This Sunday, the 29th of November at 11am, I'll be in conversation with Mark Shayler as part of the Digital Craft Festival, live on Zoom and Facebook. Join us here. At the beginning of every summer for the past three years, we've loaded up the van and headed up to Bovey Tracey, in Devon, to demonstrate at the Contemporary Craft Festival. For obvious reasons, things have been a little different this year, so Sarah and...
The bank holiday at the end of August is often the day that kicks off our most popular workshop of the year. It’s normally the week that fills up...
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...
A week or so after re-opening the workshop post-lockdown, a delivery driver dropped off a large, heavy parcel. We had no idea what it was,...
