Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
At our 2017 Annual Gathering of Makers we were joined and entertained by The Cheddar Experiment (the side project of Reef bass player Jack Bessant). Jack had Reef’s acclaimed American producer with him, George Drakoulias, as they were in between recording sessions for Reef’s last album Revelation. George joined Ched Ex on stage (the corner of the barn), and sat on a chair jamming along with the band on a really unusual looking...
Back in February we welcomed Adrien into the workshop. It feels like such a long time since we flung open our workshop doors and welcomed anyone...
Good Timber By Douglas Malloch (1922) The tree that never had to fight For sun and sky and air and light, But stood out in the open...
In the episode five of our Boardrack Briefing series, James shares the design details and inspiration behind the popular 7'2"Coaster. A...
If you’re missing the sea and surfing, then Lockdown Surf Film Festival might be just the tonic to help you stay connected to surf culture and...
“We tend to think of landscapes as affecting us most strongly when we are in them or on them, when they offer us the primary sensations of touch and sight. But there are also the landscapes we bear with us in absentia, those places that live on in memory long after they have withdrawn in actuality, and such places - retreated to most often when we are most remote from them - are among the most important landscapes we possess.” - Robert...
Right now, the restorative power of making and reconnecting with your own two hands, and of staying connected with each other, has never been more...
On Friday 6th March, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales signed one of our 7’10” Clipper wooden surfboards to signify and celebrate the...
One windy Monday morning in the beginning of March we were joined at the workshop by the lovely Matt Barr, of the Looking Sideways action sports...
Bodhi joined us in deepest, darkest December last year to make a custom 6’2 hybrid shape over five days hunkering down in the workshop as wind and...
In the fourth episode of our Boardrack Briefing series, James takes you through the design specifications and performance characteristics of our 6'4" Woodburner fish.
Alan Stokes is one of the UK’s best-known surfers, with a career spanning over 20 years and three British titles under his belt. Obviously, we were...
Luca is a close friend and, as we believe that friends are the family you choose, we consider him one of the family. We first met whilst in Sri...
As has now become tradition here at Otter, as we drop into a new year (nay, a new decade!) we like to take the opportunity to look back at the last...
Like most workshops, ours is fuelled by hot drinks and enthusiasm. Buying some new mugs for the workshop could have been a quick and easy task; we...
With Christmas almost upon us (gulp!), it seems a good time to tell you all about our last postage dates and some bundle ideas we've pulled together. For custom handplanes and bellyboards, we'll need your order by this coming Monday, the 9th of December, to ensure they are sanded and oiled in time to make it under your tree. For hardware, clothing and prints, we'll need your order by the 10th of December for international shipping and...
In the second episode of our Boardrack Briefing series, James talks about the performance longboard in our range of hollow wooden surfboards,...
Often, when we run our workshop weeks, we hear feedback from customers about how time flies past through the week and Friday seems to be here...
“Surprise me” is a great challenge to receive from a customer ordering a custom surfboard, and it’s also brave! But that’s exactly what...
