Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
A few weeks ago we shared the exciting news that our surf flowers are now available framed! Each frame is custom made by a friend of ours, Oli, who makes under the name: theframerkernow. We are really impressed with the level of workmanship, and are so pleased to further celebrate our art collaboration with Ben Cook. During a recent visit to Oli's workshop we asked him a few questions so we could share his story, and get an insight into...
A couple of weeks ago we had the magical experience of bellyboarding with a dolphin! Since then some friends at the British Divers Marine Life Rescue...
This year, on the summer solstice, James thought it would be nice to enjoy the ocean at sunrise and sunset and try to capture the state of the sea...
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...
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 us a selection of fins they had made from recycled materials and we were stoked to find out more...
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...
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 youngest son along last summer to do the same. You can read and see more of their week with us here But….what made this surfboard even more special was the unique idea that Mike had for the wood layup on it.
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...
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 much of the past few weeks! Here's a round up of how our Monday mornings went down this month... MMSC 7.3.22: Lumpy peaks and a cold offshore wind at high tide made for a fun little surf!
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...
Back in December we were lucky enough to be invited up to the London Surf Film Festival, where one of our films had been shortlisted in the...
