Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
As I walk along the litter-laden coastline of my local beach break clutching a beaten-up old surfboard held together largely with duct tape and good luck, I'm resigned to the notion that it's probably time for a new board. However, I've been navigating the moral maze of being a surfer and environmentalist for several years now, and it turns out being both at the same time is not that easy. The problem is that, although surfing itself...
Take a scroll through social media, and if you didn't know any better then you could perhaps be forgiven for coming to the conclusion that women's...
The Fine Art of Trim “Ponce DeLeon sailed the ocean in search of The Fountain of Youth, when all he had to do was jump over the side of his...
This last week we’ve been caretaking a book that is both very rare, and incredibly relevant to what we do here. Tom Blake – The Uncommon Journey...
It's always a great honour to be featured in a publication celebrating craftsmanship, and we couldn't have been more thrilled last week when a...
George Greenough is the barefoot genius and inventor whom many people argue was the catalyst for the shortboard revolution of the mid-1960s. Born in Montecito (near Santa Barbara, California) in 1941 to a wealthy and well-connected family, young George was known to be somewhat of an outsider with a great affinity for the ocean. After a brief flirtation with stand-up surfing, by the late 1950s he was primarily surfing kneeboards and air mats...
Ben Cook has been a friend of ours for a good few years now, and we often meet up to ride waves with him when we head to surf spots on the coastline...
Our Annual Gathering of Makers is our chance to say thank you; an opportunity for us to invite everyone who has supported us these past few years by...
Last weekend we joined the wonderful team from Surfers Against Sewage at Somersault Festival in North Devon for a weekend of mud, music and...
A few weeks ago Chris arrived at the workshop to spend a week helping us machine timber in preparation for a "Make-Your-Own" wooden surfboard course,...
Last Friday, it was grey and raining in Cornwall. In the true spirit of all the best British summer festivals and events, whilst the rest of the country enjoyed glorious sunshine and temperatures in the twenties, the weather reverted to winter down here just as we prepared to welcome visitors to our first “Boards, Bangers and Beers” open evening at the workshop. Friday afternoon was a busy one as we made final preparations for a fully...
We're not quite sure how we're going to top this one; having kept it a secret for the past few months, we're now incredibly proud to announce that...
Thomas Edward Blake is one of the most important figures in surfing, and probably the most important single person in the history of wooden...
What have you resolved to do in 2015? If you struggled for ideas and had no answer when your colleagues asked you what your new year's resolution...
Last weekend we headed up to the inaugural Bristol Surf Film Festival, held on Saturday night at The Cube Cinema, to watch the British premiere of...
Last Friday afternoon James got up from his chair, climbed the short set of steps up onto the stage at the Brighton Dome, and delivered a talk to a thousand people at TEDxBrighton 2014. The title of this year’s TEDxBrighton was Many Hands, and the conference explored ideas around connectivity, convergence and community with James discussing how the "Build-Your-Own" workshop courses that we run here strive to reconnect people with the making...
Who'd have thought that you could pack an exhibition into a medium-sized hold-all bag? As we planned our exhibit for the 2014 London Surf / Film...
Last Sunday dawned bright and sunny, a pleasant contrast to the weather for the World Bellyboard Championships in years past. The champs is one...
Wooden surfboards are at the root of many countries traditional wave riding cultures, and this is certainly the case for Papua New Guinea. Here,...
