Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The 7’10” single fin pintail had been back from the laminators for a few weeks, taking up residence on the workshop wall whilst we waited for a suitable swell to test her in. It being mid-winter, we didn’t have to wait very long. The Clipper is a very specific surfboard; reminiscent of 1970s Sunset guns, it was designed with size and power in mind.
Tealing We’d like to introduce all of you to The Coaster, the latest addition to our range and a surfboard that we’ve been struggling to keep...
The 6’10” Jetty was one of the first shapes that we developed here at Otter Surfboards, and it's one of the most recognisable surfboards in our...
This deep into winter many of us rely on the woodburner in our front rooms to provide warmth through cold evenings. At Otter Surfboards we also rely...
Take a walk along the Pier with us. The Pier is currently the longest surfboard in our range' it's our take on a traditional mal at 9'6" x 22 7/8"...
The one that a lot of you have been waiting for has finally arrived…introducing our 5’6” all cedar Seadar! Earlier this year we casually posed a question on our facebook page asking our followers if they could choose any one of our surfboard models, which would it be? Slightly to our surprise, the Seadar was the standout choice from many of you with the rest of our models garnering fairly equal attention for the tightly...
It’s been a good summer this year. Memories of past years of howling nor’westerly winds and incessant mizzle were banished and we spent the...
This past month it has finally felt as though Summer has arrived here in the south west of the UK - on some days at least! And when we get a high...
Let us introduce you, a little more formally, to The Island Hopper. At 7'4" it's the Otter Surfboard's "one board quiver" model, perfect for...
Pilot cutters are the vessels that worked the coastline between the Isles of Scilly and Bristol during the latter part of the 19th Century. Their...
British like cricket: that was the over-arching theme when we set out to design and build a more performance orientated mal to sit at the "longer" end of our range. What we came up with was a 9'1" x 22 1/2" x 3" board with a pulled-in tail template and a more noticeable rocker curve. Designed for day-to-day longboarders who are seeking the carry and glide of a wooden board but who still want the broad spectrum of performance...
