Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
Why Fish? When summer starts to show its face each year, surf shops and magazines begin their annual round of promoting various “Fish” surfboards, usually hanging the label on anything with a bit more volume and a swallowtail. Touted as being the perfect shortboard option for the small, weak waves usually associated with summer months, the Fish is actually a versatile shape with a fascinating history (and three distinct...
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...
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 to capture the good vibes from an awesome 5 days:
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...
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 handplane at home. If you don't have one of our kits, you'll likely still get plenty of use from the words below. Enjoy the making!!! If you have any further questions, feel free to drop us an email.
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...
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 before the year has even begun, but alas, this year has been a little different, right?! This August, Hugh joined us on his own, to make a 7’2 Coaster made entirely from poplar, bar a thin strip of dark teak down the centre and whilst this layup is relatively rare for us, it does happen to...
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,...
We haven’t run a surfboard workshop for a few months, so when we knew Ben was going to join us for our first surfboard workshop since February,...
