Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
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 delighted at the prospect of working with him to design a surfboard, and then getting to see him put it through its paces, when we were approached about a collaborative film project with him last year. Forest to Ocean was a film project generously supported by coffee company Minor Figures, who...
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...
In the second episode of our Boardrack Briefing series, James talks about the performance longboard in our range of hollow wooden surfboards, the 9'1" Wicket.
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...
The Silver Surfer Journal is a project close to our hearts and our home, that we hope some of you may decide to support if you are able to. The...
As autumn beds in here in the UK, the attention of many surfers, both here and across Europe, turns to southwest France. Whilst Californians have...
For the second of our August “Make Your Own Wooden Surfboard” workshops, we were joined by Matt and Henry. Matt runs a company that designs multi-sensory experiences for theme parks (rides and experiences such as simulators) and works between the UK and Florida, where he does most of his surfing, whilst Henry is a neurosurgeon who grew up on a farm in Devon’s Otter Valley. With roles like those, it was no surprise that they both wore...
Last Saturday we welcomed back a large cast of our “workshopper” family for our 2019 Annual Gathering of Makers when we gather together for a...
Purchase a Woden Surf Flower Print Here. Our Annual Gathering of Makers event has come, over the years, to feature an exhibition of artworks...
Our first August wooden surfboard workshop was a special one, not least because we had three 7’2” Coasters on the trestles here. We were...
At the start of the summer, just as the days were starting to draw out but the evenings were still cold as the sun set, James was invited to speak...
More often than not, when the waves are good and we arrive at our local beach before sunrise to surf before work, we end up parked next to and surfing with our friends Rob, Larry and Dan. All three of them work for Finisterre, but Rob also runs Roma in his spare time, a design-led surfboard brand that began as a mobile shop selling surfboards out of the back of his van. Rob knows surfboards and the intricacies of surfboard design, and works...
In the second episode of our Boardrack Briefing series, James talks about the smallest fish model in our range of hollow wooden...
Cornwall put on a great show in July with beautiful weather and some small swells to break the early summer flat spell. We were joined in the...
For this year's Boards, BBQ and Beers evening, we invited former British champion surfer, writer, and environmentalist Sophie Hellyer to take to the...
