Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
In between everything else that we've been doing this winter, we've been having fun with our handplanes. Everything that we do here is subject to a design and make cycle where we design, prototype, test, evaluate and revise all of our products before sharing them with you so that we can be sure that we're offering the best products possible. This winter we've been testing out a few different handplane shapes and will be releasing one of...
We have an announcement to make. We've moved! Lock, stock and barrel, the entire contents of our workshop at Krowji has been packed up,...
We're at that time of year now when the excitement of Christmas and New Year has faded and Spring and the coming of Summer still feels a fair way...
New Years resolutions are funny old things. Many people labour over them in the days and weeks leading up to the moment when the clock and the...
Well it's the last Friday of 2013, which means that it's our last blog post of the calendar year. As the year draws to an end it's not uncommon to...
Perhaps you've left everything until the very last possible minute and are worried that you've missed your chance? Don't worry if you have and you're starting to panic about Christmas gifts, just let Otter Surfboards be your wooden surfboard version of Santa Claus, delivering until late on Christmas Eve; although we're no longer guaranteeing postal orders for Christmas, our "Build-Your-Own" workshop gift vouchers are a certificate that can be...
There’s just six days to go everyone! We’ve been holding off on the Christmas sales e-mails but please forgive us for jumping on the marketing...
The week before last we welcomed a film crew from BBC Countryfile into the workshop, who were in Cornwall producing a segment about wooden surf...
Come and join us in the workshop next weekend as we and our neighbours here at Krowji open up the doors to our workshops for the Christmas Open...
Last December we delivered a 9’4” Seasaw to Dr Dan Forman in Swansea, South Wales. Dan heads up the Coastal Otters Project at Swansea...
The clocks "fall" back next weekend which means that we're at that time of year when a delicate balance can be struck. As the days become shorter and the nights begin to draw in, the option of waking up to surf as the sun rises and the day begins becomes a little more socially acceptable than those times in mid-summer when it starts to get light whilst there's still a four on the clock. 7am is a do-able time, however, as the time that the...
The October issue of Cornwall Today has been out for a couple of weeks now, and those of you who may have picked up a copy based on the wonderful...
We’re closing the doors to the workshop next week (w/c Monday 16th September), loading the van and driving up to the Big Smoke. It...
A few changes have been afoot at Otter Surfboards this week…if you browse around our site you'll see that the first of the Autumnal updates have...
You may have noticed the phrase "going off to the laminators" appear on this blog in the past. When Otter Surfboards moved from the farm into our...
We are so honoured to announce that two of our surfboard projects, The Storyboard and our One Tree collaboration with The National Trust, have been shortlisted for this year's Wood Awards in the Production Made Furniture category.
This weekend the annual Boardmasters Festival returns to Newquay (7th-11th). The Boardmasters has been running in one guise or another since...
This is the second blog post that we are publishing in our short "Down The Line" series, which aims to share with you (our friends, customers and...
"A man who makes things with his hands is a laborer. A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman. But a man who works with his...
