Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
Our local beach of Porthtowan has an interesting new addition for the next week; Wool Beach Lodge is a pop-up exhibition presented by The Campaign for Wool showcasing wool as a performance related fibre and its extreme versatility. Hosted at The Boardroom (part of the Blue Bar at the top of the beach) and running until Saturday July 13th, as well as providing an exhibition space to show the best innovative and traditional uses for wool they...
In our new web mini-series, Boardrack Briefings, James will be talking about each of the hollow wooden surfboards in our range with a different...
At a low enough latitude, which for surfers here in the UK means the north of Scotland and the Outer Hebrides, on the summer equinox when the sun...
June is in bloom, and whilst the countryside around us bursts in to life and colour we are reminded once again of the plight of our pollinators...
Running from May 25th through to June 8th 2019, Surf School at The Exchange Gallery in Penzance, Cornwall, is an exhibition of the craft...
Another year and another Boards, Barbecue and Beers! We were lucky enough to host a fifth sold out event at our workshop last Friday, witnessing two awe inspiring and captivating talks and enjoy a lovely evening in great company with beers and food in plentiful supply.
Last week we welcomed Tomáš to the workshop to make his own wooden surfboard. Tomáš travelled to join us from Brno in the Czech Republic,...
At the start of April, we packed our tools and a big stack of bodysurfing handplane blanks into the back of a van and set off on our 2019...
We now offer beautiful carry bags for our traditional wooden bellyboards; as with everything that we do and sell here at the workshop, these have...
We’re excited to announce that the 2019 edition of our annual summer open evening, Boards, BBQ and Beers, will be taking place on the evening of...
Booking on to one of our workshop weeks is like booking a holiday. In fact, it is booking a holiday, but one that is pre-populated with daily activities and that you’ll return home from with a brand new wooden surfboard, new friends, new skills and perhaps greater self confidence. The first question that we often get asked after booking is about where to stay and possible ways to get here; we have a document that we send out detailing all of...
It wasn’t until Nick and Matt, our two February workshop attendees, had spent a bit of time together on Monday getting to know each other that they...
When we first started running make-your-own wooden surfboard courses, we honestly never considered that somebody might come back to make a second....
Surfboards, in all their various forms, are relatively fragile; getting them from one place to another, be it to your final destination on a surf...
In mid-October, the workshop was full of the noise and energy of the Koska kids; Flora, Ellie and Jolly. In the summer of 2015 their dad Marc joined...
As we near the end of another year, before we start looking ahead to what’s to come in 2019, we like to take a moment to pause and reflect on the past twelve months. It’s an opportunity both to celebrate our high points, and note the lessons to carry over to next year.
The first of our new range of exploration stand-up paddleboards to be developed was the largest; the 12’6” Endeavour. A former workshopper,...
Sharp chisels, plane blades and saws in a woodworking workshop are a given; but a sharp pencil is probably the most important tool of all. There’s...
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...
