Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
We have a date for your diary folks; on Friday, June 12th, the workshop will be open late and we are inviting anyone and everyone who is interested in what we do here at Otter Surfboards to come along after work from 6pm onwards and join us for a bbq, a few beers, and wooden surfboard chat.
The maxim "Measure Twice and Cut Once" is heard so often in the Otter Surfboards workshop that we thought we'd go ahead and paint it on the wall (at...
Kurt arrived at the workshop on Monday morning, having driven his pick-up truck half way across Europe from Switzerland to come and spend a week...
It’s lovely catching up with friends who have built surfboards with us in the past – that’s why we throw our “AGM” celebration every...
Earlier this year the guys over at Wavelength Magazine sat James down in their "Hot Seat" to ask him some questions about how Otter Surfboards came...
Every surfer around here is worn out at the moment, and in a really good way. April has been a bumper month for waves, with back-to-back swells, sunshine and more than our fair share of offshore winds - and there’s still another week left! It means that lots of surfers in the southwest have been surfing on “the either side”, getting their waves early in the morning or paddling out straight after work to surf until the sun sets into the...
This week we've had Alan and a whole lot of sunshine in the workshop with us. Whilst the beach at the bottom of the hill has been intermittently...
On one of the walls of our workshop, between the rack that holds wooden surfboards in various stages of completion (from half-done to old-faithfuls...
We feel very fortunate that our workshop is located where it is, not only because of its proximity to the beach and our homes, but because of the...
Last weekend saw the 2015 Approaching Lines International Festival of Surf (presented by Reef) go down just up the road from us in Newquay....
This time next week it will officially be summer; Cornwall is decorated yellow with daffodils lining the lanes and gorse flowers covering the hillsides, and we’re starting to get more and more days of blue skies and sunshine. The water is still cold, but it’s only a matter of time until it starts to warm up properly; we’ve already put our wetsuit gloves away and are keen to relegate hoods and booties to the same draw, before switching to...
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...
One of the really special things about sharing what we do through our workshop courses is the fact that we almost inevitably form new...
This winter we’ve been investing some time in materials research and development. With our backgrounds in design it’s important to all of us...
Every now and then we introduce a member of the Otter Surfboards team to you, so that should you happen to stop-by and visit the workshop one day...
The first workshop week of our 2015 programme ran this week, and it was wonderful to welcome a friend from just down the coast into the workshop. James works and surfs in St Ives, where he runs Keebunga surf store and develops innovative solutions to common issues faced by surfers, such as how to keep your electronic car key safe whilst you surf.
Last September, just as the last of the summer warmth was preparing to give way to autumn, James managed to sneak in one final surf in boardshorts at...
At this time of year, living around here as a surfer, you’ve got to believe. If you don’t, then you might as well not bother investing in a...
Thomas Edward Blake is one of the most important figures in surfing, and probably the most important single person in the history of wooden...
