Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
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 “creative side hustle” of one of our wooden surfboard course alumni, Jon Herbert, The Silver Surfer Journal is a self-published book that documents a decade (2008-2018) of unique surfing journal entries by local septuagenarian surfer Andrew Forrest. “As the old saying goes, don’t judge a...
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...
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 joined by Ben and Marlow, both of whom have recently (or are in the midst of) made some changes to their lives. Their time with us seemed to land at just the right moment for them both, and as ever the conversations that took place during the construction and shaping of their surfboards were both...
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...
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 stage to speak about sexism in surfing. Sophie is is a lead voice in highlighting the misrepresentation and discrimination of women in our sport, and we wanted to learn more and help to share her message a little further. She told the audience of her personal experiences in the surf industry as...
Jersey has an incredibly rich surfing heritage; these days the Channel Islands are often overlooked in the UK surf scene but when surfing first...
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...
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 and of how important bees and butterflies are to our ecosystem, and how essential insects are to soil health. These little guys need all the help that we can offer them, and one small thing that many of us can do is to provide a safe place for them to thrive in our gardens.
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...
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,...
