Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The schools have broken up and the summer holidays are here, and with them some sunshine and lovely small waves. The sea's a bit busier, but so what? There are plenty of beaches, plenty of hours in the day, and plenty of different ways to enjoy your time in the ocean. In the time-honoured tradition of "being prepared" the back of the Otter Surfboards van has a couple of wooden surfboards as well as a bellyboard, a couple...
Everybody, meet Chris. Chris is the latest addition to our small team here at Otter Surfboards and we're using his arrival as a good excuse to...
The sun didn’t set for 72 hours: Last weekend James went away with five of his oldest friends (to celebrate one of the group’s impending...
"When the sun shines, make hay. Which is to say: take time when time comes, lest time steals away" The Otter Surfboards workshop has been good...
We've just re-stocked our online store with our classic white t-shirt, in the hope that it can tempt the sun to come out and stay out for the rest...
Do you fancy really immersing yourself in the Otter Surfboards experience? We're really happy to announce that we're now able to offer camping in a beautiful field overlooking the surf at Porthtowan, just a minute's (slow) walk from our workshop. So if you're coming down to spend a week with us building your own surfboard on a "Build-Your-Own" workshop week then you can pitch a tent on site and check the waves by simply rolling back the...
Trees and their products can be used for any number of things. We turn timber into wooden surfboards whilst others turn wood fibres into paper,...
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...
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 calendar tick over into another year, only to let their promises to themselves quietly slip away come March. Here at Otter Surfboards we have a small, core, set of values that we keep at the forefront of our minds whilst we work and which are our "resolutions" year on year. They don't change and...
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...
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 Studios event. If you've ever wondered how we make our surfboards and handplanes, are curious to check out the projects on our trestles at the moment, or are starting your Christmas shopping earlier than us then Open Studios is a great opportunity to come in and talk story with James as well as...
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...
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...
