Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
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 you'll know just who's who here in case we neglect to introduce ourselves in our rush to provide you with a mug of tea. On this occasion the subject of our profile is James, the founder and name behind Otter Surfboards. James was recently interviewed for Surf Simply Magazine and we thought that, if...
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....
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...
This deep into winter many of us rely on the woodburner in our front rooms to provide warmth through cold evenings. At Otter Surfboards we also rely on woodburners of a different sort right through the summer months too. The Woodburner is the larger fish in our range measuring up at 6'4" x 22¼" x 2¾" and is designed with speed in mind, carrying a little extra volume to tackle summer slop or to counteract the extra weight of winter neoprene....
What have you resolved to do in 2015? If you struggled for ideas and had no answer when your colleagues asked you what your new year's resolution...
Tonight the clock will tick over past twelve o-clock and we'll all be entering a brand new year. It's a time to be looking forward and making plans...
Well, we’re down to the last few days of 2014. Today, Sunday, is the winter solstice and so from now on we can look forward to all of the...
Today, Friday 12th December, is the last day that you can order a bodysurfing handplane and guarantee delivery in time for Christmas. We'll...
We set off from the workshop in the half light of dawn, and managed a glimpse of the waves at Porthtowan as we headed up the hill on our way north. The surf looked good - a fresh, shoulder high winter swell with light offshore winds - and we were excited for a day of bodysurfing and finless sliding at the rescheduled Slyder Cup. Half an hour later we stopped the van above the beach at Lusty Glaze and watched a set wave roll into the bay...
It’s getting cold out. There’s no getting away from it when you find your wetsuit boots covered in a thick layer of white frost on the...
Sometimes a great swell coincides with a busy week of work, and there's nothing much that you can do about it. It's a great problem to be faced...
Last weekend we headed up to the inaugural Bristol Surf Film Festival, held on Saturday night at The Cube Cinema, to watch the British premiere of...
Last Friday afternoon James got up from his chair, climbed the short set of steps up onto the stage at the Brighton Dome, and delivered a talk to a...
Our friends over the hill at Surfers Against Sewage have had another great year in 2014, mobilising thousands of beach users in their spring and autumn beach cleans and earlier this month delivering their Marine Litter Report to the Houses of Parliament. SAS work tirelessly to protect and improve the marine environment (in particular the "coastal bathing waters" that we surfers use so heavily) through their campaigns to reduce the single use...
Not many twelve year olds can say that they built a wooden surfboard in their half term holidays. Alex can, though.
Who'd have thought that you could pack an exhibition into a medium-sized hold-all bag? As we planned our exhibit for the 2014 London Surf / Film...
Tom’s choice of t-shirt on the middle day of his “build-your-own” workshop week was wonderfully ironic. He hadn’t thought twice when...
