Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
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 thousand people at TEDxBrighton 2014. The title of this year’s TEDxBrighton was Many Hands, and the conference explored ideas around connectivity, convergence and community with James discussing how the "Build-Your-Own" workshop courses that we run here strive to reconnect people with the making...
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...
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...
Last weekend we held our 2014 "AGM", which is less of an annual general meeting and more of an opportunity for us to invite friends old and new to come and join us for an evening of good food and sharing stories. Each year, as we host more and more "Build-Your-Own" workshop weeks, the invite list grows longer and we are able to welcome more and more people to join us in the barn at Dunkirk Farm, the place where it all began for us. This...
One of the most important parts of the design cycle is evaluating the final product: does it meet the original design brief and how well does it...
Two weeks ago, James was sat in his back garden eating breakfast when Ralph called. "Would it be possible to come and build a surfboard with you...
Last Sunday dawned bright and sunny, a pleasant contrast to the weather for the World Bellyboard Championships in years past. The champs is one...
September signals the start of autumn for us here in the Northern Hemisphere. Whilst we cling on to the sunny remains of summer for as along as...
One of the nicest things about running our workshop experience weeks and sharing the joys of building wooden surfboards, is the people that we get to meet and spend a week with. They are all, without fail, incredibly interesting and engaging individuals and it is a real pleasure for us to spend a week getting to know them whilst we work and to learn from them about the work that they do. This past week we've been joined by Kelvin and Ben;...
It's the August Bank Holiday weekend and the surf forecast isn't looking all that promising. All roads leading south and west will be clogged as...
The eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed that some new (and particularly summery) images have been appearing on our website and social media feeds...
The 2014 World Bellyboarding Championships are fast approaching us, and we're busy practising and preparing for one of our favourite "surf contests"...
Luca arrived in Cornwall a few days early for his "Build-Your-Own" workshop week with us, and it turned out to be a stroke of very good timing on...
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...
Wooden surfboards, due to the way in which they are designed, built and shaped, differ from their foam cousins in that the shape of the surfboard is...
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...
This past weekend saw The Ten Board Challenge return to Godrevy for it's third year, and we were delighted to be involved with such a great event...
