Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
Our Annual Gathering of Makers is our chance to say thank you; an opportunity for us to invite everyone who has supported us these past few years by spending some of their time and hard earned money with us making their own wooden surfboard back for a weekend of surfing, sharing stories and good food and drink. Every "make your own" wooden surfboard workshop week that we run has up to three people attending so not only does it allow those...
After August delivered us a mixed bag of weather and waves (to put a positive spin on it), the first Sunday of September at least dawned sunny and...
Last weekend we joined the wonderful team from Surfers Against Sewage at Somersault Festival in North Devon for a weekend of mud, music and...
Last Friday, it was grey and raining in Cornwall. In the true spirit of all the best British summer festivals and events, whilst the rest of the...
Last weekend a very special event happened in Wales, and we were lucky enough to be involved. Every year on a remote farm in Ceredigion, West...
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.
Last weekend saw the 2015 Approaching Lines International Festival of Surf (presented by Reef) go down just up the road from us in Newquay....
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....
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...
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...
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...
Last Sunday dawned bright and sunny, a pleasant contrast to the weather for the World Bellyboard Championships in years past. The champs is one...
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...
The festival of finless-fun is back! Our friends over at Approaching Lines are putting on another grip-less gathering on the longest day of the year, next Sunday June 22nd, and it's going to be just down the hill from us on our local beach at Porthtowan. The Slyder Cup has categories for finless surfboards, paipos and bellyboards, bodysurfing and surfmats, with the winner of each division facing each other in a finless final (to win a...
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...
Last weekend we temporarily relocated our workshop. For one day, on Saturday, we did what we normally do and covered the floor with sawdust whilst...
Well we’re back on our favourite side of the Tamar now, home in Cornwall after another great weekend up in the big smoke. Apologies if you were...
