Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
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 over the past few weeks. But what goes into getting these shots? Unfortunately it's not always as simple as just heading down to the beach to get some waves; we have to wait for a number of elements to come together, including a nice small swell with light winds, sunshine, surfers who are...
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...
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 update the "about" page of our website and shine a spotlight on the characters who make Otter Surfboards what it is. Every now and then over the coming months we'll be profiling one of the team here so that, should you be passing by and stop in to say hello and share a cup of tea, you have an idea of...
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...
Wooden surfboards are at the root of many countries traditional wave riding cultures, and this is certainly the case for Papua New Guinea. Here,...
Last week, thanks to a high pressure that sat right over the top of us bathing Cornwall in sunshine, we were able to slide the big, blue, doors wide...
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...
On our May workshop we had the pleasure of spending a week building wooden surfboards with Kim and Shelby. A truly international couple, they are Canadian but thanks to global work commitments live in Amsterdam and were just in the process of organising moving to Japan - so their new surfboards will be well travelled by the time they eventually take them home to the west coast of British Columbia. At the end of their week with us we sat...
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...
Back in March we were joined by Lloyd on one of our "Build-Your-Own" workshop weeks. Lloyd is a joiner by trade and so had a bit of a head start...
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...
A good set of chisels is fairly essential in any woodworker's tool cabinet, and because of the variety of tasks that they can be turned to it's often the case that traditional joiners and cabinet makers end up with an impressive collection of different sizes and profiles. We use Japanese nomi chisels in the workshop here and are often asked why we use so many Japanese tools rather than their traditional British counterparts.
This week all three sets of trestles in the workshop have grown a surfboard, as Patrick, Pete and Claudio joined us to build their own. All in...
As the sun starts to rise earlier and earlier each morning and the evenings slowly draw out, we’re presented with more opportunities to go...
Packing up the van and taking our workshop on the road is one of our great pleasures. Last Saturday the road wasn't a very long one though, as we...
