Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
Wooden surfboards are at the root of many countries traditional wave riding cultures, and this is certainly the case for Papua New Guinea. Here, "splinter" surfboards have been used for generations to ride the waves that break over the reefs and black sand beaches, the boards being carved from indigenous trees or pieces of old canoes. At the end of last month the multi-award winning documentary film Splinters toured the UK with several...
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...
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 and busy the last few weeks and the same applies, for the most part, to the weather and the waves. To make the most of the sunshine and consistent run of good swells that have been rolling our way we've been setting our alarm clocks early and going to bed with wet hair, trying to sandwich a full...
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...
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 surfing. Not only is there more daylight available but the water starts to warm up and adverse conditions aren’t such an issue. With the arrival of more favourable conditions come greater numbers of surfers enjoying the waves, and sharing the joys of surfing is a big thing for us here. We...
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...
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...
The saying goes that two’s company, three’s a crowd: We’ve had a wonderful crowd in the workshop with us this week, and luckily our...
Every once in a while we receive a request from a customer asking for something a little different. We love these little forays into the wider...
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, and it is paper and the printed word that we want to celebrate this week. Thursday March 6th was World Book Day, so what better time to share with you a few of the key titles that we have on the bookshelf at the workshop. Wood - Modern Practical Joinery is one of those wonderful...
Last Saturday we welcomed our first workshoppers into our new space. Emma, Barbara, and Chris spent the day with us producing their...
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,...
