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The Storyboard by James Otter and Mat Arney Wooden Surfboard Project frame in the sunset

100% Design

We’re closing the doors to the workshop next week (w/c Monday 16th September), loading the van and driving up to the Big Smoke.  It seems that Autumn is fast become a bi-polar season for us at Otter Surfboards, divided between the empty beaches and groundswells of the South West and various events up in the capital.  Next week we’ll be at 100% Design with the two projects that have been shortlisted for The Wood Awards being...

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Picture by James Ram. James Ram/westcountryphotographers.com
Bellyboard Building Bonanza

Bellyboards are right up there with buckets and spades, windbreaks and the sound of an ice cream van as a pillar of the classic British Summer....

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James Otter clamping skin for ben skinner sas wooden surfboard gun
Shaper and Surfer Q&A at Boardmasters

This weekend the annual Boardmasters Festival returns to Newquay (7th-11th).  The Boardmasters has been running in one guise or another since...

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otter wooden longboard surfboard beach waves surf
10 Board Challenge

​This weekend just gone saw the 2nd edition of the Girls 10 Board challenge go down at Godrevy, hosted by the National Trust.  The idea of the...

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Open Studios 2013

It's that time of year again!  We've spent the day helping to put up the signage for all of the Open Studios events that will be happening...

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Otter Wooden bodysurfing crescent Handplane and Fins product shot in van by Mat Arney

Sea Sliding Next Saturday Anyone?

What're you doing next Saturday?  We'll be going for a swim in the waves - you should come along too.

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Tom Cockram Board diasppearing into workshop
Our Door’s Always Open (Studios)

​Time to get your diaries out folks.  Next weekend, from the evening of Friday November 30th through to late afternoon on Sunday December 2nd,...

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London Surf film Festival LSFF 2012 Otter Wooden Surfboards display
London Surf Film Festival 2012

We’ve been back in the workshop for a little over a week now, and whilst our trip up to London was fun and action packed, it’s nice to be back...

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James Otter Wooden surfboard maker at patagonia london with storyboard
Five Months in London

We headed up to the big smoke yesterday to set up our Storyboard exhibition at the Patagonia store in Covent Garden. It took a little longer than...

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Mat Arney walks back across the sand at Gwithian with his wooden Otter Surfboards Pier.

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