Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
This day last year, we were joined by Harriet Osborne and Greg Dennis who had been asked by Pentire Drinks to put together a short film about how and why we do what we do, linking our shared values around craftsmanship and sustainability. We have only recently acquired the finished clip, so here it is for your viewing pleasure!
September saw the arrival of some swell, and we got pretty lucky on most of our Monday mornings! Check out how we got on below... 5/9/22: Chris...
A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to join Mat on his first surf on a wooden surfboard he made during one of our workshops. It was a special...
A few surprises were in store for us in July, and we thought we would share the fun! Check out how we started our Monday mornings and the conditions...
A couple of weeks ago we had the magical experience of bellyboarding with a dolphin! Since then some friends at the British Divers Marine Life Rescue...
Back in April we were visited by Anna and Sebastian who were on a surf trip of the UK to promote their company, Sieve Recycled Plastics. They showed us a selection of fins they had made from recycled materials and we were stoked to find out more...
Summer is here! And so are summer waves, so for the most part we have enjoyed sliding around on our bellys the past few weeks, save for a pretty...
A couple of weeks ago, we opened our big blue doors to the surfing community for the first time in 3 years! We were joined by pro surfer Alan Stokes...
On the 20th of May come and join us for an entertaining evening with Alan Stokes, where he will be talking about his life in surfing with James, and...
We've had a whole range of conditions these past few Mondays, from chunky, hollow, offshore bombs, to tiny, shallow, perfect peelers, so lets take a...
March has been a pretty good month for surf at the bottom of the hill, we have had swell rolling in and offshore winds greeting us at the beach for much of the past few weeks! Here's a round up of how our Monday mornings went down this month... MMSC 7.3.22: Lumpy peaks and a cold offshore wind at high tide made for a fun little surf!
We love the process of making a surfboard and then surfing it, such a simple pleasure, but sharing the experience and watching it come full circle is...
The waves in Cornwall have been pumping, so it's been a special month for Monday Morning Surf Club, click here and read on to share the...
In previous journal entries we have looked into the history and function of both the single fin and twin fin setups, now its the turn of perhaps the...
Back in December we were lucky enough to be invited up to the London Surf Film Festival, where one of our films had been shortlisted in the...
Monday Morning Surf Club (MMSC) means getting in the sea, and appreciating and sharing whatever waves we are greeted by on a Monday morning at Porthtowan beach, in case you missed it here’s more on why we started MMSC. November has been pretty epic, not least because we have had a fair bit of swell and stormy weather hitting our Cornish shores; here’s a round up of how we got on with our ‘get in no matter what’ approach to wave...
This month the Body Board turns 50 years old so we decided to find out more about the huge influence on the surf world that is Tom Morey, and also...
Summer in Cornwall often means small waves and busy lineups, which can sometimes impact negatively on quality surf time. Our answer to this?...
Until 1967, there was no such thing as a longboard. Then the shortboard revolution happened and all of a sudden what had previously been called...
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