Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
Here in Cornwall we are dreaming of long days and warm waves, so we thought we would revisit these beautiful shots from our friends Matt and Sophie's surf trip to the Maldives back in 2015...
This week Nick has joined us in the workshop to make his own wooden surfboard, follow us to see how he gets on!
After making a wooden surfboard with us back in October, Jeff asked us to make him a handplane and a bellyboard to match the lay-up design of his...
A northerly wind and lumpy swell isn't usually a good sign at Porthtowan, so we jumped in with the bellyboards and made the most of it!
The 6'4 Woodburner is a favourite with the team here and is a popular surfboard for many of our workshoppers who choose to come and make their own,...
We were greeted by a windy, washy mess when we arrived at mid-tide Porthtowan this morning...
Last Saturday we welcomed three new people to our monthly workshop to make their own bodysurfing handplanes...
Welcome to part one of a new series, which will show in detail each step of how we make hollow wooden surfboards...
Lot's of water moving around this week just off high tide, so we headed round the corner for a little shelter...
At the end of last summer Laurie came by to pick up his freshly finished surfboard, that he had made during one of our 'make your own' wooden...
With storm Isha bearing down on us, it was a pretty easy call to stay on land, check the conditions with us!
If you have ever wondered what goes into preparing our surfboards for international delivery, this video is for you! Featuring a 9'1 Wicket and a...
Here's James to tell you all about our 9'8 Drift wooden paddleboard...
We are stoked to be featured in the eighth edition of We Are Makers magazine!
Happy New Year, here's the first MMSC of 2024 and it was a beauty...
We have been so lucky to meet some amazing folks this year, who have joined us to make wooden surfboards, it really wouldn't have been the same without them...
It's been another fun year at Otter Surfboards, here are some of our favourite moments...
We have all been in this position: you arrive at the beach, excited to surf, but the surf gods have other ideas and the waves are not what the...
Welcome to the final part of our Why Wood? series, here's James to tell you more...
