Journal

It wasn’t until Nick and Matt, our two February workshop attendees, had spent a bit of time together on Monday getting to know each other that they...

​When we first started running make-your-own wooden surfboard courses, we honestly never considered that somebody might come back to make a second....

In mid-October, the workshop was full of the noise and energy of the Koska kids; Flora, Ellie and Jolly. In the summer of 2015 their dad Marc joined...

​The first of our new range of exploration stand-up paddleboards to be developed was the largest; the 12’6” Endeavour. A former workshopper,...

​At the end of last year, James’ dad Andrew turned sixty. We’d been developing, slowly but surely, our range of flat-water exploration stand-up...

​Everybody loves getting a postcard through the mail, particularly in the age of e-mails when most of what lands on our doormats is bills and...

​“It has taken seven years to write and it’s only 27,000 words long but I have finally finished the thirteenth book that will have my name on...

Summing up all of the steps and processes involved in one of our week-long wooden surfboard workshop courses can be a challenge - how does one go...

​June, July and August have been busy months so far here in the workshop, with “business as usual” colliding with the culmination of various...

Last week, Joe and Mat joined us for our June wooden surfboard workshop week. They’re identical twin brothers, and back in January they had a big...

Sometimes, and completely coincidentally, we have an “International Week” here at the workshop when all of the participants on a wooden surfboard...

We’ve written before at the close of a workshop week about how, over the course of these five-days, the learning flows both ways. It’s rare that...

Attending a course to make a wooden surfboard is, for many of our customers, the culmination of many months or even years of day-dreaming and either...

The community of surfers who have passed through our workshop over the years is a beautifully broad spectrum representing the 21st Century surfer....

Spending a week making a wooden surfboard here at Otter is, for most people, going to be a step away from their day-to-day. The differences between...

Our August Bank Holiday workshop had a little bit of everything in it, and as such was a fantastic representation of what makes our “Make Your...