Journal
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
The latest news and stories from our workshop, and beyond.
In the middle of March, James and our good friend Tony took a few weeks off the making of Tony’s wooden surfboard with us to head over the Irish Sea and explore the West Coast of Ireland. Following a hurried re-fit of the Otter Surfboards van to allow them to call it home for the next 14 nights, they loaded as many of our demo boards into the back of it as possible and set off to catch the ferry from Liverpool.
Over Christmas and the New Year James and Liz finally headed off on their slightly belated honeymoon, trading the wind and rain of the northern...
We’ve had a rather unusual surfboard stored in the workshop for the past year or so; it’s a twelve feet long replica of a Tom Blake style...
Abandon all hope of glory Let it fall from your hand, Float through grit And settle to the sand. Swim on comrades The Closeout is...
Commit your all to everything that you do. Commit to doing the best work that you can, so that you can stand by it. Commit to doing right by...
In the first week of November last year, just as the temperatures really dropped and winter announced its arrival, we took a few days off to head out on a microadventure with some friends. James and Mat were joined by Will Meyer and Rob Craig (Will being one of the siblings behind London based Brother Cycles), and the plan was to spend three or four days bikepacking along the coast road in the far south west, pausing along the way to bodysurf...
Our Annual Gathering of Makers is our chance to say thank you; an opportunity for us to invite everyone who has supported us these past few years by...
After August delivered us a mixed bag of weather and waves (to put a positive spin on it), the first Sunday of September at least dawned sunny and...
Tealing We’d like to introduce all of you to The Coaster, the latest addition to our range and a surfboard that we’ve been struggling to keep...
Every surfer around here is worn out at the moment, and in a really good way. April has been a bumper month for waves, with back-to-back swells,...
The 6’10” Jetty was one of the first shapes that we developed here at Otter Surfboards, and it's one of the most recognisable surfboards in our range. A classic "egg" style surfboard, the Jetty borrows some of the the best characteristics of longboard design such as a wider plan shape and higher volume, and transplants them onto a shorter board for easier manoeuvrability.
Last September, just as the last of the summer warmth was preparing to give way to autumn, James managed to sneak in one final surf in boardshorts at...
This deep into winter many of us rely on the woodburner in our front rooms to provide warmth through cold evenings. At Otter Surfboards we also rely...
One of the most important parts of the design cycle is evaluating the final product: does it meet the original design brief and how well does it...
It's the August Bank Holiday weekend and the surf forecast isn't looking all that promising. All roads leading south and west will be clogged as...
The eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed that some new (and particularly summery) images have been appearing on our website and social media feeds over the past few weeks. But what goes into getting these shots? Unfortunately it's not always as simple as just heading down to the beach to get some waves; we have to wait for a number of elements to come together, including a nice small swell with light winds, sunshine, surfers who are...
Take a walk along the Pier with us. The Pier is currently the longest surfboard in our range' it's our take on a traditional mal at 9'6" x 22 7/8"...
The one that a lot of you have been waiting for has finally arrived…introducing our 5’6” all cedar Seadar! Earlier this year we casually...
This past month it has finally felt as though Summer has arrived here in the south west of the UK - on some days at least! And when we get a high...
