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Brisbane classes · brisbane wooden surfboards · gift vouchers · hollow wooden surfboard · Oct 28, 2025

The Story behind the Story - why Wooden Surfboards

Long before fibreglass and foam ruled the waves, the first surfers across Hawaii and the Polynesian Islands carved their joy from solid slabs of timber. Those early boards were heavy, raw, and pure — but they carried the heartbeat...

Oct 25, 2025

Behind the scenes at our awesome Wooden Surfboard Making Workshop

Because everyone loves a behind the scenes look at what goes into our Wooden Surfboard Making Workshop...

Oct 22, 2025

Wrapping up our Final Surfboard Class for the year

What an incredible way to close out our final surfboard class for the year ! The October crew absolutely nailed it - seven stunning boards, each one crafted for different surf conditions and styles of surf fitness/capability/and personal choice tbh....

Oct 15, 2025

This is how we do it - Creating stoke for the last surfboard making class of 2025

We had an actual blast with our awesome crew for the last class for the year. 7 beautiful very diverse boards were made in these 4 days.

Oct 08, 2025

Tom Blake - the wooden surfboard pioneer who inspires us

Every time we shape a board, and particularly on October Wooden Surfboard Making Workshop Eve we think about the legends who came before — and one name always stands out: Tom Blake. In the 1930s, Blake changed surfing forever. He...