Tag Archives: wooden surfboards

A book that’s not about wood surfboards

It isn’t a surf book, but if you like wooden surfboards, you’ll like this book. It’s a book about trees and wood, why we make things with our hands, and why it is good for us.

A crafty gift: The surfboard workshop gift card

Give the gift of craft. Buy a gift card for your loved one or surfing buddy and they can join a workshop where they make their own beautiful wooden surfboard.

In this special offer, you’ll also get a free t-shirt with your order.

Wood surfboards made here

South Africa’s third wave seems to be about the longest wave I’ve ever ridden in my life. I wish it would just close out, or flatten out. I think I speak for all of us when I say that I’ll be stoked to see the back of Covid. The social isolation has lent itself, however, […]

Graduates join wood surfboard workshop club

Graduates of a wooden surfboard workshop run by Burnett Wood Surfboards.

Happy surfer folk continue to build their own wooden surfboards in the wood surfboard workshops at Burnett Wood Surfboards, despite the The Covid pandemic. I’ve hosted a number of workshops and some beautiful wooden surfboards have been made. In a sense, with Covid doing its best to keep us human beings apart, I have appreciated […]

Make it with your hands video

“If you make it with your hands, then you’ll come to understand,” sings Jeremy Loops in his hit song Mortal Man. Now if ever there was a line perfectly matched to making your own wooden surfboard, then this would be it, and so it was a great pleasure to host Jeremy Loops in the workshop. […]