Press Reviews...

Wavelength

January 2012

Editor Greg Martin has some tricky questions for Sally Parkin to answer... but it is an honour for a bellyboard company to be included in one of the UK's top surf magazines.

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Huck

October/November 2011

Alex Wade reviews the 2011 World Bellyboard Championships and credits Sally Parkin as being at the vanguard of the renaissance of bellyboarding - commenting that over the past few years he has seen The Original Surfboard Company "grow from emblem of British eccentricity to flourishing business"....

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Good Cornwall Guide

October 2011

Katherine Sorrell reviews a truly vintage weekend at Bedruthan Steps hotel and her first retro surf ride on an Original Surfboard at Mawgan Porth

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Huffington Post

12 September 2011

Rachel Wilson-Couch reviews the World Bellyboard champs and credits the original surfboard company as being the driving force in the wooden board revival.

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Wavelength

September 2011

Rachel Wilson-Couch Recounts her delight at her first experience of surf riding on a wooden bellyboard - claiming her new board fitted under her arm as neatly a good handbag...

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Good Cornwall Guide

August 2011

Rachel Wilson-Couch reviews the retro surf exhibition at Revolver surf Emporium during Boardmaster's week in Newquay

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Top Sante

August 2011

The Original Championship board makes it into Top Sante magazine's MUST HAVES essential beach kit list for summer 2011

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Cornwall today

April 2011

Features a two page article by Fi Read about bellyboarding and the World Bellyboard Championships at Chapel Porth and offers two Original Surfboard retro bodyboards as prizes in a reader competition.

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Devon Life

April 2011

Publish Sally Parkin's letter and photo about the Original British Surf sport of Surf Riding making a comeback along the North Devon coastline.

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Volksworld Camper & Bus

April 2011

The launch of the Championship board is featured on the Camperscene page

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Exeter Living

March 2011

The Original Surfboard Company makes front page news in the Exeter Business section as the Exeter firm that's making a splash.

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This is Cornwall

24 March 2011

The launch of our new retro bodyboards makes front page news on the This is Cornwall website.

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Coast

March 2011

"if you're heading to the beach" Abigail Edwards recommends you pack an Original wooden Surfboard with lobster design.

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Easy Living

February 2011

Feature our bespoke belly board service in their "In the Know Objects of desire" feature about beautiful bespoke buys.

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Volksworld Camper & Bus

Summer 2010

The Original Surfboard Company VW boards make headline news on the Camperscene page

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National Trust magazine

News and Events for summer 2010 Devon/Cornwall

The National Trust gives publicity to the World Bellyboarding Championships 2010 on Sunday 5 September and recommends that novice bellyboarders check out The Original Surfboard Company's top tips page.

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Coast

July 2010

Sally Parkin is Coast Character in the July issue of COAST magazine - written by Alex Wade and photograph by Greg Martin . Sally explains what inspired her to set up The Original Surfboard Company

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Country Homes and Interiors

July 2010

Features a VW Camper van heritage board and a pink signature Original Surfboard as one of their favourite seaside accessories on the title page of their Seaside Style July shopping guide

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Surfgirl magazine

June 2010

Heralds the revival of the wooden bellyboard with a piece about our retro style wooden surfboards

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Easy Living

December 2009

Feature the yacht varnished lobster board and crab board in their Christmas gift guide of "jolly things for...all those who love to be sporty"

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Western Morning News

Friday 4 December 2009

Gillian Molesworth recommends an Original Surfboard Heritage bodyboard in her Christmas gift guide

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Drift Magazine Online - Tuna Time (Take 2)

Tuesday 12 November 2009

Tom Wegener writes about his visit to Ireland and the Original Surfboard Company's first ever sponsorship of a surf tour and Sally Parkin's first ever tube ride on an original board....

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Drift Magazine Online - The World Wood Bellyboard Contest

Tuesday 16 September 2009

Tom Wegener gives The Original Surfboard Company a mention in his article about his first visit to the World Bellyboarding Championships

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The Times

Saturday 12 September 2009

Alex Wade credits the renaissance of bellyboarding in the UK as being largely due to The Original Surfboard Company in his weekly " The Coaster "column in The Times on Saturday.

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Volksworld Camper & Bus

The Summer edition - 2009

Write about the the heritage of these classic wooden bodyboards and the link with VW campervans and surfing. Also features a compeition to win a yacht varnished heritage surfboard

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SHE magazine

August 2009

SHE magazine's help pages recommend The Original Surfboard Company surfboards for some family surfing.

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Volksworld Camper & Bus

August 2009

The news page reports on the wave of nostalgia for Original Surfboards.

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Coast

July 2009

Alex Wade votes Original Surfers in at number four in his review of the ten Best water Sports in Coast magazine's "50 great British beach activities" feature while Claire Norton selects a pink signature board for their WOMEN"S ACTIVE KIT page.

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Cornishworld

June/July 2009

The news section highlights the St Piran's flag board and offers a board as a
competition prize (two pdfs).

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Western Morning News

Friday 29 May 2009

The front Cover banner heading invites readers to 'Get on board for a retro ride' as Gillian Molesworth features The Original Surfboard Company inside the paper.

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The Caravan Club Magazine

May 2009

Clive White reviews the Original Surfboard collection in their shop front.

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Western Morning News

Saturday 13 December

Lyn Barton features The Original Surfboard Company in the newspaper's Think
Local campaign.

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Western Morning News

Monday 6 October 2008

Peter Harrison reports on The Original Surfboard Company's "Surf Support" campaign for Cancer Research UK's breast cancer campaign.

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Western Morning News

Friday 12 September 2008

Matt Dale reviews the World Bellyboard Championships in his weekly surfing column and reports that the 2008 Male World Bellyboard championship contest was won on an Original Surfboard Company Cornish flag board.

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London Lite newspaper

Tuesday 2 September 2008

The newspaper declares "retro-style bellyboarding is cool again". Alf Alderson article on bellyboarding and its recent growth in popularity as a preview to the 2008 World Bellyboard Championships.

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Here & Now magazine

What's on and where to go in Cornwall - issue 25 - September 2008

Article on the launch of the Surf Support campaign and the breast cancer research surfboards includes competition to win an original surfboard.

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Times Online

17 August 2008

Alex Wade suggests that for pure stoke Surfers check out the Original Surfboard Company's handcrafted wooden bellyboards

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