Press Reviews...
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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