Mark Riley
Mark, who founded Riley Balsa Surfboards, has been building balsa wood surfboards since 1996. He has been importing balsa from Ecuador and Papua New Guinea for over 20 years and sends boards all over the world. He can be seen in the surf, in restaurants, offices and showrooms. Mark comments:
"I am very meticulous with the finish and am a perfectionist when building wood boards. I care about the environment and want to change the physic of mass-produced toxic board buying communities to a handmade custom long-lasting wood board community by teaching how to build a sustainable balsawood surfboard one board at a time."
Upcoming classes
- Woodwork: DIY Balsa Wood Surfboard Course (Mon 03 Feb 2025 – Mon 10 Feb 2025)
- Woodwork: DIY Balsa Wood Surfboard Course (Mon 03 Mar 2025 – Mon 10 Mar 2025)
- Woodwork: DIY Balsa Wood Surfboard Course (Mon 05 May 2025 – Mon 12 May 2025)
- Woodwork: DIY Balsa Wood Surfboard Course (Mon 07 Apr 2025 – Mon 14 Apr 2025)
- Woodwork: DIY Balsa Wood Surfboard Course (Mon 02 Jun 2025 – Mon 09 Jun 2025)
- Woodwork: DIY Balsa Wood Surfboard Course (Mon 04 Aug 2025 – Mon 11 Aug 2025)
- Woodwork: DIY Balsa Wood Surfboard Course (Mon 07 Jul 2025 – Mon 14 Jul 2025)
- Woodwork: DIY Balsa Wood Surfboard Course (Mon 06 Oct 2025 – Mon 13 Oct 2025)
- Woodwork: DIY Balsa Wood Surfboard Course (Mon 01 Sep 2025 – Mon 08 Sep 2025)
- Woodwork: DIY Balsa Wood Surfboard Course (Mon 03 Nov 2025 – Mon 10 Nov 2025)
- Woodwork: DIY Balsa Wood Surfboard Course (Mon 01 Dec 2025 – Mon 08 Dec 2025)