About Norst

A shed in East Anglia,
then Colchester.

Norst began with Dan shaping boards by hand in his dad's shed in East Anglia. Every board is now made in Colchester.

Dan holding a Norst board in the workshop.
The workshop
Then

A shed in
East Anglia.

Dan started making boards by hand in his dad's shed.

The workshop doorway, with a bike inside and tools on the walls.
The workshop doorway
Now

One workshop
in Colchester.

Every board is hand-made in Colchester. The Surf board and the Freestyle board come from the same bench.

A stack of board blanks leaning in the workshop.
Blanks in the workshop
The bench

Shaped
and sanded.

Shaped and sanded in the Colchester workshop.

Dan sanding a board in a respirator.
Sanding
03 · The board

Plain
materials.

A 12 mm birch-plywood composite with a 3 mm cork top deck, vacuum-bonded with 300 g of epoxy resin. The roller and the ball are 100% cork.

12 mm
Birch-plywood composite
3 mm
Cork top deck
80 × 40 cm
Deck, both shapes
3.4 kg
The board on its own
The edge of a Norst board, showing the birch-plywood layers under the cork top deck.
Birch ply and cork, edge on

I started making these for the days I couldn't get in the water. Most days, it turned out.

Dan, founder

A demo day at a wake park, with a person stepping onto a board on a mat.Demo day
Norst Balance Board Sponsor Team GB Wakeboarding Wakeboarders
Jon balancing on a board at a skatepark.Skatepark
Someone carrying a board down a sandy path towards the sea.Sea Palling