If you have not read ‘Part One – The Blank’, you can catch up now. Or if you are happy with a quick recap, here you go: We thought it would be cool to take you through the process of making a Fatum Surfboard, how every step is meticulously devised and kept updated for the […]
While we are all stuck indoors waiting for things to blow over we thought this might be the perfect time to have a chat with Fatum’s sponsored rider Yolanda Hopkins who has been slaying it recently. When we say sponsored, we mean that Yolanda likes riding our boards and the way Gero builds them and […]
Joy. Unbridled, good old-fashioned stoke and in huge amounts is now circulating the surfing community of Portugal. For seven weeks we have been denied our fix, like drug addicts we became sullen and emotionally twitchy, depressed, and unresponsive. When an entire community is subject to this mindstate things can become awfully bleak. Conversations between friends […]
Men who wear masks all day can just carry on wearing masks all day. It’s business as usual for the guys in the surfboard factory. While the Fatum shop is closed to visitors, we in the workshop can carry on mowing foam and making smiles. While most of the world closes it’s doors and waits, […]
It is a simple but rare thing. To be able to rent a good quality, real surfboard and have the choice to swap between models when you are on holiday is worth its weight in gold. In our factory shop in Peniche, we have examples of all of our models that you can rent for […]
For some time, our clients have been asking us if they can purchase Fatum Clothes and Stock Fatum Surfboards online. This has not been possible until now… We decided, this year to open our online store, The Fatum Warehouse. ( https://fatumwarehouse.com/ ) or just hit the ‘SHOP’ button on our homepage. We decided that we […]
At Fatum have been making surfboards for over 35 years and we like to think we have learned some things along the way. Gero is never content with keeping things the same but is instead always looking for ways to improve the quality of the end product. It’s a process of asking questions and always […]
What started as an email that dropped into our inbox on a misty Monday morning and ended up as a short film that manages to capture what Fatum stands for. Want to know more? First watch this… Thomas and the film crew contacted Gero and asked him how he would fancy being part of a […]
A big hello to you all that like, follow, buy and surf Fatum surfboards. We like to think of ourselves as an original surf company. We make surfboards and believe in customization to match the perfect board with you, the human surfer. We have been at this for over thirty years now and think we […]