The final slideshow from Scotland is from the north shore of Scotland – the home of the legendary surf break Thurso. Brendan Pyatt comments: ‘In the summer of 2006 Phil and Dave Horrocks, Andy King and myself drove up looking for some waves. It was a gruelling drive, 16 hours and poor Dave had to sit on a deck chair in the back of the van, with all the kit and no window. It was a funny trip, we arrived in the middle of the night, had no idea of where to go and ended up putting the tent up by the side of the road in a gale. We scored some really good conditions and personally I found it interesting to check out the beaches affected by the UK’s nuclear disaster back in the 1960’s. There are a couple of beaches that they don’t advise you to surf at or even walk on – that didn’t seem to deter a lone German surfer!’
‘The breaks are all pretty much reefs and there are loads to choose from, just have a drive around. One thing to bear in the mind is that the waves are really dependant on the tides, check a spot on a falling tide and it can be flat but return when the tide is pushing and it will be overhead. A lot of these photos were taken in the rain and I really enjoy that about them. The mags are always pushing for super saturated pictures but I love the greyness of some of these shots.’
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