This is the best known wave in the area, sometimes called C land. Due to the slow drip of media exposure, it's now a rare sight indeed to few people on it whenever it breaks. Photo: Scott Wicking.
The best known wave in Iceland, in February. For the book Cold Water Souls. Photo: Scott Wicking.
The reefs of the North East offer plenty of opportunity to escape the sheep like crowds. Photo: Scott Wicking.
The options for going right on the North East coast are limited, as it's generally the land of left handers. This fickle, slabby right remains another not very well kept secret. Photo: Scott Wicking.
Taken on a massive day at the North East's worst kept secret. He was held under for quite a while. Photo: Scott Wicking.
Photo: Scott Wicking.
Look at a map of the Scottish Isles and you'll see that there are hundreds to choose from. After several recce's of this Isle, we scored solid surf for three days all to ourselves. Photo: Scott Wicking.
Photo: Scott Wicking.
The Scottish Isles can be a surfers paradise if the elements conspire. On this mission we surfed 11 times in three days. being so far North, the evening session lasted until 11.15pm. Photo: Scott Wicking.
This is a fickle, man made, industrial fizz bomb of a wave. It's extremely fickle in nature, needing very specific conditions & breaking only a handful of times a year. Situated at he mouth of the River Tees, the water quality is a cocktail of petro chemical run off, human faecal matter & bracish fresh water. Despite this, when it's on, the locals are all over it. Photo: Scott Wicking.
The North doesn't receive any warmth from the Gulf Stream, so winter temperatures are a pretty chilly 4-7c. Photo: Scott Wicking.
