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Travel Photo Of The Week – Surfing North Devon

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Surfing…UK Style!

When I meet people all over the world they tend to assume I’m Australian or Kiwi – I hardly look like a Brit with my sun bleached curly hair, using the word “heaps” heaps and referring to people as “dude”…to be honest I quite like it!

Once I explain to people that I’m English (or more often than not Devonian!) and that I work as a surf instructor they then ask me a series of questions;

 

Them; How long have you been surfing

Me; Just over 10 years

Them; But you said you were from England right?

Me; Yup.

Them; So where did you learn to surf?

Me; North Devon

Them; There’s surf in England!?

 

Yup – believe it or not the UK has some pretty damn epic surf and whilst I’ve been home I’ve been lucky enough to score some good pre winter swells at my semi home break of Putsborough in North Devon. Waves shared with good friends and even a splash of sunshine.

This shot was taken last week – an early morning surf which saw me loading my roof rack at 7am in time for a beautiful sunrise, offshore winds and peeling waves. Fair enough it’s not quite the warmth and size of surfing in Bali – but it’s damn good fun and I left with a huge smile on my face.

Lets face it if I hadn’t have told you where this shot was taken would you really have even considered the UK as an option for its location?!

For me that’s one of the things I missed the most whilst on the road – surfing with familiar faces and trading waves with people who share my love for the ocean, no matter the temperature!

 

Any else tried surfing in the UK?

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