The View from the Shoulder
a portrait of scottish surfing
$30.45
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2025
Summary
Riding the Scottish Waves: A Surfing Story
The story of surfing in Scotland is one of daring dreams in the face of the cold. From Neva MacDonald-Haig and the coffin-lid surfers of Machrihanish in the 1930s, who braved the waves with repurposed undertaker supplies, to Andy Bennetts and the pioneers of the 1960s who unveiled the nation’s best breaks. Meet contemporary big wave surfer Ben Larg, hailing from the Isle of Tiree, now conquering skyscraper-sized walls of water worldwide.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913759247 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1913759245 |
| Author: | Roger Cox |
| Publisher: | Birlinn General |
| Imprint: | Arena Sport |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
‘A semi-omniscient encyclopedia of the heroic, most northerly clan of surfers in the UK which proves once and for all that you don’t need palm trees’
– Andy Martin, author of Stealing the Wave and Surf, Sweat and Tears‘a superb book for anyone wanting to understand what amounts to a way of life for many, and I suspect it will be equally compelling for all those who already subscribe to that way of life’
– Ken Lussey * Undiscovered Scotland *About The Author
Roger Cox
Roger Cox has been writing about surfing in The Scotsman since 2005 and has contributed a weekly outdoors column to the paper since 2009, majoring on surfing, skiing and snowboarding but also taking in everything from climbing and kayaking to spear-fishing and long-distance paragliding. He has been the paper’s arts editor since 2013 and in 2020 he won Innovation of the Year at the British Journalism Awards for establishing the Scotsman Sessions - a series of video performances recorded by artists all around Scotland, introduced by Scotsman arts critics.
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