It’s the dilemma of every parent - how to encourage your children to explore their world and become happy, confident people, while keeping them safe when they appear hellbent on putting themselves in ...

Its reputation as a surfers' paradise has earned it the nickname Hawaii of the North. Yesterday, the Scottish island of Tiree lived up to the hype as the 2008 world cup of the waves got well under way ...

Image caption, Ben Larg, from Tiree, was first taken out on a surf board when he was a toddler When Ben Larg was 16 he became one of the youngest people to surf some of the world's biggest waves that ...

Martyn Robertson's film paints an absorbing portrait of Scottish surfer Ben Larg, writes Roger Cox, but it’s also a perceptive study of the trials of parenting Sign up to our Scotsman Rural News - A ...

Tiree is hosting British Kite Sport's Wavemasters event, attracting two dozen of the world's top competitors. The sport involves using an inflatable kite to power a board through the surf, with points ...

When thinking of places some of the best surfers in the world are born, thoughts naturally turn to the likes of the USA and Australia. It must come as somewhat of a surprise, then, to learn that not ...

Ben Larg is running late. We’re at Lost Shore, Scotland’s first wave pool. Set in an old quarry in Ratho on the outskirts of Edinburgh, it’s already a boon for Scottish surfing, evidenced by the ...

When Ben Larg was 16 he became one of the youngest people to surf some of the world's biggest waves that rise each winter off Nazaré on Portugal's west coast. Now 18, he is preparing to return there ...