Interview: 2018 Scottish Surfing Champion Mark Boyd

Any golfers planning to squeeze in 18 holes at Wick Golf Club on Easter Saturday would have been surprised to find the car park teeming with wetsuit-clad surfers. Traditionally the annual Scottish Surfing Championships are held at the better-known spots along the north coast of Caithness – usually either Thurso East or Brimms Ness – but when this year’s contest began, on 31 March, the best conditions in the area were to be found on the east coast, at Sinclair’s Bay, so that’s where the majority of the event took place.