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From left to right, George Law, Surfing Scotland author Andy Bennetts and Stuart Crichton, Aberdeen Beach, 1968 PIC: Copyright Andy Bennetts

Surfing Scotland: New book to chart the history of Scottish wave riding

Today's best surfing magazines show the way forward for print media

Dave Rastovich in The Family of Things PIC: Courtesy of Patagonia / The Roaring Journals

In the Family of Things: Dave Rastovich co-stars with critters in new surf film

Phoebe Strachan reched the last eight in the women's longboard category at Eurosurf 23 PIC: Malcolm Anderson

Reluctant longboarder Phoebe Strachan gives Scots a lift at Eurosurf​​​​​

The Scottish surf team's Mark Boyd, looking more than comfortable in powerful waves on Scotland's North Shore PIC: Malcolm Anderson / Scottish Surfing Federation

Scotland’s best surfers to compete at one of Portugal’s literary hotspots

A train leaves the Tibetan capital Lhasa on its way to Beijing PIC: Peter Parks / AFP via Getty Images)

Slow Travel vs Fast Travel: the difference isn’t as obvious as you'd think

Dreamy early season conditions at Glencoe PIC: Stevie McKenna / Ski Scotland

What the 2022-23 Scottish ski season taught us about snowmaking

Tarawa, capital of the Republic of Kiribati and one of the many islands featured in Sea Change by Christine Gerhardt PIC: Torsten Blackwood / AFP via Getty Images

Book reviews: Sea Change | The Language of Trees

Craig McLachlan PIC: Lewis Arnold

Scottish surf champ Craig McLachlan is ready to take on Europe

Writer James Crawford.

Book review: Wild History – Journeys into Lost Scotland, by James Crawford

Among other things, Linda Cracknell fixes her powers of description on the tiny, "tangly forests" of moss and lichen growing on the slopes of Sgòr Gaoith in the Cairngorms PIC: Damien Meyer / AFP via Getty Images

Book review: Writing Landscape, by Linda Cracknell

Mark Boyd will be the man to beat at this year's Scottish National Surfing Championships PIC: Malsurf

Celebrating 50 years of the Scottish National Surfing Championships

The view from the top at the Verbier Xtreme - the final stop on the Freeride World Tour PIC: Dom Daher

​​Freeride contest season draws to a close in Switzerland and Scotland

In addition to surfing, spearfishing and freediving are important parts of the Staunch universe PIC: Janeanne Gilchrist / Staunch Industries

Staunch Industries: the Scottish surf brand that’s getting back to its roots

Wide open spaces, Åre PIC: Henrik Trygg / imagebank.sweden.se

Åre: How a century-old Swedish ski resort points the way to a sustainable future

Gerry Lopez PIC: Jeff Divine

Coming to terms with the darker side of Gerry Lopez, surfing’s Zen master

Ski guide Kevin Langloies, Wasatch backcountry PIC: Roger Cox / The Scotsman

Ski lifts as an election-deciding issue? Only in America

The Spring run at Glencoe PIC: Stevie McKenna / Ski Scotland

Skiing in Scotland: Glencoe reports strong numbers for January

Lowther Hills Ski Club volunteer Tim Mullens, enjoying some fresh tracks PIC: Ross Dolder / Lowther Hills Ski Club

Could this be the end of the road for Scotland’s smallest remaining ski area?

A still from Good Medicine, by Baptiste Sjostrom

Ski films at Fort William Mountain Festival take in Birnam, the Balkans & more

Spring skiing at Tauplitz, with Grimming in the background

Off-piste laughs and thermal baths at Tauplitz in Austria

A breath of fresh air: some of 2022's best books about the outdoors

Outdoors books 2022: Essential reading for lovers of wide-open spaces

Ben Larg surfing Nazaré PIC: @yurikodavidphotography

Scottish big wave surfer Ben Larg launches globetrotting film series

Patrick Thorne

Book review: Around the World in 50 Slopes, by Patrick Thorne

Vince Attfield, one of the original Shetland surfers PIC: Dave Donaldson

Surfing in Shetland: How it all began with a late-night walk home from the pub