How a disused Edinburgh quarry became a surfers’ paradise: ‘Scots have the appetite to push boundaries’

Andy Hadden, founder of Lost Shore Surf Resort. Photograph: Mat Hay/The Guardian

“It creates perfect waves,” says Andy Hadden, as another breaker ripples across the lagoon at Lost Shore, Europe’s largest inland surf resort.

Created in a disused quarry at Ratho, a village just outside Edinburgh, Lost Shore Surf Resort is already being celebrated as a standout surfing destination, and an important addition to adventure tourism in Scotland.