The Mentawai Islands are undoubtedly a contender for a surfer’s paradise. Filling a boat with group whose taste in waves, preferred board length, and desire to get barrelled ran the full range does present even the most experienced surf guide with a challenge however, when trying to ensure that everybody finds their slice of paradise.

Every winter through the nineties, a small crew of surfers from St Agnes and Porthtowan decamped to a remote archipelago off the coast of...

A fortnight in the Maldives scoring world-class waves under blazing sunshine in crystal clear waters, and all with hardly anyone around.