Thurso and the Pentland Firth as a Site of Sport

Matthew McDowell

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-64090-7_12

Thurso and the Pentland Firth as a Site of Sport

Matthew McDowell

Moray House School of Education and Sport

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Abstract

The shore at Thurso East has been the site of several world-class surfing competitions, and its waves are perceived by many to be the best in the United Kingdom. Increasingly, its place in surf culture has been acknowledged by documentaries shown on Channel 4 and CBBC. This chapter primarily examines media treatments of the sport in Caithness from the past forty years, both within the "mainstream" media and within surfing periodicals. Consistently, these publications stress surf culture's alleged incongruity with the Scottish weather and landscape (often as a selling point), inclusive of more subaltern discourses on the environment, given the presence of the nearby Dounreay nuclear facility.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The New Coastal History
Subtitle of host publication	Cultural and Environmental Perspectives from Scotland and Beyond
Editors	David Worthington
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	197-214
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319640907
ISBN (Print)	9783319640891
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64090-7_12
Publication status	Published - 24 Oct 2017

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