A laid-back mini surfing empire in Taghazout has ex-pro instructors, but can they teach Gavin McOwan – aged 48, with a dodgy back – to ride the waves?

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Surf cinematographer Tim Bonython loves shooting the world's biggest, most beautiful, and monstrous waves. "So it goes like this. HUGE SWELL is to hit Nazare but the winds are predicted to be gusty ...

"What are you so afraid of?" Akrou Ayoub, my surf instructor who goes by “Ay," asks as I battle my way through another set of small waves off the coast of Tamraght Beach in Taghazout, Morocco. I'm not ...

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The warmer months are coming, we promise! But that always poses the dilemma for British surfers – stay at home with some smaller surf. Or get a trip away for more consistent waves. Let’s face it, ...

Video by Zakaria Adli, Francisco Antunes and Yassine Ziouani. Edit by Tom Vaughan. “It was my first time there, and it’s super heavy, you don’t even realise.” Matt Bromley has just finished a day-long ...