Watch: Edinburgh's Lost Shore surf resort opens to the public

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Watch: Edinburgh's Lost Shore surf resort opens to the public. Hear what the first users had to say

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00:00My name is McKenna, I'm originally from California, but I'm studying abroad in Edinburgh.

00:07First time surfing the wave, it was really fun, you've got the manoeuvres setting, and

00:08yeah, I had a lot of fun.

00:09I look forward to trying the barrel later this week.

00:10And you're coming back?

00:11Yeah, Thursday and Friday.

00:12Hi, I'm Stefan.

00:13And where are you from, Stefan?

00:14I'm from Norway.

00:15Oh, wow, and how was it today?

00:16Oh, it was pretty epic, yeah.

00:17Nice sand.

00:18It was a lot of fun.

00:19It was a lot of fun.

00:20It was a lot of fun.

00:21It was a lot of fun.

00:22It was a lot of fun.

00:23It was a lot of fun.

00:24It was a lot of fun.

00:25It was a lot of fun.

00:26It was a lot of fun.

00:28It was pretty epic, yeah.

00:29Really nice facilities you've got here in the great wave.

00:33Something completely different than what I normally surf, so yeah, it was a great experience.

00:38Really, really cool, but yeah.

00:40You coming back?

00:41I'm coming back for sure, yeah.

00:43Mark Boyd, multiple Scottish Champion and all-round water man.

00:47Tell us, how was it?

00:49It was amazing, actually.

00:51I just surfed the manoeuvres setting this morning, it was the first commercial session

00:58there's ever been at the pool so it was quite a historical moment and the settings that

01:03they're using for the manoeuvres is really really fun, just really good for practising

01:08performance surfing and doing turns and manoeuvres and I really enjoyed it.

01:12And it seems like they cranked up the power about halfway through that session?

01:15That's right, they went from the M4 Fast to the T1, so there was a bit of a jump and

01:21a little bit of change in the wave shape but both the settings are really fun.

01:26My name is Robert, I'm from Norway, I surf in the Arctic usually.

01:31Wow.

01:31So this is tropical, sub-tropical for us.

01:34No but it's an amazing experience, I've been looking forward to it for half a year,

01:40more than that and so it's a very good quality wave.

01:45With a good wall, you just need to stay focused because it's continuously new waves.

01:54Hi, my name is Oscar, I grew up in Hong Kong so surfing in well not great waves and now

02:00I'm moving to Edinburgh to study here at the uni and I must say how lucky I am to

02:06be able to surf at the Wake Garden and the waves were firing today, on the opening day.

02:15Wow.

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