Champion wakeboarder Adam Errington has undertaken an epic seven-day challenge via a wealth of fabulous Scottish lochs and castles. Adam, 26, who was born in Scotland, began his challenge on Sunday and, so far, he has ridden his wakeboard on:
- Loch Lomond
- Past Eilean Donan castle on Loch Long
- Past Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness
- His next wakeboarding outings will be Loch Broom, near Ullapool, tomorrow before returning to Loch Lomond in time for the Loch Stock Wakeboarding Festival on July 4 and 5.
The challenge represents a “homecoming” for Inverness-born Adam, who spent his childhood in Ullapool before emigrating with his family to Orlando in Florida.
One of the world’s fastest growing board sports, wakeboarding is similar to snowboarding or skateboarding on water and has become the cool alternative to water-skiing.
Professional wakeboarder Adam, who has appeared in wakeboarding movies and is a cast member of MTV’s WakeBrothers, said: “When I was nine, my family moved to Orlando which just happens to be the wakeboard capital of the world so it wasn’t long before I was competing and loving it. I excelled pretty fast and turned pro by the age of 18.
“We came up with the idea of this ‘coming home’ trip where, with me bringing a few riders and photographers back to my homeland and doing a week-long tour from Glasgow up to Ullapool. I wanted to stop at stunning lochs and iconic locations along the way, documenting it all and wakeboarding in some really cool places where there isn’t much wakeboarding going on at present.”
Adam is being accompanied by Raymond Colquhoun and his team from Loch Lomond Wakeboard.
See Adam in action: