NIC HIBDIGE
“I was invited on a trip to the Faroe Islands by Jamie Hancock as I was coming home from Fuerteventura last summer, as soon as I heard the possibility of going there for a week of exploring I was stoked. I remembered seeing a trip of Tyler Warren and a few other guys from Cali there on a good swell on Surfer mag and when I did a bit more research on the place I knew it was something I had to make happen. I was joined by James Sharp, a professional photographer and film maker along with Kenneth Danielsen, a world class ripper from the cold waters of Denmark. I didn’t really know this group of guys but from the start we all got along well and ended up having a great trip together. I left early Sunday morning via Portsmouth to pick up James and his camera gear then headed straight to Edinburgh airport. We chose to fly from there as it was easy enough to leave the van at the airport and we didn’t have to mess around with excess luggage on connecting flights. Atlantic airways hooked us up and fly direct which is nice and easy. They were very friendly at check in but questioned why we would even go to these islands, apparently there was nothing but sheep and mountains! When we arrived ‘Uncle Jamie’ was waiting in a hire van ready to take us to our hostel.