it s a culmination of about five or six years work, to try and put all this together, so it s amazing. it s the combination of the waves, with the environment, with the culture, and with the economy. it all meets here in north devon to make it such a special place. only one place in the world is awarded this reserve status every year. but now this stretch of coast, which includes croyde, saunton and lynmouth joins the like of santa cruz my dad taught me to surf when i was three. rosie is from a local farming family. but she swapped muddy fields for riding waves, and she s now a surf ininstructor. all of the uk s best surfers, people on the gb squad, they are all from devon, like woollacombe and croyde, so i m not surprised it s on par with, like, these amazing breaks. feeling proud? yes, really proud. yeah, love it. oh, just to get that
my dad taught me to surf when i was three. rosie is from a local farming family. but she swapped muddy fields for riding waves, and she s now a surf ininstructor. all of the uk s best surfers, people on the gb squad, they are all from devon, like woollacombe and croyde, so i m not surprised it s on par with, like, these amazing breaks. feeling proud? yes, really proud. yeah, love it. oh, just to get that feeling, to get the energy, just, just amazing. lovely place, very friendly people here. just absolutely amazing. just gets you in the soul. it makes you feel like you re coming home when you come here. - with the season just getting started, international recognition could bring even more visitors, and could help protect this coastline for the future. one, two, three. jon kay, bbc news, north devon. time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. shame the sun didn t come out there.