A Scots teen surfer has become the youngest British woman to ride some of the world’s biggest waves – after her brother triumphed in a top surf competition.
Robyn Larg, from the Isle of Tiree, Argyll, surfed a wave estimated to be around 15m high at the World Surf League Nazaré Tow Challenge in Portugal.
The 18-year-old set a new record after Laura Crane, 29, from north Devon, became the first British woman to tackle the waves last year.
Her success came after we told how brother Ben scooped third place in the 2025 Tudor Nazare Big Wave Challenge, surfing 40ft Atlantic rollers.
Robyn said: “What he has done has gone beyond what we could have thought could have been achieved.
“Coming from a tiny island in Scotland to go and surf the biggest wave in the world with the most accomplished big wave surfers is mind blowing and he has shown me that it’s possible.
“It’s difficult to describe the feeling of letting go of the rope and looking up at the wave.
“I kept getting waves and loved every minute of it.”
The siblings were taught to surf in Tiree by their dad, Marti, but headed to Nazaré earlier this month, for Ben’s first time competing.
We told yesterday how the 20-year-old scored a double first in world surfing at the event he wasn’t even supposed to be competing in.
Ben, who was snapped up by Red Bull’s international team in the country when he was still a teen, set a record as the youngest contestant to make the podium after being brought in at the 11th hour.
When surf legend Andrew Cotton was left on his own in the event for two-man teams following the last-minute withdrawal of pal Garret McNamara, he turned to Ben.
The duo came third – the first time an all-British pair has finished on the podium at the big wave event.
Now Ben and Andrew are planning to return next season.
Robyn said her brother had been a major influence on her surfing career and she practised with him for a few days before building up the confidence to be towed out into the giant swell.
The siblings are believed to be the only brother and sister tow team in the world.
Only a select few are invited to compete at the area of coast, which is recognised as having some of the biggest waves in the world.
Ben said he hoped to help Robyn set more records at the competition in the future.
Speaking of his win, he said: “For me this is massive. This is the biggest event of its kind in the world, and to place third is amazing.”