Surf statue has been installed at Killacourt in Newquay

The process started more than six years ago and the statue was created at the Morris Singer Foundry in Hampshire.

Start said: “They’ve done a fantastic job in creating this statue and when you look at it in a certain angle he looks like he’s on the actual sea.

“We’ve already had such a fantastic response with photographs, Instagram and social media behind it.”

The foundation worked with Newquay Town Council to make its dream of a surf stature become a reality.

“Everyone said it should be on Fistral (beach), the reality is there is no Newquay Town Council owned land anywhere near Fistral that we could put this statue on,” Start said.