Tourism is riding on the crest of a wave.

Adding, "There is such a wealth of talent and enthusiasm pouring into the area that the project is riding on the crest of a wave.

Kenya, where Senator Obama's father came from, is not immune from this either, but here, another Obama is riding on the crest of a wave.

Vladek was now Lord Serranus, Master of the Northern Marches and he was riding on the crest of a wave of triumph.

No, you have to say Roger Federer is once again the man to beat and will be riding on the crest of a wave after finally winning the French Open and equalling Pete Sampras’ collection of 14 major titles.

Snedeker, one of the American wild cards, may have been riding on the crest of a wave after his double-whammy win in the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup, but he fell 5 and 3 to the Scot.

In 2009 Cameron was riding on the crest of a wave while Gordon Brown was immobilised on the seabed with the full impact of the banking crash just feeding into economic forecasts and his personal popularity at a low.

Starting with the latter first, almost exactly three years ago Nick Dougherty was riding on the crest of a wave after winning the BMW International Open in Cologne – the third European Tour triumph of the Englishman’s career.

The former Open champion, who has been riding on the crest of a wave since chasing home Quiros in the Dubai World Championship and then winning the Qatar Masters for a second time, lost the third to a par before winning three of the next five holes.

But, luckily enough, it turned out it was good enough," added Murray, who was riding on the crest of a wave after tying for third in the Dunhill Links at St Andrews in 2011 but is back playing on the Challenge Tour this season.

With that first Tour win under his belt, there's no doubt the Scot is riding on the crest of a wave, as he's showed by outscoring two Ryder Cup players - Padraig Harrington and Thomas Bjorn - when they were his playing partners in the first two rounds.

“Ireland are riding on the crest of a wave with the way their provinces are playing, it’s good for us that the Blues are in the quarter-finals and, for the first time in a long time, a Scottish side is in the quarter-finals and that does have an impact on the national side as well.”