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#surf – Here's spectacular footage of those enormous waves surfed in Nazare, Portugal by Irish American surfer Garrett McNamara. Check out the slow motion wipe out at 1:58 on the timeline. Awesome! The video is produced by Othmane Choufani, Jérôme…
#Surfing - Check out this stunning video of Portuguese surf pro Nic Von Rupp who cancelled his winter trip to Hawaii last week to take on what Surfer magazine calls 'Ireland's Emerald Slabs'. Towing out to the storm-fuelled swells of…
#redbullstormchasers – 70+ knots of wind, angry, 20-ft waves, 10 sailors: Man vs. Man vs. Nature. It's all here in this highlight clip of this week's action that hit the headlines.
#Surfing - Garrett McNamara has done it again - after riding what is claimed to be the largest wave ever surfed. Last summer on Afloat.ie we reported that the Irish-American surfing pro had his previous world record attempt - a…
#Surfing - Some of the world's top big wave surfing talent enjoyed the 'day that almost never was' at Mullaghmore in Sligo on Sunday. As the video above shows, competitors in the long-delayed Billabong Tow-In Session finally got a chance…
#redbull – The organisers of Red Bull Storm Chasers have scrambled all their crews and teams who had 48hrs to travel from across the globe to Ireland for the first "Mission" on the 3 mission challenge writes Brian Carlin. Today saw…
#Windsurfing - Due to 2012's calm storm season, organisers of the Red Bull Storm Chase recently extended the competition into this year - and competitors are currently racing to Ireland for the first mission of the contest. Brandon Bay in…
#Surfing - Some of the world’s best big wave surfers were last week hurriedly making their way to Ireland to compete in the third annual Billabong Tow-In Session at Mullaghmore in Co Sligo. Event organisers gave the amber light for…
#Windsurfing - Michael Clancy, father of late windsurfing prospect Mikey Clancy, has issued a statement following the tragic death of his son last week. On behalf of the Clancy family, he wrote: Mikey Clancy, a rising star in the PWA,…
#Windsurfing - News has come in of the untimely death of Irish professional windsurfer Mikey Clancy. The Dubliner, who was just 22 years of age, competed on the PWA World Windsurfing Tour and had just returned to the world windsurfing…
#Surfing - Check out this beautifully shot video from ONITmedia of intrepid winter surfers catching the breaks at Brandon Bay, Co Kerry. The waves might not be the biggest that Ireland has to offer at this time of year -…
#SURFING - Here's a little something festive with four weeks to go till Christmas, as Afloat alum Markham Nolan highlights this wonderful photo of Santa Claus riding the waves on a stand-up paddle board via surfing website Magicseaweed. The shot…
#SURFING - The Irish Examiner reports on the "little economic miracle" that is Ballinspittle in Co Cork, a village that's "bucking the national economic trend" via its plethora of local businesses - and its close proximity to quality surf. The…
#surfing – Surf regular on Afloat's homepage Al Mennie from Coleraine is back on the water again. Although from the angle we're watching this 50-foot waves does not look that impressive it's very clear from Mennie's reaction just how big…
#SURFING - Some of the world's best big wave surfing stars are making their way to Ireland again this winter to compete in the third annual Billabong Tow-In Session. The waiting period for the event started on November 1 and…
#SURFING - The Irish Times reports that surfers from around the world are flocking to Sligo in expectation of what might be Ireland's biggest waves of the year. Breakers of up to 30 feet off Donegal Bay could be the…
