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#Surfing - This Easter weekend marks the 50th anniversary of Ireland's first ever 'surfari', with some of the original surfing evangelists recreating their pioneering trip. As related to the Irish Examiner, the expedition was mounted by Bray Ireland Surfing Club…
#Surfing - Lahinch Surf Experience has asked the public to be on the lookout for a number of items stolen from a van outside the surfing school's premises overnight. According to a Facebook post this morning (Saturday 26 March), some…
#Surfing - A black rubber roof is one of the unusual features of the winning design for a new maritime centre in Strandhill, as the Sligo Champion reports. The vision for the new surfing and coastal community centre by London…
#Surfing - Sign-ups are still welcome for a charity tandem surfing competition in Portrush this coming weekend, as the Coleraine Times reports. Waveriders will be lining up two-by-two on the East Strand this Sunday 20 March for the charity event…
#Surfing - A Donegal surfing school has raised €20,000 for its expansion via peer-to-peer lending, as Donegal Now reports. Fin McCool Surf School in Rossnowlagh aims to complete renovations of its new base in the town thanks to funds raised…
#Surfing - A new documentary following two American descendants of the 'King of the Blaskets' as they surf the waves of their ancestral homeland will have its world premiere in Dingle next weekend. The Crest will be screened as part…
#Surfing - He broke his neck in a horror surfing accident in the summer of 2014. But Mark Patterson was back at work within two months of his ordeal – and back on his board not long after. Speaking to…
Jason Polakow is well known for his big wave exploits - often travelling the globe to search out the biggest and best waves on the planet and he's just completed his latest mission. With El Niño producing a colossal winter…
#Surfing - A long-time professional surfer from Mayo is set to make waves in politics in the upcoming General Election, as the Clare Herald reports. Fergal 'Ferg' Smith, who can count starting an organic farm in Lahinch among his achievements…
#Surfing - He's the Irish surfing hall-of-famer who "came out of nowhere". And now Joe Roddy is the subject of a fascinating radio documentary about his decades of aquatic exploits and ingenuity on Newstalk, both online and broadcast tonight (Saturday…
Irish-American Big Wave Surfer Survives Jaw-Dropping Wipeout On Heavy Mavericks Break
21st January 2016 Surfing
#Surfing - Big storms bring big waves, as professional surfers in Ireland can attest on a regular basis. It also means that the current El Niño conditions in the Pacific have attracted the cream of the world's big-wave surfers to…
#Surfing - An Irish wave enthusiast's 'surfing' video on the streets of Manchester has gone viral. As the Belfast Telegraph reports, Manchester University student Sean-Caio Dos Santos Corr from Derrylaughan made the clip for the craic after spotting traffic splashing…
#Surfing - The history of big wave riding at Mullaghmore is the focus of the latest episode of Threading Edges, the new surfing video series from EPIC TV. As championed by JOE.ie, last week's first episode introduced a number of…
#Surfing - One of big wave surfing's best kept secrets off the Clare coast has seen the area named among the top surf spots in the UK and Ireland, as the Clare Herald reports. Easkey in Co Sligo and The…
#Surfing - Only two surfers retained their titles at a delayed Irish Nationals that saw 13 new champions crowned in Bundoran last weekend, as the Irish Examiner reports. Marginal surf was forecast for the third of three possible windows for…
#Surfing - A new surfing exchange programme for young people is promoting cultural relations between the UK and Ireland. As the Cornish Guardian reports, up to 15 local teenagers will be selected to take part in the Wave Project exchange…
