Thursday, July 23, 2009

Ready for another Surf Session

We were all week keeping an eye on the reports and had one place in mind for the Sunday. Lucky enough the swell increased a bit and the winds stayed WNW. We pulled into Lahinch and it was about 2-3 foot winds were onshore and looked like hard work so we kept moving. When we arrived it was at low tide you could see the swell lines rolling in and there was a small wave hitting the slab but it was just a bit too shallow. We gave it about 45minutes to an hour and this made all the difference. After...

Friday, April 24, 2009

Surf Session by the Cliffs, Ireland

Recently a buddy of mine brought myself and two of my surf family to a new spot. This place was picturesque. When we arrived the winds were light and northerly which is perfect offshore for this spot. Yea the place was going off about shoulder to head high and had great shape. This was the first time that I was going to surf this place so there was an element of anticipation and fear of the unknown. We got suited up in no time.The scenery was amazing the cliffs that surrounded us were to a smaller...

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Business Profile of Cormac O’Loughlin — Surf board retailer

CORMAC O’Loughlin is well known locally for success at All-Ireland and Munster Senior Cup rugby with Shannon RFC, but now the 29-year old has ventured into a completely different sport-Surfing! As he prepares to head to Morocco for a week of “catching waves” he explains that he has also just received an order of exclusive quality surfboards, which have now become part of his own unique brand ‘Shallow Reef’.The surfboards are now in a warehouse and are ready for sale....

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Cornish at 3-4ft glassy

Finished work at 4:30 on Tuesday the reports for Lahinch were saying 3-4ft.I was half way down and I got a call telling me to hurry that it was 4ft clean.I seem to have timed it perfect. The tide was fully in at 9 o clock I was in the water by 6 o clock. When I arrived the reefs were pumping Cornish was going off at about 4ft and was real glassy. It had serious shape and an easy channel back out. There was a great atmosphere in the water.On the next break over some guys were pulling into a few...

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Surf on the West Coast of Ireland

Had a great day of surfing the West Coast. We took off down the west on Monday 12.04 We had been keeping an eye on the reports all week. There was a big swell to kick in in the afternoon. We started off in Doolin about 11 o clock and this place was on fire. We surfed Doolin point for about an hour and a half. It was just over head high and clean out back. There was a lot of water moving about on the inside and was tricky enough getting out at mid tide. Pulled into a few serious waves there was...

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Morocco Surfing - Searching for the Perfect Wave

Took a trip to Morocco a few months back made it there after an emergency landing in Lisbon airport. Well you know that no surf trip goes off without something going wrong. Lucky that was the end of it. Landed in Agadir on the Sunday.Everything was so different.What a place. I travelled there alone. I brought two boards which travelled well not a ding or even a pressure dent. I was collected in the airport and travelled about 30-40 minutes north.The journey was a good chance to sit back and take...