Fantastic...the Irish just get it. Just loved old mate Barry.

Love it, as true as they come. Short film by Finisterre called North Sea Holes might be of interest.

Look up Barry Britton's art. Since the 80s, he has done a poster each year for the Intercounties competition (I have a bunch of them on my walls). Each one mixes Celtic and surf imagery, picking up on a few things the cultures share.

Oh, and Red Bull missed Grant Robinson - true pioneer of Irish surfing (with Barry and his brothers), European surf champ in the masters division in the late 90s, and the legend who took pity on me as I camped in miserable weather at his local back in 1997 (so put me up for a week or two of surfing and partying).

Woohooo!! Surfing spirit.

"Taking it to the next level"? Blah blah..... That's not what I get from this at all - more like a tribute to those, like Fergal, who see through the vacuous, profit driven hype and have the emotional intelligence to place a high value on connecting with their environment.

I can concur with Watery above. His art: https://localhands.ie/barry-britton/

Met the fella on an island off Portugal. Surfed with him, had a few jars with him, good craic, and he invited me and my mate to say g'day when we got to Ireland.

A few years later, on our second stint living and surfing there, we finally caught up with him. Great studio. Just across the road from the pub, and the pub is right on the beach. His family pub!

Side-note: funny old town, Rossnowlagh. We were there in the van on the beach one day, dusty...again, when we were awoken by this procession marching on the sand!

https://www.tripsavvy.com/rossnowlagh-orange-order-parade-spectacle-154…

I've gotta say I've never seen a stranger looking bunch of people gathered in the one place. It was like a Deliverance/Hills Have Eyes casting-call. I've got pictures somewhere.

Another side-note: down the road from Rossnawlagh is this!

https://ramblingwombat.wordpress.com/2017/06/08/republican-garden/

They were building it last time I was there.

Also, around the corner from the wave at Mullaghmore, this happened:

https://www.sligoheritage.com/archmbatten.htm

Just been on a motorcycle tour through those areas and I had no inclination whatsoever to want to surf there. Cold, drizzle, windy, bleak and a lot of tourists on the road at this time of year. I admire those guys to want to do it in those really shitty conditions, and low mate is a gem. Great place, people and pubs but I will leave surfing to even Victorias somewhat warmer climes.

Love how’s theres a brotherly oceanic love between the surfers and bodyboarders.

Old mate, probably in his mid 60s, on riding Mullagmore (strong Irish lilt)

"I have to admire young guys like Connor Mcguire, hes a small man - but hes got big balls."

I hope Leroy is still dishing out the gold at his age. Farkin legend

Leroy lost it years ago.........