Surfing in Ireland? Who would have guessed… That’s one bet I would have lost. But as you can see from the surfing video below, Ireland’s west coast has become a surf spot for big wave surfing over the past few years! The story illustrated in the video is called “Driven”, one of the most interesting surfing stories to come out of Britain.
Surfers Alastair Mennie and Andrew Cotton share their first experiences as a tow team, training sessions, and big wave surfing runs. See one of the most incredible wipeouts in world surfing and many huge wave sessions since. I love their tagline: “Experience the work, preparation, motivation and total commitment it takes to surf big waves in Ireland.” To learn more about the surfing documentary and see additional footage check out Driven’s production site.
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I’m heading down to Santa Cruz this weekend with intentions of catching some great surfing. The weather is forecasting crystal clear skies in the Northern California town of Santa Cruz. That should make way for some killer surfing conditions. Wanting to get an idea of the surfing scene in Santa Cruz, I surfed the web looking for some milfy surfing vids.
The 10 ft. swells in this video shot at Scotts Creek in Santa Cruz were really sweet this day in late November. It looks real peaceful there with few surfers in the water. I’m assuming it’s going to be packed on the beach and in the ocean this weekend. I’ll let you know how it all pans out early next week. This will be my first time surfing in California outside of Stinson Beach/Bolinas, so really excited about that.
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I was fortunate to come across a surfing video from my old surf spot- the beaches of Belmar, New Jersey. It was also the first place that I attempted to surf! Thank God, I don’t have a video of me surfing from that day! You can see from this video that the break line, where the waves begin to break, is close to shore; typical for New Jersey waves.
Belmar’s beaches are amongst the most popular and finest in New Jersey. Typical for New Jersey beaches, Belmar has a great boardwalk that is great for walking, people watching, etc. Almost always, you’ll find surfers and body boarders in the water, which places Belmar at the top of my beach lists for New Jersey beaches.
From the above video, you’ll notice the wave steepness to be smaller compared to the big waves of Cali and Hawaii (duhh!!). But us Jersey surfers work with what we got and are proud of it. So when and if you are heading down the Jersey Shore, check out Belmar and you’ll understand what I grew up with. If you are a surfer, I’d recommend checking the Belmar surf report for real time surf forecasts and wave maps.
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