Happy Christmas

Just a quick note to say happy Christmas to everyone. Got to go for a walk with my camera this morning which i hadn't go to do in a long while. Was good to get out although i am bummed i'm going to miss the best chart in ages tomorrow. There's a foot of snow though in some places up north so i reckon trekking up from Cork is a bit of a no no. Here's hoping Santa comes through with that helicopter so this won't be an issue again!

Anyway happy festivities oh and by the way there's a new Carve and Tonnta out which are filled with ace stuff from the past few months. Go grab yourselves some copies before they're all gone. You'll be blown away Fact!

Bits and pieces from cork

A lot of good big SW swells came through of late. It was funny cause nobody really knew where to go. There was quite a bit of driving and looking and driving and looking. With waves even in the most sheltered of spots and outer reefs, which i never even knew existed, going crazy it was an interesting few weeks. It was really nice not having to drive for 2-3 hours to get waves for once!

Some crazy heavy beachie sessions with more closeout barrels than one can count and even more pitchings and wipeouts.

It's all fun and games until someone breaks their leg.

New WL Issue

New Wavelength issue should be arriving in shops (Easons etc) today. Got to do a photoessay with Aaron which includes some of my best stuff to date. Get out there and grab an issue

Also have a load of stuff from searching around cork over the past few wks too which i'll put up as soon as i get a chance.

Pete

October

Been a crazy month of waves. was great to get some good practice with my fisheye. starting to get my head around it. as well as all the waves i've only got two months left now to finish up in college so things are hectic to say the least. Hope everybody got some good waves lately. here are a few shots i got. Big props to Hugh Galloway who dominated this month. Kickin ass!

Busy Busy

I can't believe it's been a month since i last posted up some shots. It has been crazy. I was away down in Biarritz for a while as well as moving house and College is still nuts. Also just back from a trip up north where i hooked up with Cain Kilcullen which was seriously good. Well for an hour and a half anyway! bit of a skunking the rest of the time. More to come on this later. Anyway here are a few shots from the CT down in France. First event i've been too but def not the last.

Winter

It’s on its way. The evenings and mornings are getting darker. There is a noticeable chill in the air and soon the morning routine will have to include boiling the kettle to defrost the car. Gone are the summer bbq’s, the pint bottles of bulmers, stupid tag rugby and the annoying holiday goers cluttering up every seaside village and town around the coast. It’s going to be very wet, very cold very windy and very dark but by god it’s going to be fantastic.

I wouldn’t have it any other way!

So it’s time get back to going through the charts hour by hour and the million different wind forecasting sites. Surf trips will now need more of a military like precision and yes we shall all continue to get a shafting more often than not but hey we don’t care cause this is surfing in Ireland and we love it!

Here’s Shane O’Connor getting his first one of the season yesterday. It was about as mellow as it gets but still the odd nice one.

aaaaaaahhhhhhhh

Very annoyed at the moment. After all my complaining about the lack of charts i chased a swell up north only to get a royal shafting and to make matters worse i've missed two perfect charts in the last 24hrs!!

aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

This makes me feel a little better though. Always brings a smile to my face.

Hugh Power a little bit too late!