Sunday, October 9, 2011

2011 Irish Open

The IO ran off successfully on Saturday at Easkey left. A small turn out for both kayak and waveski divisions but the surfing was top notch. All riders where enjoying the waves and the relaxed atmosphere. Gerry McGahey ran the show with the help of Richard and Morgan.
Morgan O Sullivan is back on the ski after a lengthy period out of the water following a mountain bike accident. His surfing hasn't suffered though as he made it to the finals. Gerry Mcgahey surfed exceptionally well with powerful top to bottom surfing and winning the HP. Fantastic to see dessie McGlinchey surfing in the waveski division, watch this space.
A brilliant free surf session took place after the comp in even better conditions as the tide filled over the reef.

Waveski
1) Marty McCann
2) Morgan O Sullivan
3) Mark Taylor
4) Dessie McGlinchey

HP Kayak
1) Gerry McGahey
2) Dessie McGlinchey
3) Eoin Keyes
4) Anthony Coyne

IC Kayak
1) Eoin Keyes
2) Dessie McGlinchey
3) Anthony Coyne
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Ocean Addicts Coaching & Development week

Untitled from sam jones on Vimeo.

Here is some footage from the recent Ocean Addicts waveski & surf kayak coaching camp. Really good group of people on the course so made it a very enjoyable week. The footage is from sessions where students were working on various skills such as getting air, cut backs and re-entries. Plenty of spills so we know they were trying! Thank you again to everyone involved for making it a great week. Look out for the upcoming feature on kayaksurf.net from their roving reporter Pete Copp who has some quality pictures too!