Where did the waves go?

 

Small Slab Session                                   Photos: Jack ClohessyInstagram: jackclohessy 

Myself and Cian hadn't surfed in about 2 weeks. There hadn't been waves in Cork and everywhere else was just big, onshore and not worth the trip up to. We saw a slight opportunity to get a surf in at one of our favorite waves. Even though we knew it wasn't going to be great, we needed a surf and decided it was worth the trip!

                           

We left at 6am as the tide suited a surf for about 8am and it's a two hour drive to Clare from our houses. When we arrived the tide was still a bit low but we couldn't wait for another surf so we jumped in anyway and were in the water for 8:30. It was pretty fun out there for how small it was and we traded waves for almost 3 hours. Only two of us out and we were happy!

The tide then got too low, so we jumped out and headed for lunch. We had some time to burn before it would start working again so we decided to go look for a place that one our friends had told us about a couple of weeks ago. It took us a while be we eventually found it and it looked like it had the making of a sick wave! I can't wait to surf it, After our little search we decided it was about time we went back to that slab so we headed off over to it. When we turned up it looked pretty similar to that morning so we got in for 2.5 hours. I was happy because I landed a nice ARS and I got a lovely little barrel on my last wave! Good end to a fun fun day. Looking forward to the next proper swell, Which hopefully won't be too long away!  Here is the rest of the photos.

Cian lining one up.

Thanks to Bigsurfshop for the support over the past few months.

My first day at Aileens.

                           My first day at Aileens!

ALL PHOTOS BY MYSELF JACK CLOHESSY.

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   Myself and Cian O Donavan eyed up a fantastic looking chart for the weekend so we started to organise everything throughout the week. We left at 5am on Saturday morning to get to Clare early as we had planned to surf a fun little slab at high tide and another one at mid tide. When we first arrived we were welcomed by lovely left hand fun ramps, we couldn't wait to get out! An Australian bodyboarder, Jason, also joined us. After about an hour the tide was getting a bit low so we parted ways with Jason and headed off to our second session of the day. Once again welcomed by amazing right hand barrels! The two of us jumped in and exchanged barrel after barrel with only the two of us out! Perfect start to the day!

                Cian lining one up nicely!

After our two class sessions, we then went onto Lahinch where we met up with some friends of ours, Tom, John and Michael who had been surfing Cornish all morning. The tide was just on low so we all decided it was time to head to the cliffs. I was very nervous. We turned up to perfect massive waves! All the lads were around and it was pumping! John was keen on surfing it so he headed out straight away, Tom and Michael wanted to sit in the channel so they followed close by. Cian and I were a bit in awe of the whole thing. We weren't sure if we wanted to go but the decision was soon made for us, other surfers had come in from the water, Tom, Dan and Stef told us it was the perfect day to go out and have a look! We didn't take much convincing and we were out there fairly quickly! It was one of the most amazing places I had ever been! Anyone who has been at the top of the cliffs of Moher and thought it was amazing, I was at the bottom in the water and it was even better! The tide soon got too high and everyone went in. I am training hard now and very keen on surfing it! I have a lot to do before I will be ready, but I believe I will get there eventually! I would like to thank Tom Gillespie, Conor Maguire, Dan and Stef Skajarowski, Shane Meehan, Tom Doidge Harrison, John O Donnell and Seamus Mc Goldrick for all the help and advice over the past few months! It has been great!

Here are a few photos of the day!

 Dan Skajarowski dropping into a bomb!

 Lahinch local Ollie O Flaherty locked and                                      loaded!

 Dylan Noonan caught his first wave at the                                                                            cliffs that day at the age of 16! 

 The Beasht!

 Amazing end to an amazing day!