Nationality : Irish
Home Spot : Strandhill
Sponsors : Billabong and Vans
Stance : Goofy
Favorite Sports : eeeh Surfing I guess!
Favorite Surfers : Kelly, Andy... the usual
Favorite food : Ham and Pineapple Pizza
What's on your iPod now ? LCD Soundsystem
Favorite Movie : Talladega Nights
Favorite quote ? "your just a bag of bones old man"
Place you wanna go surf ? Mexico and Iceland.
Best trip ? South Africa because of the wave machine.
Main Shaper : Spider Murphy- 407's all the way.
All time favorite board : Uncles old single fin!
Who or What inspires you ? I have a signed poster in my room from Beau Young saying 'Make the most of every single day' Kinda cheesy but makes sense.
Who do you look up to ? People look up to me!
Other interests : Photography, Football, Poker and I drink competitively.
Years Pro : 6
Contest ratings / current results : European junior finals and a bunch on national titles.
First & Last
First wave ? Strandhill shorey
First board ? A 6'2" board with 'Attitude' written on it. Still have it.
First barrel ? Eyes closed!
First contest ? Junior nationals Rossnoulagh. Tamed it.
First trip ? European juniors in France.
First love ? There is always that childhood sweetheart - High school musical style.
First surf video you saw ? Green Iguana
First magazine ? Surfers Path with an Ireland article, Kept reading the article wondering where the spots were and still dont know!
Last wave ? Strandhill with Skiddy this morning.Freezing cold, headset and boots. Surfed like a chic because I was so cold.
Last kiss ? At a fancy dress last week, I dressed up as a farmer so maby she thought I was rich and had loads of land.
Last party ? Dressed up as a Christmas tree.
Last trip ? Senior Euros in Anglet, pretty rough experiance the last night though. French bouncers don't like it when you take somebody else's bottle of Whiskey!
Last thing you broke ? I just threw a rock through my window because I couldn't remember the last thing I broke.
Last thing that made you cussed out loud ?
Last DVD you watched ? I watched Black Swarm and I can easily say it was the worst movie I ever saw. I was so bad that I watched it until the end just so I could say I watched the worst movie ever.
Last magazine you read ? Had a flick through the new FHM top 10 Sexiest women in the world 2007. And yes Jessica Alba does deserve to win it.
Last website you checked ? ASP site, Pipe is back in town.
Last board ? I order 407A'S of Spider because the seem to work for me.
Last wipe out ? In September, Surfing a reef at home and a bomb set came through. I was paddling back out but managed to be in position for for the last one. Still out of breath from sprint paddling back out, took off and the wave bottomed out. I kept my front leg on the board and was wondering where my back leg was, Landed did did the splits of course and skidded out on my back only to get the lip square on my face. Good day though.
Last injury ? Bruised ego from that wipeout, actually didn't have booties that day and came home with huge slices in my feet that got infected.
Last time you said « it's the last time » ? Looking down at an empty pint glass of Guinness at 4 in the morning.
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