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Richie Fitzgerald Facts
Good to know for when you meet him at the Surf & Movies Fundraiser September 1st @7pm right here at Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa!!
Born:
Bundoran, County Donegal
Career:
Irish Big Wave Surfer! Has represented Ireland in both World and European Championships. Richie chose not to pursue a competitive surfing career and concentrated on soul surfing and owning and managing the North West Coast’s first and leading surf shop, Surfworld.
October 2011 Richie represented Ireland in the European Surfing Championships. He made the semi-finals and finished 6th in Europe.
Waves:
Recently Richie and a team of fellow surfers discovered a new big wave off the West Coast of Ireland. They’ve named it ‘Prowlers’ and rank it as one of the biggest waves in the world, on a par with Mavericks, only made up of much more water and heavier.
Documentaries:
Step Into Liquid
Waveriders
Island Heaven 