National Championships & The Flesk

Last week saw the first round of the National Championships take place, kicking the season off in style at Curragower wave. With juniors of old now making the step up to seniors there was a noticeable jump in competition for the top spots. The competition saw big moves being thrown down and with the light fading the street lights lit up to create the perfect setting.

During the heats there was no doubt that this was the most competitive competition in a long while and with a full season to go it can only get better. The format was four rides best two count giving everyone a chance to go for it safe in the knowledge that if you messed up you had three more rides to go.  I managed to piece together two good rides to take top spot by only a few points with the new 2014 rock star proving its worth on a wave as well as in a hole. Big thanks to Eoin Keyes and all his helpers for putting on a great show.

The following day the rain kept falling so a spin down to Kerry was in order to put my new Karma through its paces. With the Flesk race just over a month away there was no better place to go.





All photos thanks to Oisin McHugh, check out his facebook page here