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Surfing Mennie Waves (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 4 450
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Surfing Mennie Waves (Paperback)
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Loot Price R445
Discovery Miles 4 450
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Becoming Europe's most successful and respected big-wave surfer is
one thing. Coming from a small town in Northern Ireland to do so is
another. This is Alastair Mennie's story...Surfing looks like fun.
And it is. But in recent years, the world's so-called 'big wave
surfers' have raised the bar to insane new heights. Put aside the
Beach Boys and carefree, sunny California - a new breed of surfer
is travelling to the ends of the earth in pursuit of waves the size
of buildings. And among them, an unassuming 6ft 6' Irishman.
Slater; Hamilton; Parsons; and, Gerlach - and now Mennie. For all
of these men, the consequences are severe. The decisions in the
water are life and death: '...the wave exploded on me, splitting my
glass fibre helmet and ragdolling me for what seemed like an
eternity in complete darkness...' Alastair, when things went wrong,
Sligo, Ireland Dec 2009. This generation has witnessed a quiet
revolution in Irish surf. Al Mennie personifies that picture. His
is an honest and ego-free account of what it takes to surf waves
that are big enough to sink ships. Before Mennie, Northern Ireland
had no history of big wave surfing. He was the pioneer. The fact
that he would become the first European to compete at the World
Tow-In Surfing Championships in Chile makes his story all the more
remarkable. This book tells of his big wave exploits at Half Moon
Bay, Madeira, Nelscott in Oregon and Alastair's now infamous
life-threatening encounter with 60 foot waves off the Sligo coast
in the winter of 2009. Surf talk is cheap. In this book, the waves
do the talking.
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