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Windsurfing competition with roots going back to 1990. Originally launched as a slalom event, it has since evolved into a dedicated wave competition.

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Last of the action from Magheroarty this August 🌊
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📸 Marco Cavalleri & Michael O’Brien
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Well worth the trip for my first time up in Magheroarty! 4th place in the @magheroarty_classic and very happy with my wave riding. Unfortunately no jumping in the competition but it forced me to improve the wave riding to keep up with the other lads.

I felt a steady improvement in every heat but I just couldn’t find any good waves for the final. I made the mistake of only going for the big sets which seemed to break funny once they hit the reef and then lose power instantly. Well done to @brandon_bay_diary for first & @finn424 in second & @timoir69 third 👏

Still working on getting the goiters back into the wave but happy to land two behind the wave in heats when the pressure was on.

📸 @marek_biegalski & Michael O Brien
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Looking back on a busy two-week trip. It started with the Tenerife PWA event. I flew from Vasiliki to Dublin, collected my wave gear, then flew straight to Tenerife for the event. Unfortunately, conditions were not on our side, which meant a lot of waiting—especially tough knowing I was in Heat 1 when we would run.
The heat didn’t go my way but I’m happy with how I sailed in my heat given the super tough conditions and my gear was simply too small for conditions that marginal, It’s always a learning curve. Next time I’ll have bigger gear hah (already ordered some, hah).

I then had the opportunity to fly home quickly to attend the first Irish National wave event of the year, which had a fantastic forecast. Comparing that with Tenerife—where it looked unlikely we’d run a double elimination—I pulled the trigger on Thursday and flew home to compete on Friday and Saturday.

Of course, they did manage to run a double in Tenerife, but I was still happy to be competing at home in head-high waves. Massive congrats to Marc Pare on winning the event.

The Irish event was great fun—it’s so good to have an event back at Magheroarty after so many years. Conditions were excellent, though it took me a little while to remember how to wave sail after a full summer on freestyle gear. By the semis I felt back in the swing of things.

Unfortunately, the results weren’t what I wanted at either contest—but hey, that’s competition. Win some heats, lose more. Just have to keep the head up and aim higher for the next one..

Now back to Vass for a few more weeks of freestyle before my autumn coaching camps start 🇮🇪

📸 - 🇮🇪 Marek Biegalski & 🇮🇨 @rafasoulart

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Long day.
6am van decided it’s not going to Donegal.
Find a car and repack a van load of windsurfing kit.
Set off from home at 7.30am
Pick Finn up from Dublin airport as he is coming in from Tenerife l. Drive to Donegal on the water for 4.30 for a nice sail.
Food & bed ready for the @magheroarty_classic tomorrow

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