Take it Easy, Share the Waves

Posted on April 20, 2007 @ 3:03 PM

Visiting surfers beware! The friendly disposition of many an Irish surfer is no longer what it used to be. The traditional Irish greeting ‘céad míle fáilte’ (a hundred thousand welcomes) is evaporating like a soft sea mist at the Cliffs of Moher on a hot day. Travelling surfers, even those from different counties within Ireland, are now likely to be greeted in the line-up with raised eyebrows and conspiratorial whispers, or worse, the cold shoulder from protective natives, particularly those who frequent some of the more remote and lesser-surfed locations.