Conor Flanagan has made a life for himself as a surf photographer in the Atlantic Ocean's most inhospitable waters. Ireland ...

The secret is out! Ireland has become a top world surfing destination and its exposed Atlantic Ocean west coast and warm temperate maritime climate make it ideal for surfing vacations. Put simply ...

Surfing. The very word brings to mind golden sunsets over tropical locations. The palm trees of Hawaii. The warm seas and roaring waves of Australia and California. Certainly not the cold and choppy ...

In this short film, Irish big wave surfer Conor Maguire talks about what it's like to surf some the biggest waves in some of the harshest weather conditions on the planet. Waves have a way of ...

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