Richie Fitzgerald

Richie Fitzgerald[1]
Personal information
Born Richard Fitzgerald
County Donegal, Ireland
Residence Bundoran
Height 5’10’’ (178cm)
Weight 168lbs (76kg)
Surfing career
Sponsors Volkswagen, Billabong, MMD, C-Skins, Vans, Northcore
Major achievements Semi Finalist in Eurosurf Masters event 2011
Surfing specifications
Stance Goofy
Shaper(s) Mark McGuire (Power Source Surf Boards)
Favourite waves The Peak, Bundoran
Website www.surfworld.ie

Richie Fitzgerald is an Irish big-wave surfer.

He first appeared as a judge in Channel 4's reality TV show, Faking it, titled "Web Surfer To Wave Surfer", which aired on 2nd of November, 2002. He then appeared in surfing documentaries such as Joel Conroy's Eye of the Storm in 2002[2] and Step Into Liquid in 2003. In 2009 he co-lead with Gabe Davies in Joel Conroy's first featured documentary, Waveriders. Together they tow surfed the biggest swell to have been ridden off the Irish Atlantic Coast. In 2014, he appeared in a Jagermeister advert called "Journey to Surf" alongside Ben Skinner.[3] He currently runs the surf coaching academy and Surf World shop in Bundoran with his Australian wife Briohny.[4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ C-Skins profile
  2. ↑ Surfers Village Bundoran in the ‘Eye of the storm by Declan Browne
  3. ↑ http://www.carvemag.com/2014/02/behind-scenes-now-famous-jager-ad-shoot/
  4. ↑ "Riding green giants: Waveriders, the Irish surf film", Independent, July 7, 2009
  5. ↑ Northcore Europe
  6. ↑ Outsider magazine profile
  7. ↑ waveriders cast profile

See also


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