On Saturday I headed down to Curragower for the team training session. However as it turned out only six people turned up to paddle including three of us from the team. Because of this we all got plenty of time on the wave!
The wave itself was great for most of the session, with the wave only dying off after 5 hours of decent running. The weather was also quite nice. I spent the whole day in a shorty cag for a change.
For the first hour or so of the session I was having no luck at all. I am still coming to terms with the agent, it is far more responsive than my old boat and I think it will be another session or two before I am fully comfortable with it.
However for the last 3 or 4 hours of the session I got some pretty decent runs and threw some decent modes, but also had some absolutely horrible wipeouts. I think the problem is the rails are far sharper (The wheelboy has round rails!) so i am tripping over myself, particularly on the offside.
Unfortunately I had to head home early and missed today's session. Hopefully gower will work in the next while as I could really do with the wave time.
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- Niall Quinn
- Co Wicklow, Ireland
- I'm from Wicklow but Ive lived in Belfast for the last 5 years. I have just finished an M-Eng in Aerospace engineering at Queens University Belfast, graduating with a 2.1. My main interest is paddling. I normally paddle C1 or squirt boats, though i will pretty much paddle anything else as long as it floats! I competed in the World Freestyle championships this year in squirt and C1, making the semifinals in squirt and eventually coming 9th. I also won the Irish Freestyle league this year in C1 and 2nd in squirt. I also do as many other sports as possible. Mostly watersports like sailing.I do occasionally go orienteering or mountain biking as well.
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