Easkey Britton
Personal information
BornEaskey Britton
Rossnowlagh, County Donegal, Ireland
Surfing career
Best yearFive times Irish National Surfing Championship from 2005 to 2010[1]
SponsorsAmbassador for Finisterre
Major achievements2011 WSL Big Wave Awards nominee; Five times Irish Champion; 2009, 2006 British Pro-Tour Champion[2]
Surfing specifications
Shaper(s)JP surfboards; Luke Hart
Websiteeaskeybritton.com

Easkey Britton is an Irish surfer from Rossnowlagh, County Donegal.[3] In 2010, she won her fifth consecutive Irish National Surfing Championship title at her namesake wave in County Sligo[4] and in 2009 became the British Pro-Tour Champion.[5]

Britton was the first female surfer to ride the "big wave", Aill na Searrach, off the Cliffs of Moher in 2007.[6] The 15-foot (4.6 m) wave was featured in the Irish documentary film Waveriders.[7]

Britton is the first Irish woman to be nominated for the Billabong XXL Awards (now called the WSL Big Wave Awards) for her performance tow surfing at Ireland's premier big wave spot, Mullaghmore, in February 2011, becoming the first woman to do so.[8]

Britton's younger sister Becky-Finn Britton is also a longboarder. Her cousin, Tahlia Britton, became the first female diver in the Irish Navy in August 2020.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Past Irish Champions". Irish Surfing Association. Archived from the original on 28 September 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2021. isasurf past champions
  2. ↑ "Tour History - - UKPSA". Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010. UK pro surf history
  3. ↑ "University of Ulster Student Makes Waves". University of Ulster. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Past Irish Champions". Archived from the original on 28 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010. isasurf past champions
  5. ↑ "Tour History - - UKPSA". Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010. UK pro surf history
  6. ↑ "Riding green giants: Waveriders, the Irish surf film", Independent, 7 July 2009
  7. ↑ "The surfer girl who's making big waves", Independent, 12 August 2009
  8. ↑ "EASKEY BRITTON BILLABONG XXL AWARD ENTRY | SurfGirl Magazine - Womens and Girls Surfing, Surf Fashion, Surf News, Surf Videos". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2011. Easkey gets an XXL nomination
  9. ↑ Donegal woman becomes first female diver in naval history RTÉ News, 2020-08-14.
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