Category: Food For Thought & Surfing News

Upcycle Surf Products

LX – upcycle: Product Launch

Turning old wetsuits, kites, bike-tubes and sails into wallets, laptop cases and bags. Earlier this year we helped a fresh-born project “LX-upcycle” to collect out-of-service wetsuits, sails and kites from Irish outdoor enthusiasts around the country. Today we are happy…

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Portuguese Man O’War off the Irish Coast Recently

What to do if your unlucky enough to get stung by one. Information provided to us by Ocean Videographer Ken O’Sullivan. [vimeo id=”185832610″ align=”center” mode=”normal” maxwidth=”700″]Some talk in the Irish media about what to do if stung by one of…

Surf longer and paddle stronger with PaddlePillow

With one in four surfers suffering from lower back pain, Irish surfer David Collins – himself being part of that statistic – set about trying to find a solution that would keep him in the water longer and relieve his…

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Irish Tow Surf rescue now taking membership

Help them continue their core objective of health and safety in Irish Big Wave Surfing. The Irish Tow Surf Rescue Club have been working hard for the past 10 years to develop their voluntary club and provide a vital front…

Why Some Surfer’s Are Far More Likely To Go Deaf

Surfer’s ear is a common cause of hearing loss and ear infections in people who go in the sea regularly without protecting themselves.  Cold wind and water trigger the formation of small bony lumps around the outside of the canal. …

Fergal Smith Surfer/Politician Interview

With election day locked in for the 26th February, we thought a quick catch-up with Fergal Smith was on the cards. Fergal is running for the Green party in County Clare, a progression from his recent ventures in organic farming…

A Second Life for your old Watersports Gear!

Did you order new watersports gear for 2016? Are you about to give the old, destroyed gear to the binman? If that’s the case, please read on. Project eXtreme gear clean-up by LX bags are an Irish pre-startup looking to…

Fuel for Surfers-Turmeric and Ginger Muffins

Recipe for Turmeric and Ginger Muffins from Busylittlefoodie’s Grace Brady! Makes 12 Winter is edging its way in. Storms have been brewing nicely and for those surfers who long for this time of year with big swells and non existent…

Fuel for Surfers-Spinach & Chilli Tagliatelle

Recipe for Spinach & Chilli Tagliatelle from Busylittlefoodie’s Grace Brady! Serves 4 I make this pasta dish whenever my friend Vir comes over for dinner. We usually decide to have dinner at mine when we’re both wrecked after a long…

Fuel for Surfers-Peaches & Plums

Recipe for Peaches & Plums from Busylittlefoodie’s Grace Brady! Serves 2 You know that feeling when you want dessert after a great dinner but you can’t be arsed going to any real effort? Heading down to the shop to get…