Easkey Britton
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Easkey Britton is an Irish surfer from Rossnowlagh,
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. In 2010, she won her fifth consecutive Irish National Surfing Championship title at her namesake wave in
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and in 2009 became the British Pro-Tour Champion. Britton was the first female surfer to ride the "big wave", ''Aill na Searrach'', off the
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in 2007. The wave was featured in the Irish documentary film ''
Waveriders ''Waveriders'' is a 2008 documentary film produced by Margo Harkin and directed by Joel Conroy. Synopsis ''Waveriders'' focuses on the Irish roots of surfing. The film covers the life of Irish-Hawaiian surfer George Freeth and his influence in ...
''. 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. 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.


Selected Publications

* Blue care: a systematic review of blue space interventions for health and wellbeing, in Health Promotional International * Sensing Water: Uncovering Health and Well-Being in the Sea and Surf, in Journal of Sport and Social Issues * Women as agents of wellbeing in Northern Ireland's fishing households, in Maritime Studies


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External links


Easkey Britton websiteFinisterreWaves of Freedom
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