Easkey Britton Explained

Easkey Britton
Birth Name:Easkey Britton
Birth Place:Rossnowlagh, County Donegal, Ireland
Best Year:Five times Irish National Surfing Championship from 2005 to 2010[1]
Sponsors:Ambassador for Finisterre
Major Achievements:2011 WSL Big Wave Awards nominee; Five times Irish Champion; 2009, 2006 British Pro-Tour Champion[2]
Shapers:JP surfboards; Luke Hart
Website:easkeybritton.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 15feet 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 thefirst female diver in the Irish Navy in August 2020.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Past Irish Champions . Irish Surfing Association . 2021-05-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100928231642/http://www.isasurf.ie/past-irish-champions/ . 2010-09-28 . isasurf past champions
  2. Web site: Tour History - - UKPSA . 2010-11-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100605042551/http://www.ukprosurf.com/tour-history-c26.html . 2010-06-05 . UK pro surf history
  3. Web site: University of Ulster Student Makes Waves . 1 July 2013 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160721032034/http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2013/7027.html . 21 July 2016.
  4. Web site: Past Irish Champions . 2010-09-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100928231642/http://www.isasurf.ie/past-irish-champions/ . 2010-09-28 . isasurf past champions
  5. Web site: Tour History - - UKPSA . 2010-11-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100605042551/http://www.ukprosurf.com/tour-history-c26.html . 2010-06-05 . UK pro surf history
  6. http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/red-bulletin/riding-green-giants-waveriders-the-irish-surf-film-1810176.html "Riding green giants: Waveriders, the Irish surf film"
  7. http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/the-surfer-girl-whos-making-big-waves-1856998.html "The surfer girl who's making big waves"
  8. Web site: EASKEY BRITTON BILLABONG XXL AWARD ENTRY | SurfGirl Magazine - Womens and Girls Surfing, Surf Fashion, Surf News, Surf Videos . 2011-04-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315193714/http://www.surfgirlmag.com/2011/03/17/easkey-gets-an-xxl-nomination/ . 2012-03-15 . Easkey gets an XXL nomination
  9. https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0814/1159252-naval-history-female-diver/ Donegal woman becomes first female diver in naval history
  10. Web site: https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/35/1/50/5252008 . 2024-02-09 . academic.oup.com.
  11. Britton . Easkey . Foley . Ronan . February 2021 . Sensing Water: Uncovering Health and Well-Being in the Sea and Surf . Journal of Sport and Social Issues . en . 45 . 1 . 60–87 . 10.1177/0193723520928597 . 0193-7235.
  12. Britton . Easkey . 2012-12-19 . Women as agents of wellbeing in Northern Ireland's fishing households . Maritime Studies . en . 11 . 1 . 16 . 10.1186/2212-9790-11-16 . free . 2212-9790.

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