Friday, 10 February 2012

Lyndon Wake & Cotty in Ireland







SOUTH of the Border, Vol. 2, follows Lyndon Wake, Andrew Cotton and Tom Butler during a very average month of surf in Ireland. Following an enthusiastic start to the winter, January in the Atlantic was akin to having your house take over by manic depressives who insist on watching the same TV show on repeat. A reminder, if ever one were needed, that winter here is a fickle and tempestuous mistress. "January what a weird little month she was." Said Lyndon "A month of untold amounts of driving, including a 28 hour trip round Ireland just to get to County Clare due to Cotty's van breaking down. Bad tides plagued us, we missed numerous great conditions with the the surf firing in the dark. "In some ways it was quite nice to explore the bad side of a winter in Ireland rather than it being on fire the whole time. Saying of the month was 'you're damned if you do and damned if don't."