An early start on Friday morning started the European championships. A half six flight out of Dublin airport left us all wanting a good surf. We drove along the coast in hope of finding some surfable waves but strong winds and dumpy surf forced us onto Mundaka.

As we waited for the tide to drop on Saturday morning we saw the surf starting to peel on the main break but throughout the day the surf became inconsistent. We all did ourselves proud, with Gerry and Jake doing a double assault on Darren in the Mens HP and Erica having an unfortunate collision in her Ladies heat that definitely cost her a place or 2.

Jonny, Andy and Corin all had a successful day, advancing to the semi finals. As high tide approached the judges couldn’t see the Mens heat on the inside wave and so the competition was postponed. This was unfortunate, as the majority of paddlers went out for a free surf and had a cracking session.

Sunday was moved to Bakio and with the surf not great, competition was tough. Andy and Corin both won their junior semis. The standard was very high, Jonny went on to come 3rd in I.C and Andy came 4th in junior HP. Big congratulations to our new European champion, Corin King

Andy.