Richie Fitzgerald
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Surf Career
He appeared in surfing documentaries such as Joel ConroyJoel Conroy
-Film Career:Joel previously worked with MTV in America and Australia. He made his first surfing documentary Eye of the Storm, which was first screened on RTE television in 2002 and In 2009 he wrote and directed his first featured documentary, Waveriders. He began planning the film in 2005 when he...
's Eye of the Storm in 2002 and Step Into Liquid
Step Into Liquid
Step into Liquid is a documentary about surfing directed by Dana Brown, son of famed surfer and filmmaker Bruce Brown. The film includes surfing footage from the famous Pipeline, the beaches of Vietnam, and some of the world's largest waves, at Cortes Bank...
in 2003. In 2009 he co-lead with Gabe Davies
Gabe Davies
-Surf career:Gabe is a four-time British surfing champion and world-renowned big wave surfer from Newcastle, UK. He has appeared in award-winning surfing documentaries such as Joel Conroy's Eye of the Storm in 2002 and in 2009 he co-lead with Richie Fitzgerald in Joel Conroy's first featured...
in Joel Conroy
Joel Conroy
-Film Career:Joel previously worked with MTV in America and Australia. He made his first surfing documentary Eye of the Storm, which was first screened on RTE television in 2002 and In 2009 he wrote and directed his first featured documentary, Waveriders. He began planning the film in 2005 when he...
's first featured documentary, Waveriders
Waveriders
Waveriders is a 2009 documentary film. The film was produced by Margo Harkin and directed by Joel Conroy.- Plot :Waveriders focuses on the Irish roots of surfing...
. Together they tow surfed
Tow-in surfing
Tow-in surfing is a surfing technique which uses artificial assistance to allow the surfer to catch faster moving waves than was traditionally possible when paddling by hand.-History:...
the biggest swell to have been ridden off the Irish Atlantic Coast. He currently runs the surf coaching academy and Surf World shop in Bundoran
Bundoran
Bundoran is a town in County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in the north of Ireland. The town is located on the N15 road near Ballyshannon, 3 hours drive from Dublin and around two and a quarter hours drive from Belfast...
with his Australian wife Briohny.