Easky is located on the west coast of Ireland just west of Sligo. There are two waves, aptly named Easkey Right and Easkey Left, and both break over flat reef shelves and peel into convenient paddling channels. The reef at Easkey Left benefits from the silty outflow from the river. (The water may look dirty but, they actually just completed a new secondary sewage treatment plant, so any brown stuff you see in the water is probably peat or mud or some other non-sewage related matter.) The right is a little hollower and more sectiony, but both waves are damn good and well worth the trip. The left is a little more forgiving in a southwest wind. Sligo (Sligeach in Irish) is the county town of County Sligo in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Best tide: low Best swell direction: northwest Best size: head high to double overhead Best wind: south Perfecto-meter: 7 (1=Lake Erie; 10=Jeffreys Bay) Bottom: rock reef Ability level: beginner to advanced (this wave is not for beginners) Bring your: favorite shortboard and a mini gun Best season: spring, fall and winter Access: park at the castle. Crowd factor: Yes. They're a pair of Ireland's most famous -- and consistent -- waves. Local vibe: Yes. Cameras and vanloads of visitors are frowned upon. Bicep burn: 6 (1=knee-high Waikiki; 10=triple-overhead Ocean Beach) Poo patrol: 3 (1=clean; 10=turds in the lineup)
But beaten finalists Easkey, this their first sample of a glittering Senior Championship final since 1968, went so close at Markievicz Park where the grass was wet and the wind blustery.
Easkey, perhaps, warranted at least a draw but only on the merit of their second-half efforts where they out-scored Tourlestrane by 1-5 to 0-5.
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