Tonight on Foreign Correspondent, ABC heads to an unlikely surf capital where freezing seas and towering waves are drawing global attention.
Reporter Sean Murphy explores Ireland’s rugged west coast, where winter brings a surge of thrill-seekers chasing some of the biggest waves on the planet.
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When you think of big wave surfing, Hawaii, Portugal or Tahiti might come to mind. Very few would name Ireland as one of the world’s hottest surfing destinations, let alone the sleepy seaside town of Mullaghmore.
But in the depths of the Irish winter adventurous surfers from around the globe descend on this little village, braving the freezing North Atlantic swells to take on waves as big as multi-story buildings.
On Foreign Correspondent reporter Sean Murphy goes on a quest to capture the breathtaking and unique world of Irish surfing.
There he explores how Ireland’s identity is being reimagined through the rise of surf culture where the only religion that matters is sea and the waves have to be seen to be believed.
Take a sneak peak at tonight’s episode in the player below.
This episode of Foreign Correspondent airs tonight, Tuesday 31 March at 8.00pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.
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