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Jonny Walker

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Name: Jonny Walker, 27

 

Home town: Donegal man living in the big Smoke of Belfast

 

Home region: The Port and Inishowen

 

How long you surfing?
Don’t think you could really call what I do “surfing” (few months)

 

3 sentences that describe you/what you do:

Overweight, unbalanced and not a great swimmer.

 

Where/Why did you start surfing?

Chicks dig surfers (don’t tell my girlfriend I said that)

 

Any surfing honours, comp wins etc?

Are ya joking? Maybe on www.crapsurfer.com

 

Quiver (ie detail/s of your board/s), plus your fave board:

9’3” (aka “The Exxon Valdez”) I am the toxic mess that ends up on the rocks.

 

"Surfing is getting more popular in Ireland for sure". Discuss:
I think allot more people are trying surfing and it looks like allot more people are in the water but I’m not sure all these people will stick with it. That cold water Brrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!

 

Favourite Surfer/s and why:
When I grow up I wanna be just like Laird Hamilton.

 

Best thing about surfing:

The beach, yer friends and that feeling of contentment when you get out of the water.

 

Your top music/reading/movies/tv/radio, surf or otherwise: Anything I download for free, don’t steal music kids, spare a thought for those poor billionaires the music industry is trying to protect.

 

Any ambition as a surfer?
Making my own environmentally friendly board out of sustainable materials.

 

Dream surf trip:
Do the trip in “The Endless Summer”.


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