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BIG WAVE SURFER - NIGHT SWIMMER - OCEAN ADVENTURER - BLACK BELT
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Al Mennie
Jan 1, 20241 min read
Shooting Photographs with Californian Photographer Titus Haug
Titus and Olivia visited recently and we did some photos together on film. The last time I saw so much film was in the fridge when I was...

Al Mennie
Dec 3, 20231 min read
DarkMark Surfboards new board
Mark has been working on my boards for a few years now. I've known Mark for a long time and he's always been dismantling old surfboards,...

Al Mennie
Nov 28, 20231 min read
Speaking on Mental Health & Resilience to our National Fire and Rescue Service.
Speaking on Mental Health & Resilience to our National Fire and Rescue Service. I was invited to speak to Northern Ireland Fire and...


Al Mennie
Nov 5, 20231 min read
Swim Through Darkness Blog
If you are looking form the Swim Through Darkness Blog you can find it on its own webpage here.... Thanks for checking it out and...


Al Mennie
Oct 7, 20231 min read
New Book - RISE
RISE is my 8th book. In this book the story is based on my childhood dream to become a Big Wave Surfer. Inspired by the surfers in...


Al Mennie
Sep 14, 20231 min read
The Northern Lights
A reminder that we are tiny in this world of power and energy. I've only seen the Northern Lights / Aurora happen a few times in my life,...


Al Mennie
Sep 11, 20231 min read
Shooting Photographs with LA photographer Ashley Kavanagh.
Ashley visited for a week and took some photographs of me in various walks of life. Ashely is from the world of TV and Movies and was...


Al Mennie
Sep 10, 20231 min read
Billy Feature
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/video-news/watch-big-wave-surfer-al-mennie-releases-kids-book-about-keeping-the-ocean-and-beach-clean/...


Al Mennie
Aug 29, 20231 min read
The Surfer's House New Website
It has been a crazy busy year but the website but we finally got round to getting the website freshened up. In fairness, it still needs a...


Al Mennie
Aug 28, 20231 min read
Billy Pre-Orders
Thank you to everyone that ordered in the pre-order stage. I was not expecting such a far reaching interest in Billy so it is very...


Al Mennie
Aug 17, 20231 min read
Beach Pollution
Yesterday morning as I walked the beach with my dog Blyton, once again rubbish/trash left behind by visitors clogged the sand dunes and...

Al Mennie
Aug 14, 20232 min read
Causeway Coast Water Temperature Feels Unusually High.
I am normally the one person you won’t find in the surf in anything less than a thin summer wetsuit. However, over the past six weeks I...

Al Mennie
Aug 13, 20231 min read
Audio Recordings now available on Spotify and Apple Books
I've been adding Audio recordings to Spotify and Apple Books. There are a lot more to come. Here are links to a few of them....

Al Mennie
Jul 2, 20232 min read
Follow Your Dreams
It was a winter night in 1993, I was in Castlerock, on the end of my brothers bed watching a video about the infamous big waves at a spot...


Al Mennie
Jun 13, 20231 min read
Basic Paddle Board Safety Considerations
It is that time of year again that the water is warming up and everyone is escaping to the water at the first chance. Paddle boarding has...


Al Mennie
Jun 7, 20231 min read
Hosting a Fashion Show
I recently hosted the University of Ulster Graduate Fashion Show 2023 in Belfast. The Runway show was produced by Style Academy Model...


Al Mennie
May 29, 20231 min read
Speaking at school "Inspire Week"
I recently spoke at Inspire Week at a school in Northern Ireland. I spoke casually and told the children about all sorts of things from...
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