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AL MENNIE
BIG WAVE SURFER - NIGHT SWIMMER - OCEAN ADVENTURER - BLACK BELT
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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 14, 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 12, 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
Sep 11, 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 30, 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 29, 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 18, 20231 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 15, 20232 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
Aug 14, 20231 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
Jul 3, 20232 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 13, 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
Jun 8, 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...

Al Mennie
May 29, 20231 min read


Winter Style Surf in May
May isn't exactly prime time for great waves in this part of the world but we happen to have a run of winter style swell this week....

Al Mennie
May 22, 20231 min read


Stop Pollution of our Waters!
BALLYRONAN MARINA, 20TH MAY 2023 11AM PROTEST TO SAVE OUR OCEANS Contact @surfersagainstsewageni on instagram for more info. When I was a...

Al Mennie
May 15, 20232 min read


Surf 154 - Surf Through Darkness Complete
This is just a quick update to let you know we successfully completed SURF 154 Surf Through Darkness last night. I will add more here but...

Al Mennie
May 1, 20231 min read


How am I going to surf 154 waves?
Link to donate... https://www.darknessintolight.ie/fundraisers/almennie I've had a few people wondering how on earth I'm going to ride...

Al Mennie
Apr 27, 20232 min read


WHY AM I DOING THIS SURF THROUGH DARKNESS?
This is something I haven't planned until very recently. I felt as ambassador for the Darkness into Light Campaign that I could do more...

Al Mennie
Apr 26, 20232 min read
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