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

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...

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I recently spoke to a great audience at the Ireland on the Water event outside Belfast. My old pal Stephen Watson and I spent an hour on...

The Northern Lights As if we don’t live in a magical part of the world as it is with waterfalls, long beaches, broad horizons and amazing...

Injury About 4 weeks ago I suffered an injury during training. I was in a stretching session the night before a swell was due and...

An excerpt from the book Escape to the Wild Dark Sea - An Irish Sea Story of Our Times. Poem written, read and performed by Al Mennie...

Snow Session. Out of all the times I go surfing, it is by far my favourite when there is snow. There is just something so magical about...

We have had an amazing run of surf. There has been a lack of big surf this winter but there has been endless good surf. I’ve lost count...

The light winds of the New Year period have been perfect for Sup Surfing. The endless run of swell continues too. I think there has been...

As unusual as the weather has been this season with mostly mild temperatures and light winds we have had endless good surfing conditions....

We filmed for a national TV show this week. I believe it will air sometime in the next few weeks across Ireland and Britain. I will...

When the dark mornings attempt to keep us down, the crack of golden light across the top of the cliffs clipping the crest of the waves is...

The dark mornings, the early setting sun and the lowly lit days can all be difficult this time of year for lots of us. Sometimes, we...

Unusually warm air temperatures in November have been keeping me in my summer weight wetsuit. I have been a surfer all my life and so I...

I recently spoke at a conference for the charity Aware. It was very interesting to meet all the people involved behind the scenes and to...

Non stop perfect surf..... Picture by Sara ONeill

The van is a constant work in progress. I've always driven vans, as I am often stuffing them full of surfboards and camping in them. I...

Blyton and I walk here regularly and create little piles of plastic to gather on the way back to the van. Although I don’t think this is...