Sean Duggan is an Irish American producer and filmmaker. Sean has over 20 years experience in advertising and entertainment. Keep It A Secret is his debut feature length film. For more information on where you can watch Keep It A Secret and 2022 Film Festival screenings visit, www.keepitasecretfilm.com
I'm a bit worried at how much the whole Bundoran/sligo scene has pushed the red-bull/so-called "pro"/"competitive"/"monetary" side of surfing. Ireland's waves should be for soul-surfing only and respect should be given to the beaches, waves, +local language/culture etc No-one wants our beautiful beaches/waves to become overcommercialised and crowded like many parts of America/Hawaii.
Kevin Naughton & Craig Petersen --- in 1974-5-6, gods to me and so many others. True Explorers. Thanks men, I followed in some of your steps in the analogue era. Empty waves in many countries. Amen.
There were local surfers in ireland before naughton and peterson came. They didnt discover ireland, as other surfers had been here before them. I suppose they were first to publicise it. With articles in magazines. They couldn't keep quiet about it, but the local surfers were aware of how good the surf in ireland was. We were watchin places such as mullaghmore in early 70s. Wonderin who was gonna b 1st brave to surf it.
My brother and I surfed in Lahinch in 1969 with the Irish Surf Club from Dublin. We met with Kevin Cavey in Bray at his hotel and he directed us to Lahinch and the Irish Surf Club. We followed that trip up with another trip in 1971 back to Lahinch, Doonbeg, and Hossegor France. I crossed paths with Kevin Naughten and Roberto Levy while surfing Zunzal El Salvador in 1975. Both my brother and I are still surfing today at age 68 and 72 in Florida. We were in Lahinch this past October but did not surf and the waves were firing!!!! We were in Ireland with family returning our parents to their homeland. @@henrypierce8900
Nice to see some footage of the old days. As i remember kevin naughton swapped a skateboard with davy govan for the triumph herald hes driving! Some o these people were really pioneering, like alan duke makin a 5ft 4 twin fin called the Wellington boot from the polystyrene lining of a fridge door. Every1 had recognizable styles, davy govan was the surfing policeman as he looked like a policeman directing taffic as he made his way thru sections. Dukie had a v recognizable style too, hands limp on end of his wrist hed throw his hands in the direction he wanted to turn and carve in his athletic artisic ways! My brothers david pierce sadly missed n big oli. In the north west a lovely guy called clive davies from Enniskillen was 1st really gd surfer, hed cycle to rossnowlagh from Enniskillen surf all day without a wet suit then cycle back home again. A big hawain lookin guy with a big heart! Im so lucky to have known these great people, back in the rare ol times. Peace!
wow i like this very much im in california in HB surf city im half IRISH on my mom side ive been surfing since 1971. you guys have better waves than us. keep it a secret boys ALOHA!!!
Absolute truth: c1975 i was heading down to rocks with my 6ft 7 board when an old fisherman came up and asked me, "What sort of a boat would that be? 'twould not be much use for fishing would it?" Both my trips were in early summer and the weather was so dreadful (eg tent torn to shreds in a gale first night) that I nearly abandoned both trips, but hung in there long enough to experience magic. Hat's off to Irish winter surfers.
Ah! The old Triumph Herald at the start brings back memories. A stack of boards on the rack would slow the old girl from a merely stately form if progression to glacial. I believe the advent of decent wetsuits would have been an essential step before surfing became viable in Ireland for longer than 5 minutes at a time.
Can't help but show and tell . Now you blown it out. Next thing you know you will have surf camps . Nice job by making a movie about it. Can't hold a good thing , you'll be sorry.
Looks like an amazing piece! But the part about the north just isn’t true. What was happening then was because of the lack of civil rights for the Irish and a country that was being torn apart by the British.
