DESSIE McGLINCHEY - ENGLISH VERSION
Name:Dessie Mc Glinchey
Age:33
Nationality: N. Irish
Occupation: Lifeguard at local swimming pool
Recent Competition records: 2006 N.I Number 1 H.P and IC 2006 British Open Hp Champion World Cup 5th Portugal 2006 European IC champion, 2007 Santa Cruz USA IC Champion, 2007 Europeans 2nd HP and 3rd IC, Spirit of Santa Cruz 2007 1st place.
Website: http://www.nisurfkayak.com/
Sponsors: nookie, lendal
Hi Dessie... first in California, now in Portugal. Santa Cruz givers you luck!!
Did you enjoy the contest in Portugal?
yeah portugal was great again. It was the biggest contest set up that id ever been to. We arrived on Saturday morning at 3.30am to find around 1000 people partying on the beach and from that moment i knew it was going to be a good weekend
You have travelled a lot doing kayaksurf... how do you see the evolution of the contests?
The contests are constantly improving and each big event that i travel to, it seems that the organisers out do the previous event. I think that the organisers know what works well and what doesn't and only keep the good bits. The spirit of Santa Cruz event had a real party vibe to it, and it worked well throughout the contest.
The contests are constantly improving and each big event that i travel to, it seems that the organisers out do the previous event. I think that the organisers know what works well and what doesn't and only keep the good bits. The spirit of Santa Cruz event had a real party vibe to it, and it worked well throughout the contest.
And about the judges... in Portugal were two surfers and one kayaksurfer. Was it the ideal team?
I try not to think about the judges when I'm at an event, if I'm having to work out what is scoring well then that takes away from the way i surf. All that you can do as a competitor is get on the water and try to enjoy my waves. if your surfing well and enjoying it then there is a good chance that the judges will put you through to the next round.
I try not to think about the judges when I'm at an event, if I'm having to work out what is scoring well then that takes away from the way i surf. All that you can do as a competitor is get on the water and try to enjoy my waves. if your surfing well and enjoying it then there is a good chance that the judges will put you through to the next round.
I know that you're working on a new DVD about kayaksurf... do you want to tell us something about it?
Ive been meaning to put together an instructional movie for years and i always get so far then stop when i hear my own voice doing the voice-over, i hope that i can see this one through to completion. Ive about 10Min's done so far with take offs, bottom turns and top turns. My camera has just stopped working so until i get another this project is on hold.
Ive been meaning to put together an instructional movie for years and i always get so far then stop when i hear my own voice doing the voice-over, i hope that i can see this one through to completion. Ive about 10Min's done so far with take offs, bottom turns and top turns. My camera has just stopped working so until i get another this project is on hold.
And what projects do you have in tour NI Team, besides the Worlds in Mundaka?
We have a healthy scene in Northern Ireland with lots of young kayakers coming through the ranks but we aren't looking past Mundaka, we are hoping to improve on the last two world rankings of 8th in2003 and 5th in Costa Rica.
We have a healthy scene in Northern Ireland with lots of young kayakers coming through the ranks but we aren't looking past Mundaka, we are hoping to improve on the last two world rankings of 8th in2003 and 5th in Costa Rica.
Your are almost a veteran in Mundaka... many expectations about the contest?
Id love to be surfing on the last day with mundaka firing, but there will be a lot of the contest run in bakio, so who knows what will happen. Ive been out to mundaka/bakio 6 times now and i have not yet managed to get any good sized waves, it always seems to be working just before or the day after i leave. I'm planning on driving down through France and taking at least 2 weeks in the basque country. It cant stay flat for two weeks. ( or can it.)
Id love to be surfing on the last day with mundaka firing, but there will be a lot of the contest run in bakio, so who knows what will happen. Ive been out to mundaka/bakio 6 times now and i have not yet managed to get any good sized waves, it always seems to be working just before or the day after i leave. I'm planning on driving down through France and taking at least 2 weeks in the basque country. It cant stay flat for two weeks. ( or can it.)
And next year... can we expect more members of your team in Santa Cruz Contest?
I hope that next year around 10 or so paddlers attend the contest, we have been the best represented team at a lot of recent contests, we sent 15 paddlers to mundaka in may.
Ive said to my wife that if there is one place that we will visit next year it will be the Santa Cruz contest only this time we will stay for a week and id love to enter the tri action and have a go at the board surfing and one of the other events also.
I hope that next year around 10 or so paddlers attend the contest, we have been the best represented team at a lot of recent contests, we sent 15 paddlers to mundaka in may.
Ive said to my wife that if there is one place that we will visit next year it will be the Santa Cruz contest only this time we will stay for a week and id love to enter the tri action and have a go at the board surfing and one of the other events also.
It was your second time in Portugal... besides kayaksurf, what did you enjoy the most?
Spending time with the Portuguese surfkayakers, its great to meet up with other paddlers from all countries that share the same interests, and i hope that portugal send a lot of people to the worlds. one of the things that i enjoyed most was the welcome that we received throughout the weekend from everyone that was involved with the event.
Spending time with the Portuguese surfkayakers, its great to meet up with other paddlers from all countries that share the same interests, and i hope that portugal send a lot of people to the worlds. one of the things that i enjoyed most was the welcome that we received throughout the weekend from everyone that was involved with the event.
And the worst?
Getting moved on by the police at 3.00am in the morning from where we were camping. saying that we were on a golf course, then the police found out we were from Ireland and he showed us were to spend the rest of the night.
Getting moved on by the police at 3.00am in the morning from where we were camping. saying that we were on a golf course, then the police found out we were from Ireland and he showed us were to spend the rest of the night.
Can we continue to count with your contribution with Kayaksurf News Team?
its an honour to be asked to contribute to the news on kayaksurf.net so as long as i have news i will keep sending it.
its an honour to be asked to contribute to the news on kayaksurf.net so as long as i have news i will keep sending it.
Thanks Dessie! See you in Mundaka.
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Published - 13.08.07
Text - Luis Pedro Abreu
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