Richie Fitzgerald - Northcore™ Ambassabor

Charging the biggest waves Ireland has to offer Richie Fitzgerald has achieved global recognition and respect within the tow-in surfing community, surfers worldwide and amongst anyone who has witnessed him in action on a wave, so Northcore™ are stoked to have Richie as the head of our team of riders and as the Northcore™ Brand Ambassador.

Richie Fitzgerald was born and raised in Bundoran, County Donegal, which has become known as a world-class surfing destination largely due to Richie's exploits as the undisputed face of Irish surfing.   Having represented Ireland at both World and European Championships, Richie now concentrates on big wave surfing and owning and managing Ireland's first intermediate/advanced surf coaching academy.

Richie has been featured worldwide in the mainstream and surfing Press.   He was the co-lead character in Eye of the Storm and also appeared alongside the Malloy Brothers in the surfing documentary, Step Into Liquid where he is featured devoting his time to the cross border integration scheme that attempts to integrate children from the North and South of Ireland through surfing. He faced the biggest surfing challenge of his life on the final day of filming WAVERIDERS surfing the biggest swell ever attempted off the coast of Europe to become Ireland's most renowned big wave surfer.

More recently Richie has been instrumental in discovering and bring a brand new big wave spot to the worlds attention.   "Prowlers" is an offshore seamount which unloads monster waves over its relatively shallow base, 2 miles offshore somewhere in County Sligo.   "Prowlers" is considered to be one worlds heaviest waves, so expect to see more action from Richie over the next few years as he continues to charge this and all the other amazing waves on his doorstep.