Sea Sessions 2012 Non-music, Fun bits!
So, we’ve been looking up the treats on offer ahead of our summer trip to Bundoran, and if you thought Sea Sessions was purely the choons and the sandy sambos you were dead wrong! The festival also incorporates surf and sports events to boot and will host the UK and Ireland’s only Association of Surfing Professionals European specialty event. The more we hear about it, the more we can’t wait to get to Donegal this June to experience the likes of this stuff. Take a look, because a lot of requires advance booking.
The Barefoot Wine Expression Session: 29th June–1st July
Taking place during the festival weekend the ‘Barefoot Wine Expression Session with Billabong’ has €3000 worth of prizes including an 11 day sumatrian ‘Surf-cruise’ worth €2200 for best Irish Surfer. The main event will feature an event of Europe’s Top Waveriders! The event will be captured on video and posted online. But the event itself has very limited entry. You don’t just rock in folks so if you’ll be at Sea Sessions and are interested in getting involved drop them an email at [email protected].
Barefoot Retro Surf: 30th June
Retro Surf is on the Saturday of the festival weekend and is free for all surfers to take part in regardless of proficiency. The emphasis here is more on style than substance and capturing the sixties vibe of surf parties on the beach. There’ll be lots of prizes so it’s definitely worth checking out, even for the non-pros. You do have to request entry via email though their gmail address [email protected]
Now I’m no surfer but the Retro Surf event sounds like something I’d definitely don a floral shirt, grab a few cold drinks and head down to the beach to catch. Sounds like a perfect spectacle to entertain a slightly tender festival goer the morning after the opening night?
Barefoot Beach Olympics
Ah, now here’s something that’s more my bag. Maybe yours too, if you’re not too adept at that surfing lark. The Beach Olympics are Bundoran’s answer to London 2012. Held across the weekend the 2012 Sea Sessions Barefoot Beach Olympics will feature spot prizes and the title of Sea Sessions 2012 Olympian. Which leads us on nicely to…
Barefoot Beach Sports
Run by local clubs there’s €500 on offer for the winning beach soccer, beach tag rugby and (new to this year) beach handball teams! Definitely worthwhile entering if you’re heading up to Bundoran with a few mates from your team of whatever your chosen sport. And as we all know sand makes the fun, well, sandier… This is always hugely popular part of the weekend so register your team or your team place by emailing the lads on [email protected].
If the line-up hadn’t already convinced you, we reckon the sports-related craic should. See you on the beach!
Weekend tickets for Sea Sessions 2012 are just €88.50. Day tickets Fri/Sat/Sun are €50.