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Easkey Britton

Date of Birth: 1 January 1970
Address: Donegal

Easkey Britton, Ph.D is an Irish surfer from County Donegal with a doctorate in Environment and Society from the University of Ulster. In 2010, she won her fifth consecutive Irish National Surfing Championship title at her namesake wave in County Sligo and in 2009 became the British Pro-Tour Champion. Britton was the first female surfer to ride the "big wave," Aill na Searrach, off the Cliffs of Moher in 2007. The 15-foot (4.6 m) wave was featured in the Irish documentary film Waveriders. Britton is the first Irish woman to be nominated for the Billabong XXL Awards (now called the WSL Big Wave Awards) for her performance tow surfing at Ireland's premier big wave spot, Mullaghmore, in February 2011, becoming the first woman to do so. Britton's younger sister Becky-Finn Britton is also a longboarder. Her cousin, Tahlia Britton, became the first female diver in the Irish Navy in August 2020. Source: wiikipedia.org

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