EUROSURF 2011 - Parade and Opening Ceremony

The teams gather

 and Killadeas Pipe Band leads the parade.

followed by previous Presidents of the Irish Surfing Association.

and then the judges from each country (Tahlia Britton is the Irish judge, the only female judge)

followed by the teams

Colourful kids from the Stars of the West 

Dance & Performance School

mmmm

Then the Eurosurf 11 opening ceremony at the peak, including the sand ceremony when sand from the beaches of all the participating nations is put together in a bowl.

Bethany Hamilton, inspirational surfer whose story inspired the film Soul Surfer addresses the crowd. See www.bethanyhamilton.com

Then the sand ceremony