Surf’s up... as Joe takes to waves 60 years on

FORGET Malibu and Honolulu — the only place to be for a bit of surfing history this Sunday will be the Co Waterford town of Tramore.

On a historic day Ireland’s first ever surfer, Joe Roddy, will ride the waves again to mark the 60th anniversary of his first surf off the Irish coast.

Now in his late 70s — he refuses to give his real age as it will “cramp my ballroom dancing social scene” — the maverick great-grandfather, who was born in the Roches Point lighthouse, will enter the Irish surfers’ hall of fame on Sunday after a repeat of his first effort on a replica of the board he first used.