Richie Fitzgerald

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{{short description|Irish big-wave surfer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox surfer

| name = Richie Fitzgerald

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| birth_name =Richard Fitzgerald

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| birth_place = County Donegal, Ireland

| residence = Bundoran

| height = 5’10’’ (178cm)

| weight = 168lbs (76kg)

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| sponsors= Volkswagen, Billabong, MMD, C-Skins, Vans, Northcore

| major_achievements = Semi Finalist in Eurosurf Masters event 2011

| stance =Goofy

| shapers=Mark McGuire (Power Source Surf Boards)

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| favourite_waves=The Peak, Bundoran

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| website={{URL|http://www.surfworld.ie}}

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Richie Fitzgerald is an Irish big-wave surfer.[http://www.c-skins.com/surf/team/european/richie C-Skins profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209080731/http://www.c-skins.com/surf/team/european/richie |date=2011-02-09 }}

He first appeared as a judge in Channel 4's reality TV show, Faking it, titled "Web Surfer To Wave Surfer", which aired on 2 November 2002. He then appeared in surfing documentaries such as Joel Conroy's Eye of the Storm in 2002[http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/7439/news.htm Surfers Village] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323090803/http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/7439/news.htm |date=23 March 2012 }} Bundoran in the ‘Eye of the storm by Declan Browne and Step Into Liquid in 2003. In 2009 he co-lead with Gabe Davies in Joel Conroy's first featured documentary, Waveriders. Together they tow surfed the biggest swell to have been ridden off the Irish Atlantic Coast. In 2014, he appeared in a Jägermeister advert called "Journey to Surf" alongside Ben Skinner.{{cite web | url=https://www.carvemag.com/2014/02/behind-scenes-now-famous-jager-ad-shoot-2/ | title=Behind the scenes of the Jagermeister 'Journey to Surf' ad|magazine=Carve|date=25 February 2014|accessdate=8 May 2021}} He currently runs the surf coaching academy and Surf World shop in Bundoran with his Australian wife Briohny.[http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/red-bulletin/riding-green-giants-waveriders-the-irish-surf-film-1810176.html "Riding green giants: Waveriders, the Irish surf film"], Independent, 7 July 2009[http://www.northcore-europe.com/richie_fitzgerald_northcore_ambassador.htm Northcore Europe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822083718/http://www.northcore-europe.com/richie_fitzgerald_northcore_ambassador.htm |date=2010-08-22 }}[http://www.outsider.ie/our-team Outsider magazine profile][http://www.waveridersthefilm.com/cast-crew/richard-fitzgerald-waveriders-cast-bio/ waveriders cast profile]