Eoin Scullions Blog

Christmas and New Year

2009-12-31T09:03:00.000-08:00

Heyy haven't been able to post over past couple week cause iv been so busy working and training etc. But i thought i would post a blog before i head out to celebrate the new year.

Its been an awesome christmas for me, spent it with my family at my dads house. Was very good times. Especially the meal. It was amazing. I bloody love turkey. Anyways, whenever I was younger i was always about the presents at christmas. Didnt give a crap about anything else, i just wanted presents. But nowadays im just happy to see all my family. Was cool just chilling out with them all, watching movies and having a laugh. Made me realise how lucky I am that i have all my family around me and that nobody's away in Iraq or passed away or whatever.

Its the last day of 2009, and its been a good year for me. Iv learned a lot in 2009. Its been full of ups and downs but mostly ups. It been great having my friends around me most of the time, being supportive whenever i needed them the most. 2009 has also been a good year for rugby for me. Winning the Mildred Holland plate and also being named captain of the under 19s are 2 of the best achievements iv ever had playing the sport.
One of the best trips iv had in 2009 was to North Donegal with my brother Stephen and some of his friends to go surfing. Possibly the best weekend iv ever had. Full of great surf, drunken madness, an old pooch and campfires. How could you go wrong? Well i think iv wrote enough, hope everyone has a good night tonight and a safe 2010! Happy New Year!

Also just want to say Rest In Peace Paul Hazzard. You will always be remembered.

Alright shams!

2009-12-13T13:27:00.001-08:00

Well i havent posted for over a year. Gonna make a right go at it this time. I got preoccupied with other things. Anyways, christmas is coming so fast this year. And the swell has been pretty good here in Costa Del Norn Iron! My brother and a few friends have been scoring some awesome surf. Unfortunately for myself i havent been able to make it into the water in about a month. Rugby is really taking up a lot of my time. Im not complaining really though as rugby is more of a priority than surfing, although im pretty passionate about surfing aswell.
Almost at the half way mark in our season. Ballymena U19s lie 2nd in the league and its already been won by Randalstown. Fair play to them i guess. I am still being stubborn and think that we can beat them. I've been made captain for us and im extremely happy. I hope i can do a good enough job for the guys. Im very lucky because there are other guys in the team that couldve easily been made captain too.
Intouch Photography has been doing a lot of work recently. Stephens been travelling flat out around the coast for past few weeks, and even taking some shots on the west coast so look out! Now hes got his ride pimped out hes going travelling he tells us. www.intouchphotography.co.uk

So my aim with the blog is to sorta get some interviews and pictures with some of my friends and just sorta talk about random shite i pick up. This is all simply out of boredom, but im cool with that! Im going to try blog maybe once or twice a week from now on. Here's to hoping!

Forrest Griffin Vs Rashad Evans 27th December 2008

2008-12-28T14:44:00.000-08:00

Well this was one of my favourite fights. Rashad came out confident as ever and produced a champion worthy performance. Thing i liked about this fight was after when both fighters showed a tremendous amount of respect for each other. Griffin admitted defeat and praised the new champion. I thought this was very big of him. People get the impression that cage fighting is a dog sport kinda thing. But in the UFC and similar companies the main concern is the fighters health, not money. I think those guys that diss mma should actually read into before they judge the athletes that do it. But anyways enough ranting, great fight and the better fighter won on the night. Other great fights at UFC 92 was Wanderlei Silva Vs Rampage Jackson III. Another amazing fight! Rampage came out the victor in this one though. But the best fight of the night had to be Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Vs Frank Mir for the interim Heavyweight championship. Frank Mir knocked Nogueria out to take the belt and came out with something very controversial. He told Lesnar he was gonna make him famous with a break when they fight again. Lesnar laughed it off at ringside. Mir also said "I've never been more afraid then when I walked into the ring tonight." Such a classy guy. Also another good show of sportsmanship after the fight. All in all this was a great night for the UFC.

Munster Vs All Blacks

2008-11-20T15:55:00.000-08:00

This was the most patriotic display i have ever seen from any team in my life. Munster came out with more or less a Munster B side with a lot of AIL players starting for them. Just before the match both teams lined up and before the All Blacks Haka was about to take place, four Munster kiwi's stood out from their team and performed the Haka with such intensity in their eye. Was something truly special. Then the All Blacks did their rendition. Was a solid game from a Munster point of view. They defended well also took their penalties well with Warwick notching over a few and also a drop goal. Munster were awarded a 5 metre scrum and then Peter Stringer took the ball blind and fed Barry Murphy for him to run in for the try. This brought the score to 16-10 to Munster at half time. With 4 minutes left Munster looked as if they were going to pull off the shock of the century as they led the All Blacks 16-13. For Munster, with heart and soul on the sleeve looked promising. Then the ref penalised captain Mick O'Driscoll. All Blacks opted for the line out. This gave All Blacks a platform for Rokokoko to score the winning try. For me this game proved that when anybody thats lucky enough to pull on the Munster jersey are willing to stand up and fight for not only their team but their province. Munster is the most passionate province in Ireland for rugby. They show this with their support and also in the team. All Munster players are proud to wear the Thomond, Desmond and the Ormonde.
To the Brave and Faithful, Nothing Is Impossible! C'mon Munster!

Nickelback Live at the Odyssey Arena Belfast Friday 12th September 2008

2008-09-16T10:29:00.000-07:00

This was the first gig i have seen in the Odyssey arena and let me tell you...It gets really warm haha. We were mauybe 2 metres away from the stage and within touching distance of when Chad Kroeger and TIMMY came down the ramp. The show started off with support coming from Staind. The were amazing! Great sound and great atmosphere. My intention was going to see Nickelback because of Staind but i had no idea what i was in for. Nickelback came on and opened up with Animals. Such a great song to start with. With all the pyrotechnics it really added the incentive on the atmosphere. Another great feature of the show was when they introduced TIMMY! He is one of Nickelbacks roadies. He came on for a couple of songs playing acoustic guitar and piano. The crowd loved him! The band took a break for a few minutes while the roadies came out and shot t-shirts out of a "merch cannon" and also threw beer out aswell. I liked that bit the best as me and my friend Aaron were contesting with the rest of the crowd for a beer. Good times! Nickelback also did their rendition of Elton Johns hit Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting which i thought was awesome. The also played hits such as Far Away, Someday, Too Bad, Photograph and the very popular Rockstar. All in all a very good gig and the only problem was finding my way home at the end of the night!

Surf Photography

2008-09-04T08:48:00.000-07:00

It takes a courageous person to make it in the world of surfing photography. First you have to accept that equipment will be expensive and the returns will be small, at least until you are established. Then there are the physical obstacles, swimming over sharp reefs which could be home to sharks, and putting yourself close to surfers riding huge waves. And of course there are the rip-currents that can sweep you out to sea. This is all in a days work for Lucia griggi, Mickey Smith, Paudie Scanlon and Will Bailey. The picture to left was taken by Mickey Smith who is probably the most successful irish surf photographer. He works for magazines such as "Carve" and "Wave Length". He is very very talented. Lucia Griggi is another very talented photographer who has made it in the male dominated profession. She is a freelance photographer from Cornwall with her work featuring in publications such as "Carve", "Surfgirl", "Wavelength" and also does work for Ripcurl. The picture below is courtesy of Luciadaniellagriggi.com. Click to view her website.

If you like what you see also have a look at http://www.intouchphotography.co.uk/. This photographer is very talented. Be sure to look out for his work in magazines soon!

Well Hello There

2008-08-19T19:53:00.000-07:00

Hey My name is Eoin and im new to blogging. Due to Gareths influence i thought id give it a go. Hope you find my blogs vaguely interesting! Cheers