{"id":22341,"date":"2024-02-13T14:18:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T13:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=22341"},"modified":"2024-02-13T14:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T13:18:46","slug":"young-aspects-welcomes-big-wave-surfer-al-mennie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2024\/02\/young-aspects-welcomes-big-wave-surfer-al-mennie\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Aspects Welcomes Big Wave Surfer Al Mennie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Aspects Festival is delighted to welcome <em>Al Mennie<\/em> to its Young Aspects programme. The Big Wave Surfer, writer and athlete will be giving a special talk in Studio 1A, Bangor on Friday 1 March. Author of several children\u2019s books, Al will share insights into his writing journey and what inspires him.<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-22342\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-1024x684.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/>Al Mennie is probably best known for his big wave surfing exploits. From humble beginnings playing on the beach at Castlerock to eventually becoming a pioneer of big wave surfing in both Ireland and at the infamous location of Nazare in Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bAl is also a writer and has written a number of books, from an autobiography to books to help adults and children with fear, anxieties and being confident. His book <em>Confident Kris<\/em> tells the story of Kris and his life as a Viking child living with his widowed mum. It explains how he uses strength and confidence to combat fears and worries, and to not let other people&#8217;s opinions impact him. The book deals with bullying and how to make sure you don&#8217;t waste a minute of your day. Al\u2019s latest book <em>Billy the Basking Shark<\/em> is designed to educate young people on the importance of protecting nature and the ocean from pollution.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about his Aspects appearance, Al said: <em>\u201cI have\u00a0been writing almost every day since I was a child. I am inspired by life and\u00a0the environment around me and I look forward to speaking to the audience about this\u00a0at Young Aspects Festival\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Aspects Festival Director, Patricia Hamilton said: <em>\u201cWe are delighted to welcome Al Mennie to our Young Aspects programme. Al is an inspiration and I\u2019m sure our audience will enjoy hearing about his writing. I would encourage everyone to book a ticket and come along.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Young Aspects is presented by Ards and North Down Borough Council and will run from 1 \u2013 3 March at various locations around Bangor. Tickets are on sale now.<\/p>\n<p>To view the full programme and to book tickets, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/aspectsfestival.com\/whats-on\">https:\/\/aspectsfestival.com\/whats-on<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aspects Festival is delighted to welcome Al Mennie to its Young Aspects programme. The Big Wave Surfer, writer and athlete will be giving a special talk in Studio 1A, Bangor on Friday 1 March. Author of several children\u2019s books, Al will share insights into his writing journey and what inspires him. Al Mennie is probably &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2024\/02\/young-aspects-welcomes-big-wave-surfer-al-mennie\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22343,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22341\/revisions\/22343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}