Training overview
ASI Fasttrack courses are online courses with a face to face workshop. The aim of the workshop is to cover key skills and prepare participants to submit their own video for assessment, after the workshop. Time is spent at the water with practice and demonstrations and in the classroom covering theory.
SCHEDULE - WORKSHOP
Saturday. 12 September 2026
8am to 5pm
3 courses are covered at this 1 day workshop
(1) L1 SUP Instructor (Enclosed Flat Water) - inland
(2) SUP Wise Intensiv (For instructors)
(3) SUP Water Safety Rescue Award
Sunday. 13 September 2026
9am to 12pm
(4) Level 2 SUP Instructor (Exposed Waters) - coastal
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Read the course information and requirements before enrolling.
Venue information
YOUR TRAINER
Paul Byrne
ASI Master SUP Coach. SUP school owner.
Read more.
TRAINING VENUE
Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club
West Pier
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
Geo: 53°17’46.5″N 6°08’48.6″W
EQUIPMENT
The following equipment and clothing is required to complete the training:
- SUP board & coiled leash
- Paddle
- SUP clothing
If you are travelling and don’t have your SUP board or SUP gear, you can hire it from the trainer.
Paul Byrne. Ph: + 353 87 6439583
Email: info@irishsup.com
Please contact them in advance to ensure availability.
Or contact ASI.
HOSTING
Irish SUP are providing local support for the ASI training, providing a wealth of
local area knowledge.
PRACTICAL HOURS EXPERIENCE
Irish SUP can provide practical hours instructing experience.
GETTING THERE
Closest airport:
Dublin airport (21 km - 30 min drive to training venue)
Train is available from airport to Dun Laoghaire (50 minutes)
Closest train station:
Dun Laoghaire
Closest bus stop:
Dun Laoghaire
ACCOMMODATION
The location offers a variety of hotels, motels, Bed & Breakfast (B&B), Airbnb, hostels.
Some options are below:
Connaught House (Extremely close, 100 metres, 2 mins walk to training venue), Crofton Rd., Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland website
Windsor Lodge (1km, about 11 min walk to training venue), 3 Islington Avenue, Sandycove, Co. Dublin. website
Haddington House, Dun Laoghaire (800 metres, 10 min walk) Midrange website
Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire (300 metres, 5 min walk) Luxury website
Clayton Hotel, Ballsbridge, Co Dublin (7.8kms/ 13 min car drive to venue) Luxury website
LOCATION INFORMATION
Ask any Dubliner what's happening and you may hear echoes of one of W. B. Yeats's most-quoted lines: "All changed, changed utterly." No matter that the decade-long "Celtic Tiger" boom era has been quickly followed by the Great Recession—for visitors Dublin remains one of Western Europe's most popular and delightful urban destinations. Whether or not you're out to enjoy the old or new Dublin, you'll find it a colossally entertaining city, all the more astonishing considering its intimate size.
Its perfect location has it surrounded on one side by the Irish Sea. This along with Dublin’s infamous River Liffey provides an excellent playground for the city’s Stand up Paddle Boarders. With Dun Laoghaire, Howth, Dollymount and Malahide on offer to name but a few locations, crowded locations are never an issue.
That is unless you decide to try your hand at Dublin’s famous ferry wave. Here you can try your hand at surfing the wake of many ferries on their way into Dublin Port.
Do yourself a favour, add Dublin to your bucket list!
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