Difference between revisions of "Lucan Sluice- Liffey"
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| − | + | [[Brief Feature Description]] | |
Sluice is a spot on the river liffey In Dublin. Depending on the flows on the river it can go from a slightly retentive Hole/wave to a wave. There is lots of fun to be had here and Most moves are possible in this feature.It is great for beginners as there are many eddys on both the right and left hand side of it. | Sluice is a spot on the river liffey In Dublin. Depending on the flows on the river it can go from a slightly retentive Hole/wave to a wave. There is lots of fun to be had here and Most moves are possible in this feature.It is great for beginners as there are many eddys on both the right and left hand side of it. | ||
| − | + | [[Location]] | |
| − | It is located two minutes from lucan village were the river liffey flows through the Lucan Demense Park | + | It is located two minutes from lucan village were the river liffey flows through the Lucan Demense Park. |
| + | Point B on the map is the car park and 100 metres up the road is SLuice (Point A) | ||
| − | + | <googlemap version="0.9" lat="53.356532" lon="-6.464403" zoom="16"> | |
| + | (A) 53.358389, -6.465454 | ||
| + | Sluice Playspot | ||
| + | (B) 53.356635, -6.462257 | ||
| + | Sluice Car park | ||
| + | </googlemap> | ||
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| + | [[Access]] | ||
The land around the feature is a public park so there should never be any access issues here, but if you are you are using the car-park I would strongly recommend parking at the McDonalds end were there is a steady flow of people as there have been quite a few cars broken into here over the years. | The land around the feature is a public park so there should never be any access issues here, but if you are you are using the car-park I would strongly recommend parking at the McDonalds end were there is a steady flow of people as there have been quite a few cars broken into here over the years. | ||
| − | + | [[Required Conditions]] | |
This feature works anything from a 2 Meg flow (16 cumec) as a hole up to a 4 Meg (32 cumecs)flow as a wave. | This feature works anything from a 2 Meg flow (16 cumec) as a hole up to a 4 Meg (32 cumecs)flow as a wave. | ||
| − | This information can be found on [http://www.liffeyreleases.com/ Liffey releases website] | + | This information can be found on [http://www.liffeyreleases.com/ Liffey releases website] It is usually quite accurate but can be off from time to time. |
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| + | Here is a short [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQHc6qgFwdk video] shot at [http://www.facebook.com/pages/SLUICE/120489287986365 sluice] thanks to the [http://www.youtube.com/user/SluiceCrew Sluice Crew] | ||
Revision as of 17:26, 11 November 2011
Sluice is a spot on the river liffey In Dublin. Depending on the flows on the river it can go from a slightly retentive Hole/wave to a wave. There is lots of fun to be had here and Most moves are possible in this feature.It is great for beginners as there are many eddys on both the right and left hand side of it.
It is located two minutes from lucan village were the river liffey flows through the Lucan Demense Park. Point B on the map is the car park and 100 metres up the road is SLuice (Point A)
<googlemap version="0.9" lat="53.356532" lon="-6.464403" zoom="16"> (A) 53.358389, -6.465454 Sluice Playspot (B) 53.356635, -6.462257 Sluice Car park </googlemap>
The land around the feature is a public park so there should never be any access issues here, but if you are you are using the car-park I would strongly recommend parking at the McDonalds end were there is a steady flow of people as there have been quite a few cars broken into here over the years.
This feature works anything from a 2 Meg flow (16 cumec) as a hole up to a 4 Meg (32 cumecs)flow as a wave. This information can be found on Liffey releases website It is usually quite accurate but can be off from time to time.
Here is a short video shot at sluice thanks to the Sluice Crew
