| Gabe Davies [1] |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Gabriel Davies Newcastle, England |
| Residence | Hossegor France |
| Surfing career | |
| Sponsors | Quiksilver |
| Major achievements | H3O Surfstock ‘biggest wave of the year’ award 2008 4-time British surfing Champion XXL big wave nominee 2009 La Vaca Gigante III big wave winner 2010 wave of the day award winner Billabong/Monster Mullaghmore tow-in event 2011 |
Gabriel 'Gabe' Davies is a British big-wave surfer.
Gabe is a four-time British surfing champion and world-renowned big wave surfer from Newcastle, UK. He has appeared in award-winning surfing documentaries such as Joel Conroy's Eye of the Storm in 2002[2] and in 2009 he co-lead with Richie Fitzgerald in Joel Conroy's first featured documentary, Waveriders. Together they tow surfed the biggest swell ever ridden off the Irish Atlantic Coast for which Gabe was nominated for a worldwide XXL big wave award. [3][4][5] Gabe has appeared in numerous television and film productions including presenting Channel 4's 'Surf Trip' with Tess Daly [6] and BBC 2's Teenage Video Diaries [7] On the 16 November 2009 he won 'Best Surfer' at The Quiksilver ‘La Vaca Gigante III’ Big Wave Invitational Event [8] In February 2011, he won the Wave of the Day Award at Ireland's inaugural big wave invitational event[9] He currently resides between the North East of England, South West France and Ireland and is married to author and award-winning screenwriter Lauren Davies (published as Lauren McCrossan)[10]