Gabe Davies

Gabe Davies [1]
Personal information
Born	Gabriel Davies Newcastle, England
Residence	Hossegor France
Surfing career
Sponsors	Patagonia
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. After injuring himself in a big set in 2013 Gabe moved away from surfing to pursue fly fishing and in 2014 won the UK fly casting award.

Gabriel 'Gabe' Davies is a British big-wave surfer. Retired in 2013, know UK fly casting campion.

Surf career

Gabe is a four-time British surfing champion and 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. He currently resides between the North East of England, South West France and Ireland and is married to author and screenwriter Lauren Davies (published as Lauren McCrossan)^[9]

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