Gabriel 'Gabe' Davies is a

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big-wave surfer.

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 Joel Conroy is an Irish filmmaker. Film career Joel previously worked with MTV in America and Australia. He made his first surfing documentary ''Eye of the Storm (2002 film), Eye of the Storm'', which was first screened on RTÉ television in 20 ...

's '' Eye of the Storm'' in 2002 and in 2009 he co-lead with

Richie Fitzgerald Richie Fitzgerald is an Irish people, Irish big wave surfing, big-wave surfer. He first appeared as a judge in Channel 4's reality TV show, Faking It (UK TV series), Faking it, titled "Web Surfer To Wave Surfer", which aired on 2 November 2002. ...

's first featured documentary, ''

Waveriders ''Waveriders'' is a 2008 documentary film produced by Margo Harkin and directed by Joel Conroy. Synopsis ''Waveriders'' focuses on the Irish roots of surfing. The film covers the life of Irish-Hawaiian surfer George Freeth and his influence in p ...

''. 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. Gabe has appeared in numerous television and film productions including presenting Channel 4's 'Surf Trip' with Tess Daly and BBC 2's Teenage Video Diaries On the 16 November 2009 he won 'Best Surfer' at The Quiksilver ‘La Vaca Gigante III’ Big Wave Invitational Event In February 2011, he won the Wave of the Day Award at Ireland's inaugural big wave invitational event. He currently resides in the North East of England, and is married to author and screenwriter

Lauren Davies Lauren Davies (née McCrossan) is a British novelist and screenwriter. Her screenwriting credits include the feature documentary Waveriders, which was nominated for a prestigious Grierson Award and was voted one of the Top 50 Irish films of all ...

References

Living people Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne English surfers Tow-in surfers Year of birth missing (living people) {{surfing-bio-stub