Surf career

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

Joel Conroy

-Film Career:Joel previously worked with MTV in America and Australia. He made his first surfing documentary Eye of the Storm, which was first screened on RTE television in 2002 and In 2009 he wrote and directed his first featured documentary, Waveriders. He began planning the film in 2005 when he...

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

Richie Fitzgerald

-Surf Career:He appeared in surfing documentaries such as Joel Conroy's Eye of the Storm in 2002 and Step Into Liquid in 2003. In 2009 he co-lead with Gabe Davies in Joel Conroy's first featured documentary, Waveriders. Together they tow surfed the biggest swell to have been ridden off the Irish...

 in Joel Conroy

Joel Conroy

-Film Career:Joel previously worked with MTV in America and Australia. He made his first surfing documentary Eye of the Storm, which was first screened on RTE television in 2002 and In 2009 he wrote and directed his first featured documentary, Waveriders. He began planning the film in 2005 when he...

's first featured documentary, Waveriders

Waveriders

Waveriders is a 2009 documentary film. The film was produced by Margo Harkin and directed by Joel Conroy.- Plot :Waveriders focuses on the Irish roots of surfing...

. Together they tow surfed

Tow-in surfing

Tow-in surfing is a surfing technique which uses artificial assistance to allow the surfer to catch faster moving waves than was traditionally possible when paddling by hand.-History:...

 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 between the North East of England, South West France and Ireland and is married to author and award-winning screenwriter Lauren Davies

Lauren Davies

Lauren Davies is a British chick-lit novelist and screenwriter. Davies' screenwriting credits include Waveriders, and she also writes for television and multi-platform games...

(published as Lauren McCrossan)