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Why would you wanna leave?

West-Australian Jay Davies recently got back from the US, where he lived for three months. While overseas, he also did a bunch of contests in Europe, but he says he didn’t surf a wave over three feet the whole time he was out of Australia. He returned to WA to find his home break, Rabbits, straight-up firing. It has stayed consistent the whole time he’s been home, making him question why he’d ever want to leave when he’s got it so good right in his backyard. He’s been surfing a whole lot and plans to start making more and more clips like the one above, having bought a new camera and hired his brother Wyatt to be full-time personal filmer. He’s even taking Wyatt to Hawaii with him next week, to capture all the action. Jay says he officially hung up the competitive boots after the Europe leg and is going to concentrate on free-surfing and making more clips for his blog. After the run of contests, he was left asking himself, “Is this really what I wanna be doing?”

cinema // Mar 8, 2016
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West-Australian Jay Davies recently got back from the US, where he lived for three months. While overseas, he also did a bunch of contests in Europe, but he says he didn’t surf a wave over three feet the whole time he was out of Australia. He returned to WA to find his home break, Rabbits, straight-up firing. It has stayed consistent the whole time he’s been home, making him question why he’d ever want to leave when he’s got it so good right in his backyard. He’s been surfing a whole lot and plans to start making more and more clips like the one above, having bought a new camera and hired his brother Wyatt to be full-time personal filmer. He’s even taking Wyatt to Hawaii with him next week, to capture all the action.

Jay says he officially hung up the competitive boots after the Europe leg and is going to concentrate on free-surfing and making more clips for his blog. After the run of contests, he was left asking himself, “Is this really what I wanna be doing?”

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