Full Name: Jay ‘ DANGER’ Reeve
Nickname: Never really had one?
Date of birth: 8th Feb 1983
Hometown: Mount Maunganui
Birth Place: Cambridge
Ethnicity: Kiwi
Iwi: Ngati Pakeha
Height: 6’1
Stance: natural / poo
How many boards: 8
Length range: 5’10 – 11’6
Shaper: zip
Sponsors: contracts up.
Surfing since: I was 17
How did you start surfing: Busted both shoulders playing code, so I needed something else to do.
Surfing competitively since: Been filling spaces on competition draw sheets since ages ago.
Competition strategy: Have fun, be noisy, sing loud. Keep it rural.
New Zealand teams: Unofficial NZ contingent to Noosa Fest, week long bender with Phil Morris, Mantis, Tony Rashuns and The Girgla.
Career highlight: Beating Fitz blind drunk at Tay Street
Ambitions: Keep surfing and Commentating the Hyundai Pro Circuit with Keg
Main surf breaks: Island, Club end, Slow Hole, Arataki, Omanu Hui.
Favourite surf break: Island, Tea Tree, Green Mount, D-bah
People you surf with the most: Duncan Cameron, Keg, Laurie Steer, Girgla and the Mount Deros
Occupation: I get payed by Mtv, not sure what for.
Other interests: Free Diving, Spear fishing, Music, Expressive Dance and stuff
Surfing heroes: Laurie Steer, Jackson Close, JC, Daryn McBride, Pete Morse, Dave Elliot, Croggsy, Joel T, Trent Lillis and Jules Clements he used to kill it before his missus stole his nuts, sell out.
Life heroes: Parents, the two hardest working people I have ever met.
Favourite food: Seafood, Italian anything out of a Jamie Oliver cook book.
Favourite moves: Standing Up.
Favourite surf Video: Sprout
Favourite movie: Super Bad, Boondock Saints, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Everythings Gone Pete Tong, Two Cars One Night, Eagle vs Shark.
Favourite book: Louise Nicholas: My Story
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