Full name: Joseph Andrew Gethen
Nickname: Gav
DOB: 14/01/88
Hometown: Te Awanga
Birth place: Napier Hospital
Ethnicity: New Zealand
Height: 180cm
Stance: Goofy
How many boards: 3
Length range: 5.10, 5.11, 6.0
Shaper: Ray Finlay
Sponsors: Cult and Reef
Surfing Since: 1998
How did you start surfing: My brother gave me one of his old boards.
Surfing competitively Since: 2001
Competition strategy: Just go out there and get my two waves early on in the heat and build on it from there.
Career highlight: Probably the Billabong Pro Teen in Piha 3rd
Ambitions: To own my own business and develop it in to my own successes.
Main surf breaks: Munza Bay, the Rags beach and Taupo Bay in the holidays
Favorite surf break: Te Awangas pitting right hand point break
People you surf with the most: Would have to be David Crofoot, the rest of the academy and both my brothers Simeon and David
Occupation: Student and an under water ceramic technician on the weekends
Other interests: Fishing, diving, skating boarding, TV, eating and anything else that has some element of fun to it.
Surfing Heroes: Waynos, Kelly Slater, Bobby Martinez and Taj
Life heroes: My immediate family, Bill Gates and Hugh Heffner
Favorite food: Italian
Favorite moves: Fin busts and airs and pits
Favorite surf video: Bicycle
Favorite Movie: Family guy the movie.
Favorite book: The Davinci Code
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