Davey's Blog

Rocky Rights at the end of last year.© 2009 - Joli/WPS

THIS year is definitely flying by. January has come and gone, but already some good stuff has gone down. I just finished a solid three-day training camp up at my trainer's spot in Ballito (north of Durban). A good mix of boxing/ yoga/ swimming/ gym etc, to get ready for the opener later this month. He's got me on a really great program for the year, I'm feeling strong and fit and super amped and just really stoked I have such a passionate guy helping me with my campaign for 2009. Check out his website at www.russelwhite.co.za

I've been getting some amazing boards off Elton Fursman so far this year, he's been a real trooper over the years with all the time and effort he's put into my career. I owe him big time. We've made some slight adjustments to last year's specs and the results are feeling great. One really good thing about Elton as a shaper is that if you ask him to do something, he does it. I've asked a few shapers over the years to do certain things to boards and you get something else, but he really puts a lot into each of his shapes and the boards speak for themselves.

From the recent training camp. My trainer is the one in the middle and the guy holding the punching pads is Andre. © 2009 - www.biltsurf.com

Another person who's really been helping me and I couldn't have achieved half the things I've achieved or got to where I'm at right now is my wife Jayde. She's been such a solid rock in everything I do, been behind me 100% of the way and I really do take my hat off to her for all that she does for me.

One of the best things about surfing a contest at Coolangatta is there will only be a couple of guys in the water.© 2009 - Joli/WPS

Less than three weeks till I'm off to the Goldy... the countdown begins!

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