RD Riders

Nickname: Master Blaster
When started: Started waveski surfing at the age of 11
Home Break: Tallebudgerah, Gold Coast
Favourite type of wave: Big barrels
Favourite Wave: Hideaways Mentawais, North point WA Best surf ever: Hideaways Mentawais
Inspiration/favorite surfers: Mike Fanning, Joel Parkinson
Board of Choice: RD custom 7’4’’
Achievements: 11 x world Champion, 1x World Waveski Tour, 22 Australian.
Goal: To win another Open world title and design the most sort after waveski in the world 
Something people don’t know about you: Rees the 4th and was a young Australian of the year 1989
Favorites Food: Trish’s cooking and seafood

Rees Duncan

Nickname: Master Blaster
When started: Started waveski surfing at the age of 11
Home Break: Tallebudgerah, Gold Coast
Favourite type of wave: Big barrels
Favourite Wave: Hideaways Mentawais, North point WA
Best surf ever: Hideaways Mentawais
Inspiration/favorite surfers: Mike Fanning, Joel Parkinson
Board of Choice: RD custom 7’4’’
Achievements: 11 x world Champion, 1x World Waveski Tour, 22 Australian.
Goal: To win another Open world title and design the most sort after waveski in the world
Something people don’t know about you: Rees the 4th and was a young Australian of the year 1989
Favorites Food: Trish’s cooking and seafood

Nickname: Gibsy
When started: 1985 as a result of a sports injuries to both knees while playing Rugby and soccer
Home Break: Wainui Beach, Makarori Beach
Favourite type of wave: Point Break- Makarori Point 
Favourite Wave Best surf ever, :Makarori Point ay 4-6 ft
Inside Island- Tuamotu- Gisbourne
Inspiration: Watching surfer defy gravity on a waveski like Dave Mitchell, Rees Duncan, Brett Cronin

Steve Gibbs

Nickname: Gibsy
When started: 1985 as a result of a sports injuries to both knees while playing Rugby and soccer
Home Break: Wainui Beach, Makarori Beach
Favourite type of wave: Point Break- Makarori Point
Favourite Wave Best surf ever, :Makarori Point ay 4-6 ft
Inside Island- Tuamotu- Gisbourne
Inspiration: Watching surfer defy gravity on a waveski like Dave Mitchell, Rees Duncan, Brett Cronin & Tony Cherry
Board of Choice: Up to this point was Wave Master, now RD Waveksi’s
Achievements: World Champion Grandmasters 2007, World Champion Veterans 2016. Also several NZ age National
Championships Goal: To enjoy life, stay water fit and keep surfing for as long as I can. Makarori Point ay 4-6 ft 
Inside Island- Tuamotu- Gisbourne
Something people don’t know about you: Im an artist and art educator, Associate Professor and I run a contemporary Maori Visual arts school here in Gisborne called Toihoukura
Favorites Food: Anything that is good for you to eat and good company to share it with.

Nickname: Devo
When started: Started waveski surfing at the age of 15
Home Break: Alexandra Headlands, QLD
Favourite type of wave: hollow barreling
Favourite Wave: Hideaways, Rifles, Bank Vaults, Mentawai’s West Sumatra
Best surf ever: Hideaways Mentawai’s
Inspiration/favorite surfers: Matty Wilko
Board of Choice: RD custom 7’10’’
Achievements: World Masters Waveski Champ 2011, World Masters Surf Kayak Champ 2009, Australian Junior Champion 1984
Goal: Surf Indo as much as I can
Something people don’t know about you: I’de like to save the world from Zombies
Favourite Food: Okinomyaki

Steve Farthing

Nickname: Devo
When started: Started waveski surfing at the age of 15
Home Break: Alexandra Headlands, QLD
Favourite type of wave: hollow barreling
Favourite Wave: Hideaways, Rifles, Bank Vaults, Mentawai’s West Sumatra
Best surf ever: Hideaways Mentawai’s
Inspiration/favorite surfers: Matty Wilko
Board of Choice: RD custom 7’10’’
Achievements: World Masters Waveski Champ 2011, World Masters Surf Kayak Champ 2009, Australian Junior Champion 1984
Goal: Surf Indo as much as I can
Something people don’t know about you: I’de like to save the world from Zombies
Favourite Food: Okinomyaki
Nickname: RJ
When started: I was 12 years of age when I started, but stopped to focus on soccer. Im now back into it.
Home Break: Palm Beach, Gold Coast
Favourite type of wave: Beach Break
Favourite Wave: Palm Beach
Inspiration/favorite surfers:Rees Duncan... Dad
Board of Choice: RD of course!
Achievements: 1 Aust Junior Titles, 3rd Worlds Junior Title
Goal: I'd like to win a world title
Something people don’t know about you: I love spearfishing and boats
Favorites Food: Mums cooking

Rees Duncan Jnr

Nickname: RJ
When started: I was 12 years of age when I started, but stopped to focus on soccer. Im now back into it.
Home Break: Palm Beach, Gold Coast
Favourite type of wave: Beach Break
Favourite Wave: Palm Beach
Inspiration/favorite surfers:Rees Duncan… Dad
Board of Choice: RD of course!
Achievements: 1 Aust Junior Titles, 3rd Worlds Junior Title
Goal: I’d like to win a world title
Something people don’t know about you: I love spearfishing and boats
Favorites Food: Mums cooking

Kye Duncan

Nickname: When started: Waveski since age 10, but just getting back into it after a break
Home Break: Palm Beach, Gold Coast
Favourite type of wave: Heavy Beach Break
Favourite Wave: Kirra
Inspiration/favorite surfers: Rees Duncan (dad)
Board of Choice: RD
Achievements: 2nd in World Junior Titles
Goal: Improve and enjoy
Something people don’t know about you: Massage therapist
Favorites Food: Mums lasagna
Nickname: Odei
When started:I started kayaking when I was really young and in 2012 I started Kayaksurfing and waveski surfing.
Home Break:Zurriola, Spain 
Favourite type of wave: Sucky reef breaks, breaking both sides
Favourite Wave: Coblestones
Inspiration/favorite surfers: Inspiration – my father, 
 

Board of Choice: Rees Duncan Waveskis
Achievements: 3 rd 2018 World Titles
Goal: To cbreak the limits of the sport
Something people don’t know about you:Im into freestyle and rap battles. I also lie Trap music and a good soccer player 
Favorites Food: MEAT

Odei Etxeberria

Nickname: Odei
When started:I started kayaking when I was really young and in 2012 I started Kayaksurfing and waveski surfing.
Home Break:Zurriola, Spain
Favourite type of wave: Sucky reef breaks, breaking both sides
Favourite Wave: Coblestones
Inspiration/favorite surfers: Inspiration – my father,
Board of Choice: Rees Duncan Waveskis
Achievements: 3 rd 2018 World Titles
Goal: To cbreak the limits of the sport
Something people don’t know about you:Im into freestyle and rap battles. I also lie Trap music and a good soccer player
Favorites Food: MEAT

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