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's reality TV show, Faking it, titled "Web Surfer To Wave Surfer", which aired on 2 November 2002. He then appeared in surfing documentaries such as

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's '' Eye of the Storm'' in 2002 and '' Step Into Liquid'' in 2003. In 2009 he co-lead with

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's first featured documentary, ''

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''. Together they tow surfed the biggest swell to have been ridden off the Irish Atlantic Coast. In 2014, he appeared in a

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advert called "Journey to Surf" alongside Ben Skinner. He currently runs the surf coaching academy and Surf World shop in

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with his Australian wife Briohny.waveriders cast profile
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