Name: Dave Salter
Age: 25yrs
Job: Surfing Lawyer
Years Surfing: 12yrs+ (you'd never know)
Habitat: Cardiff Cove
Boards: 2 that still work...
Quiver: Pukas 6'1 rounded pin, Zaka 6'0 Squashtail.
Local Break: Porthcawl area, formerly a Bournemouth hero!
Places Surfed: UK, Oz, Indonesia, France, Spain, Portugal, Fuerteventura.
Favourite Surf Films: Thicker than water, Alley Oop, Ocean Fever (old skool early 80's classic - you're welcome to borrow it).
Worst Wipeout: Getting held under by a solid 2 footer at Rest Bay. Opened my eyes and couldn't see a thing so I must've blacked out. Luckily I grabbed someone's ankle and stood up!
Favourite Manoeuvre: Getting radical - shooting the curl and getting up and under the foamball.
Worst Surfing Habit: Giving people waves and asking people "does my bum look big in this?" when donning my wetsuit.'
Best Surfing Experience: Meeting Mart 'the Host with the most' has changed my life for ever!
Weirdest Surfing Experience: Riding a proto type 'chocolate log' board in France. As the day progressed it melted until eventually I was left with nothing to ride?
Other Interests: Jamming with the 'OTL' message board band, going to corporate affairs & drinking chilled champagne with my strawberries.