Six-year-old Koa desires of world browsing titles as Margaret River Professional descends on his hometown

Koa Davies was studying to surf earlier than he may stroll.

Now, the 6-year-old Cowaramup native is thrashing different youngsters in browsing competitions and taking up waves virtually 4 occasions his peak.

He’s recent off his first competitors win on the Gero Grom Fest the place he gained the below eights class and surfed the most effective wave of the competitors.

“I had a 9.5 trip,” he mentioned.

“[I’m feeling] actually good.”

He credit three greats to his already early success, “Jack Robinson, Kelly Slater, and my dad”, and has one objective in thoughts.

His dad Jarrad Davies observed his son’s expertise across the age of 4 on the Margaret River mouth.

“Earlier than he may stroll we had him on a board. I used to choose him up and stand him on it earlier than he can keep in mind it,” he mentioned.

“[He’s surfed] a five-foot wave, so 4 occasions overhead for him.”

As a surfer himself, Mr Davies needed to see if he handed the identical want onto his son.

“I pushed him out onto some waves on a hardboard … that simply allowed him to have the ability to lean and switch, and he began using,” Mr Davies mentioned.

“It simply blew me away.” 

Epicentre of browsing in WA

Koa lives in what Browsing WA chief government Mark Lane has known as the “epicentre of browsing in WA”.

At present among the finest surfers on the earth are in his house city for the Margaret River Professional.

Mr Lane mentioned the world, which has simply secured the favored browsing occasion till 2028, had produced among the world’s finest surfers and would proceed to take action.