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Surfing Career
Davey Miller arrived to the North Shore Oahu competition at the age of 19 and cut out a niche as one its top riders. In 1980 Mark Richards remarked in Surfer Magazine "No one gets off the plane a rookie and surfs Sunset Beach like that, no one". He placed in the finals at Huge Pipeline and Sunset Beach, and rode Wamea with only a handful of his peers. Charging with no fear or thought of bodily harm, Davey has surfed in some of the most thrilling and daring locations in Hawaii, Australia, South Africa, Tahiti, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, and California. Davey is noted for being one of the top 10 surfers of all time at Backdoor Pipeline. He was the only surfer from California in the history of surfing to make the finals at Pipeline and Sunset Beach. He enjoyed being on the cover of Surfing, Surfer, and Surfing Life Australia magazines many times as he became an established pro surfer.

The Artist
Davey captures his love of the ocean and intimate understanding of waves in his art. He paints from memory and becomes covered in blue paint as he moves the paint across the canvas with his hands. Before the paint dries, he creates the ripples in the water with his fingers.

The white part of the wave spray is often strategically thrown paint that realistically mimics the spray and wildness of the wave crash. After this amazing demonstration of releasing the ocean memory that is so much a part of him, he will return to the painting with tools and take days perfecting the finishing touches to his original pieces of fine art.

In the past twenty years his paintings have steadily increased in value as his unique history and understanding of waves sets his ocean scenes apart as they capture his adventurous spirit and love of surfing big waves. Davey has been honored that nearly every legend in the sport of surfing for the past five decades owns a piece of Davey’s fine art. He has painted for so many people he admires such as Kala Alexander, Jamie O'Brian (JOB), Greg Noll, Margo Oberg, Gerry Lopez, Nat Young, Occy, Tom Curren, Peter Townsend, Gavin Beschen, Jonny Boy Gomes, Mark Foo, Dane Reynolds, Mike Latronic, Mike Ho, Bernie Baker, Rabbit Bartholomew, Chris Ward, David Kennedy, Munga Barry, Poto, Robbie Page, Jordy Smith, Brad Gerlach, Damien Hardman, John John, Barton Lynch, Willy Morris, Allen Sarlo, Glen Winton, Cheyne Horan, Liam McNamera, Chris Malloy, Malcom Campbell, Bob McKnight of Quicksilver, Paul Naude at Billabong, Rusty, Mike Reola of Lost, Burton Snowboards, Reef Brazil, Alfo at Hang Loose Brazil, Flavio Govea, Flavia Padarets, pipeline master’s poster, HIC Pipe Contest, Takau Kuga, Rob Lowe, Warner Brothers, Eddie Rothman, Brian Surat, and many more. ..

Jazz and Community Supporter
When Davey isn’t surfing, painting, or shaping surf boards he loves to play jazz and promote art in schools. He is a talented jazz musician who has performed with and painted for many legendary Jazz masters including Mitch Forman (Stan Gets, Wayne Shorter), Bob Shephard – tenor saxophone for Steely Dan, John Beasly (Miles Davis, Freddy Hubbard), Ric Fierabracci (Chick Corea, Billy Cobham Spectrum Band), Brad Rabuchin (Ray Charles), Doug Webb (Horace Silver).

He is also known for his strong sense of community and connection to the places he considers home in Ventura, California, Hawaii, and Australia. He grew up in Ventura and moved to Hawaii on his own in his late teens to pursue surfing. At 40 he returned to Ventura to continue to raise his family. In late 2020 he returns to Hawaii to reconnect with the community there he has missed for so long. After some time in Hawaii he plans to visit Australia, Dubai, and Tahiti to continue his surfing and paint safari.

Storytelling
Davey is a gifted storyteller as he transports us into his adventure tales of fighting off sharks, surviving whirlpools, escaping underwater caves, competing in events across the globe, and navigating the party culture of the 1980s before he returned to being a more devout follower of his Christian faith and becoming a family man. His two sons are avid surfers and his two daughters are accomplished ballerinas.