With Cloudbreak and John John Florence listed as his favourites, Dr Wild tells us a little about himself.
Name:
Dr Jeremy Wild
Nationality:
New Zealand (Kiwi)
Current Position:
Surgical Registrar, Tauranga Hospital, New Zealand
Local breaks:
Tay Street, Matakana Island
Surf travel experience:
Fiji, Maldives , Philippines, Bali, Nusa Lembongan, California, Sri Lanka, Australia, Costa Rica, Mentawais (Beng Bengs Surf Camp)
Best place to surf in the world?
Fiji- Cloudbreak
Education:
University of Otago- Biomedical Sciences Degree in Functional Human Biology- 2009
University of Otago Medical School- graduated 2014
Who is your favourite surfer and why?
I just can’t look past JJF. Talented and humble.
What is your favourite board? Make and dimensions?
New addition is a 5.10” Hayden Shapes Holy Grail- it’s a work in progress!
Heaviest experience while traveling?
Washing machine at Cloudbreak!
Most challenging thing about the life you have chosen?
Trying to manage a solid work-life balance!