Surfing Doctors Profile 2024
Name: Dr Dominic Howell
Nationality: Australian
Current role: Anaesthetics Registrar, Newcastle
Education/Work: Graduated from the University of Newcastle with elective time in Ghana, Sri Lanka and West Aus.
I undertook residency training in Newcastle and the Hunter, working in the trauma service, emergency, anaesthetics, and intensive care.
Medical Interests: Anaesthetics, emergency and retrieval medicine.
Previous Volunteer Work: Surfing the Spectrum Volly
Local spot: Currently Merewether – Dixon Park
Travel Experience?
- Surf travel: Indo, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Philippines, Hawaii, Ireland
- Snow travel: Japan, New Zealand
Best surf trip?
- A winter strike mission backpacking in Ireland, getting 100-200m rights to myself. In 8-degree water with a hole in my rental wetty using the local Physio’s surfboard borrowed from his practice reception.
The best thing about surfing?
- No two waves (in the wild) or sessions are the same.
- Great excuse to spend time with mates and explore new parts of the world.
Favourite surfer in the world, and why?
- RCal – super dynamic to watch in free surfs and heats, an all-around nice guy!
Current go-to surfboards?
- JS Monsta box 5’10
- Psillakis step up 6’3
- JS Red Baron 5’8
Best advice you were ever given with regards to surfing?
- Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.
- A good mantra for most things in the medical world too.
Surfing Doctor’s involvement:
- 2022 G-Land Conference
- 2023 Wave Pool Conference
- 2024 Margaret River Pro WSL + G-Land stint (upcoming!)
