South African surfer
Damien Fahrenfort |
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Born | Damien Fahrenfort (1986-11-10) 10 November 1986 (age 38)[1]
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Nationality | American, South African[2] |
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Occupation(s) | Business person, professional surfer, journalist |
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Known for | Business, Professional Surfing, Journalism |
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Damien Fahrenfort (born 10 November 1986), also known as "Dooma", is a South African business person, professional surfer, web-content creator, producer and journalist born in Cape Town, South Africa.
Damien Fahrenfort was a competitor on the World Surf League qualifying series tour between 2006 and 2011.[3] His best result as a top level professional surfer was 3rd place in the 2011 Copa Quiksilver El Salvador at Punta Roca in La Libertad, La Libertad, El Salvador.[4][5][6]
Since retiring from full-time surf competition, he has been active with the business world and surfing-related journalism, including his surfing industry insider's blog entitled, "Doomas Rumors".[7]
After immigrating to the United States in the mid-2010s, Fahrenfort has worked with marketing for Orange County-based Quiksilver industries, run the US division of the Australian surfing publication, Stab, and has managed the careers of some of the surfing world's top athletes.[8]
He is also the co-founder and marketing director of Venice Beach’s "General Admission" boutique men's shop.
Filmography
Interviews about Fahrenfort
- 2011 Grind TV "Cote's Cube With Damien Fahrenfort" interview by Chris Cote[10]
- 2012 Surfing Magazine (March) "Influencing Damien Fahrenfort" by Jason Miller[11]
- 2013 Stab Magazine "Dooma Fahrenfort Ain't Lying" by Peter Taras[12]
- 2013 Zig Zag Magazine (March) "Dooma Fahrenfort's No BS Interview"[13]
- 2015 Beach Grit "Wow: South African takes over Venice!" by Chas Smith [14]
- 2015 The Hundreds "Venice Beach's Newest Menswear Boutique Bridges the City's Cultural History" by Tara Mahadevan[15]
- 2016 Hayden Shapes (November) "An Interview with Damien "Dooma" Fahrenfort of General Admission" by Beau Flemisterb[16]
- 2016 Oliver Grand "5 Minutes with Damien Fahrenfort of General Admission"[17]
Articles/interviews written by Fahrenfort
- 2013 ISSUU "Kelly Slater Urban Jungle"[18]
- 2016 Venice Ball "Q & A with VBL Founder Nick Ansom"[19]
- 2016 Stab Magazine "Stab's picks for the 2016 World Title!"[20]
- 2016 Stab Magazine "The Eddie Aikau: Quiksilver Big Wave Invitational"[21]
- 2016 Stab Magazine "These Are The 12 Best Waves Ridden in 2016"[22]
- 2016 General Admission Magazine (Dec.) "Eazy E, N.W.A and Ithaka Darin Pappas's Iconic Imagery"[23]
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