Wade is just a humble, soft-spoken guy who’s usually head down and hard working. He’s the polar opposite of glossy surf celebrity. He’s a blue-collar guy who grinds hard to represent home. His big breakthrough finally came in 2015, when he won the Reef Hawiian Pro at Haleiwa in perfect surf.

In 2018, Wade was the only Australian to be selected to join the World Surf League Championship Tour and went on to win the 2018 Rookie of the Year Award. His unsung status will keep him as a hidden threat, but anyone who’s watched him so far knows that his best surfing is yet to come.