The Nugget: Damian Dobb

Issue: 001 · August 2016 · 3 Wise Men About Town

No.1 Damian Dobb

3 Wise Men General Manager · Football Lover · Stand-Up Paddleboarder · Waiheke Islander

Ex-pat Englishman Damian ‘Damo’ Dobb emigrated to New Zealand eleven years ago and promptly fell in love with kiwi life. It appears that while you can take the boy out of England, you can actually also take the England out of the boy.

Damo is fanatical about paddleboarding, boasting a quiver of at least 5 boards (that he’s owned up to) and spends every spare moment on Waiheke Island. Stands to reason he likes a place where weekend unwinding is part of the DNA, as his weekdays are spent feverishly charging up town and down country looking after all our stores.

As well as having a huge and comprehensive range, he reckons 3 Wise Men gear is ‘top quality, hard-working, good looking, and offers superb attention to detail and a sense of fun and colour’. We reckon Damo is one of us for precisely the same reasons. But don’t take our word for it. Here are a few more things about him in his own ones.

Quick Questions

  1. Event you’d travel back in time for? Liverpool versus Milan in the Champions League final 2005. 3-0 down at half-time. The Reds win on penalties. One of the best comebacks of all time. Love you Stevie G.
  2. Last Supper meal? Bluff or Te Matuku (Waiheke Island) oysters followed by fillet steak chased with a big robust red.
  3. Finish this sentence. No man should ever wear... White socks. Unless he’s playing on the hallowed turf of Wimbledon.
  4. Favourite city? Auckland hands down. Beaches to surf at close by and amazing food. Pretty much the exact opposite of my home in Manchester!
  5. Favourite 3 Wise Men piece of kit? Everything I’m wearing. Our pure wool Oxford blazer, Selvedge Denim jeans, the Dinner Date slim-fit shirt, the tan Montenegro boots from our new exclusive range of Dune London shoes, and especially the pop of colour on these 100% cotton socks.
  6. Perfect pizza topping? Venison, red onion, Blue cheese and walnuts using Jenny’s hot chutney on the base. Thin and crispy base always.
  7. First concert you ever went to? Take That! Manchester Evening News Arena 1992.
  8. What was the last lie you told? I wish it was the previous question.
  9. Shirts in or out? In for business. Out for pleasure. Goes out the window when business becomes pleasure.
  10. Biggest influence - outside of family? Mr. Hart. First teacher to put a not particularly confident chap into a rep football team and set him on a journey that ended up with that lad playing for the legendary Leeds United youth team. Amazing man.
  11. Best ironing tips? Put three large ice cubes into the tumble dryer. Add clean and dry shirts and turn the dial to hot dry for seven minutes. Job done!
  12. At a restaurant I never order... Avocado. I’m allergic. So not such a fan of guacamole.
  13. What are you afraid of? Sharks. Especially after seeing one 20 metres from where I was paddleboarding at Onetangi Beach, Waiheke. It was at least half a metre long!
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The Nugget: Damian Dobb

This story first ran as a full page in The Nugget, our 3 Wise Men About Town series on good buggers from around the country and the 3 Wise Men kit they love.

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