He is the crew member of the three-person under-21 team with Keegan Merwood, 19, the driver and Olivia Fleming patient in the first competition of the season.
The other youth teams are brothers Ben (driver) and Kieran (crew) Morgan and and Logan Sanko (patient) and the all-femaloe team of Jaime Gray (driver), Lulu Jordan (crew) and Rachel Finlayson (patient).
Club coach John Sanko says it's all about building experience for the newcomers.
"This competition is about our new crews finding out where they are because they have never raced before," says Sanko, adding it's also about tweaking crew combinations.
However, two other experienced teams of trios made the trip yesterday with Mike Harman (driver), Ben Cross (crew) and Olivia Ward (patient) the flagship carriers.
"Mike and Ben are among the top half of a dozen crews in the country," says Sanko.
Geoff Cronin (driver), Luke Harman (crew) and Greer Whiting (patient) is the other team with valuable game time under their belts.
Today's competition will be a good foundation for them to prepare for the national championship at the same venue in March although the North Island Championship will be their first goal next month at Waipu Cove.
Sanko says all the crews have trained heavily through the off season, including two gym sessions and an aerobic one a week, and fine-tuning their boats since Labour Day weekend.
Nevertheless, the roles of three players in each boat cannot be understated, although to the uninitiated the driver's stint may come across as the sought-after centre bib in netball and a patient as a dormant goalkeeper in football.
The patients, for argument's sake, are pivotal in placing themselves strategically for an advancing boat with their arms looped in an effort to enable the crew member to pluck them out of the water effortlessly in one motion.
"If the patients break that loop, for instance, then the boat has to do another round to pick them up again," he says of a mistake that costs points.
Sanko says the team members sort it out among themselves on who is better suited to be a driver or crew member although versatility is encouraged and reflected the club's extensive squad not travelling today but on standby in case of injuries.
"For example, Mike and Ben are both excellent drivers and crew but how it fits the dynamic of the team means Mike is the driver," he says, he says singing the praises oh his senior personnel who perform the roles of "managers".
As a crew member, Davis finds a perch in front of the vessel not just to rescue the patient but also to become a surf leveller when the giant waves greet them.
He has had a taste of driving and has applied to sit the theory/practical course but accepts he is gravitating towards crew duties.
The rapport with driver Merwood and patient Fleming is crucial for the surf lifesaver who won a gold member as a Wamarama Black team member in 2012.
"That was so exciting and I felt so proud to be a part of such a hard working team that had achieved such outstanding results."
The thought of saving lives during summer, especially, gives Davis immense satisfaction. He has rescued a couple of people caught in tricky situations on the beach.
Club director of powercraft Jaime Cox says Waimarama were fifth club overall last season in today's series with fewer number of teams so this year a top-three placement with five teams is a realistic goal.
"IRB Racing gives our members better skills for life guarding our beaches as they train in all surf conditions," Cox says.
"Constant training and competition finely hones their response and driving skills so they are ready, at a moment's notice, to save lives."
In drowning situations, he says, seconds count so the IRB racing is designed to provide that element of urgency.
