Shaun Tomson Bio a6sm

Nov 30, 2010

Name: Shaun Tomson
Birthday: August 21, 1955
Birthplace: Durban South Africa
Sport: Surfing
Style: Goofyfoot
Favorite Beach: Jeffrey’s Bay

Hovering Hawaii

Bible of Surfing

70s Shaun

60s Shaun

Deep in the Tube

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70s Shaun

Shaun Tomson was not your average surfer. He was a World Champion surfer in the 1970s, but he didn’t fit the Hippy-Stereotype of the surfers of that era… he was a professional clean-cut, well-spoken gentleman with elegance and grace. He would win many competitions, but it was his style and character that would become most famous amongst other surfers. Now he is a legend of the surfing culture.

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60s Shaun

Shaun grew up in Durban, South Africa surfing the perfect waves of Jeffrey’s Bay. He started on a longboard at the age of 10 years old, but Shaun would be one of the first few short boarders to revolutionize surfing. By the end of the 1960s, Shaun won the South African Boy’s Title and by the time of his Bar Mitzvah he was traveling to Hawaii to surf the biggest known waves of the World.

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Hovering Hawaii

Shaun became famous for his tube riding. Surfing deep into the barrels of the waves was very immature in the 1970s, so Shaun was one of the first dare-devils to see how deep a surfer could get into the tubes. Bill Delaney captured Shaun’s early days of exploring the tubes of Hawaii in a film called “Free Ride”.

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Bible of Surfing

Shaun’s accomplishments range from World Champion to Building surfboards and getting involved with the environment. Shaun’s most proud work is writing “Surfer’s Code", a book that illustrates the culture of surfing. If you want to know the rules of the Ocean and surfing culture, this is the perfect book to read. Here are some points that Shaun teaches: