Tom Carroll-2x world champion 83 & 84. Tom Carrol is regarded as one of the greatest surfers of all time.
Tom Carroll is a powerful rider of waves, strong and fearless. Born 29 November 1961 in Newport, New South Wales, he won the Australian Junior Title in 1978, the Pro Juniors in 1977 and 1980, the 1983 and 1984 ASP World Tour, and the 1987 Pipe Masters. He became the first surfing millionaire after signing a contract with Quiksilver in 1989.
Carroll first came to the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii in 1978 and immediately took a liking to the large powerful surf. Armed with heaps of raw courage, athleticism, and a stocky, muscular frame, his powerful and stylish attack of Pipeline and Sunset Beach in Hawaii made surfers redefine the parameters of radical surfing . He has no peers when it comes to critically late takeoffs on giant waves, and his North Shore performances remain the benchmark by which all others are measured.
A portrait of him by artist Jan Williamson was hung in the Archibald Prize in 2000
His surfing objective has always been to surprise and excite, to revolutionise and delight. There is no standing still. No U-turns. His style is uncompromising.
Always a tireless advocate for expanding the frontiers of what is possible in surfing, Tom has accompanied Ross on several of his tow missions.
Well I see it as another reason to get into the water. We are now discovering another side to our environment. New breaks are popping up all over as a direct result of tow-in mobility. This plays into the core of a surfers mind…pure adventure!!!
Tom Carroll Articles
Carroll suffers bad ankle dislocation in Hawaii’s big surf
Thousands Flock To Watch Giant Surf
An Injured Tom Carroll is Still Tough Enough to Plug His Sponsor
Bruising Surf at a Rare Big-Wave Event in Hawaii
Carroll crunched by Waimea monster
Carroll plans to wave fear goodbye
Tom Carroll returns to his roots by opening a surf shop in his name
