Author Archives: Shaun Tomson

About: Shaun Tomson

Surfing Ambassador/World Champion

Shaun Tomson is the 1977 World Champion of Surfing, a spokesperson for The Surfrider Foundation, as well as an accomplished author (The Surfer’s Code) and entrepreneur (Solitude Clothing). Tomson also serves on TheInertia.com's Advisory Board. Recently inducted into the Surfing Hall of Fame, Shaun currently resides in Santa Barbara, California with his family. He still travels the world in search of the perfect wave.

Surfer’s Code: I Will Always Paddle Back Out

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

I felt as if I had been walking along the highway and gotten hammered by a truck. Never to this day have I been struck so hard by a wave.

The Light Shines Ahead

Monday, January 24th, 2011

This is a story of how surfing and tube-riding essentially saved my life. Surfing can teach us powerful lessons if we look beyond the next wave.

Surfing’s New Radical Revolution

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Revolution happens in head rolling lurches, and there’s a revolution going on right now in professional surfing.

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