Tom Carroll

Exploring Australia's Biggest City: Sydney | NO CONTEST OFF TOUR

If Australia is one of surfing’s greatest nations then Sydney might just be the world’s greatest surfing city. With four-million people sharing the world’s largest natural harbour and 50-miles of coastline, blessed with incredible waves year round, Sydney is a modern metropolis on the water, with a storied, gritty surfing underbelly.

From Isabel Letham famously riding waves with Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku at Freshwater Beach in 1915 through to a string of world champions including Tom Carroll, Mark Occhilupo and Layne Beachley, and on down the line to modern stars like Molly Picklum and Jarvis Earle, Sydney’s competitive bloodline runs deep. While the greater surfing community might know and toast the world champions, it is the hardcore local boardrider scene that is the DNA everything is built upon, and from Maroubra to Avoca and Newport to Bondi, host Ashton Goggans meets a cross-section of crusty locals, and explores the world class waves they live and breathe.

On the back of radical surfing Sydney was not only responsible for the surfboard revolutions of the Brookvale Six and the invention of Simon Anderson’s thruster, but spawned an irreverent and sardonic multi-million surf industry of its own. If that’s not enough, the good old Aussie cafe, complete with avocado toast, washed down with a flat white, has become a global phenomenon, and they were largely born of the beaches too.

None of this exists without the waves however, and from Cape Solander to North Narrabeen, Deadman’s to Voodoo and beyond, Sydney boasts world class surfing around every headland. Press play above and explore it for yourself. #nocontest #sydney #australia

When Everywhere Pumped: Classic Perfect Winter Surf In Australia

We knew it’d be good. We didn’t know it’d be this good. The swell that doubled down along the Australian east coast on the weekend had been lurking around the forecast charts for at least a week. It looked like a classic mid-winter reversal of form — a swell from the east after three months of south? This is kinda predictable, we all hope for it. But as the winds began to build in the northern Tasman Sea last Thursday night, some kind of switch was flicked, and within 48 hours, everywhere from Straddie to Sydney was lighting up. It was the kind of surf people travel thousands of k’s to find, yet here it was, right on everyone’s doorsteps. Here’s a look at 2024’s best weekend so far.

Why this happened the way it did: Something Special On The Way
https://www.surfline.com/surf-news/incoming-something-special-nsw-qld/204802

Another look at the amazement: “How Could You Not Paddle Out?”
https://www.surfline.com/surf-news/everywhere-pumped-not-paddle/205032

Filming by Bryan Dalli, Spencer Frost, Andrew Hoff, Jesse Little, Shagga, and Andrew Shield; editing by Hannah Anderson.

TAP IN WITH TOM CARROLL || G-LAND

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Mick Fanning and the scariest board ever | Surfline Freshies

It’s one of the most famous surfboards ever made: the Tom Carroll/Pat Rawson 1991 Pipeline gun, the Snap Heard Round The World. Only a few handfuls of replicas exist. But when Mick Fanning gets one as a surprise gift, it comes with a request from TC: “Ride this thing!” Watch here as the board is built from scratch by Pat in Hawaii, and Mick gets his head around it at pumping Snapper Rocks.

Watch the full video here: https://tinyurl.com/m89b962t

Britt and CI Team Tour Japan

Over the past several decades, Channel Islands Surfboards and the Merrick family have held close ties with Japan and its passionate surf community. In short, we love Japan! The people, the food, the vibes are all so great. With the debut of our new CI Pro shortboard model, we wanted to share our stoke for this board with Japan via a little CI Pro movie screening tour. We rallied Britt and some of the CI crew in California (Parker, Tanner, and Devon) to head over with him, where they linked up with CI Japan team riders like Mar, Kaito and Hide along the way.

This video by Alex Kilauano captures the many flavorful moments from the adventure, including a dream session at the Surf Stadium wave pool with special guest Tom Carroll.

You can follow our CI Japan instagram feed here: https://www.instagram.com/cisurfboards_japan/

You can learn more about CI PRO here: https://cisurfboards.com/products/ci-pro

ICONIC G-LAND || 1988: ALL DOWN THE LINE

By 1988 all attention was turned to 2x World Champion Tom Carroll and the Quiksilver surf film All Down The Line. At that time G-land, with Bobby’s famed jungle camp, was arguably the premiere wave in the Indonesian archipelago. With surf film director Paul Witzig and a quiver of fluro Rawson Surfboards they set out to score. And score they did.

https://quiksilver.com/G-Land

The Hold Down Season 2- Surfing Legends

RCJ, Hoyo, Jeremy Flores, Tommy Carroll and Mark Richards feature in this Quiksilver powered episode of The Hold Down.

NARRABEEN's Day Of Days

Some of the biggest, gnarliest tube rides in recent history on Sydney's Northern Beaches went down at Narrabeen during the recent run of swell. Jet Ski assists or paddle bombs, it didn't matter if you made one of these things. Featuring Tom Carroll, Nathan Hedge and many others.

Go VIP: Tyler Allen, the Quiksilver Pro and the biggest names in surfing

Site changes, surprising upsets, all time Snapper barrels and enough cold beer to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool. That’s right ladies and gents, we’re talking about the 2018 Quiksilver Pro!

Yes there is a heap of surfing, but what else goes on? Who’s in town? What else happens away from what we all tune into on the live feed?

Lucky for us we had our man on the ground, Tyler Allen (you may also know him as Donald Trump, Gabriel Medina and a handful of others) to catch up with the sport’s biggest names and get a unique perspective into what else goes on, away from the competitive arena. Put the next few minutes aside and get ready for a laugh!

A Salute to Pipeline | Billabong

On Sunday, December 10, a legendary group of Pipe Masters gathered to discuss the boards and the rides that have gone down in the history of the world's best known wave. Surfers including Gerry Lopez, John Peck, Mark Occhilupo and more joined Brian Bielmann to talk story about their relationship with this special place.