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 Author Event at The Book Works

Thursday, June 5 at 7:00 pm

Shaun Tomson

Surfer's Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life

There will be a reception and book signing with Mr. Tomson immediately following this event.

see the trailer for Mr. Tomson's documentary film, "Bustin' Down the Door", scheduled for national release in July: www.bustindownthedoor.com

Shaun Tomson's consistency and longevity resulted in one of the most prolific careers in professional surfing. He became South Africa’s most successful surfer, winning the country’s largest event, the Gunston 500, six times in succession and winning the World title in 1977. His popularity was immense, garnering him top honors at the 1978 Surfer Poll and successful business ventures with Instinct Apparel and Solitude Clothing. He has been called the greatest tube rider of all time, was listed as one of the 25 most influential surfers of the century (Surfer 1999) and one of the 16 greatest surfers of all time (Surfing, 2004).  Tomson is currently chairman of the Surfrider Foundation’s Advisory Board and received the Environmentalist of the Year Award (SIMA 2003). 
 

Read Surfline's interview with Shaun Tomson about Surfer's Code.
 

from the book's website:

The Author: Shaun Tomson with Patrick Moser.

Shaun Tomson was the 1977 World Champion on the International World Surfing Tour. A native of South Africa, he spent fourteen years on the Tour (1976-1989), nine of which in the top six. With twelve contest wins, including a record setting six year winning streak in the prestigious Gunston 500 in Durban, South Africa, he was considered one of the world's finest surfers.

He has been featured in more than forty surf videos, was profiled in an Outdoor Life Network (OLN) documentary series in 1998, and starred as a surf journalist in the major motion picture from TriStar/Sony Pictures 'In Gods Hands' in 1998.

Additional honors include nine appearances on the covers of Surfer and Surfing magazines, as well as being an inductee to the Huntington Beach Surfing Walk of Fame. He has most recently been listed as one of the 25 most influential surfers of the century by Surfer magazine(1999) and as one of the 16 greatest surfers of all time by Surfing magazine in 2004.

He is currently Chairman of the Advisory Board for The Surfrider Foundation and owns the apparel company Solitude in Santa Barbara, California. He lives with his wife, Carla, in Montecito, California and continues to travel the world, reaching out to surfers of all generations, with his innovative surfing and world renowned tube-riding style.

Patrick Moser has written numerous articles on surfing that have appeared in Surfer, Surf Life for Women and The Surfer's Journal. His abbreviated history of surfing will appear in the forthcoming book The Pacific Region from Greenwood Press. He has also appeared on National Public Radio's 'To The Point' with Sara Terry in Los Angeles, California to discuss the historical legacy of violence in the surf community.

He currently teaches at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri where he is Chair of the Department of Languages as well as teaching a course on the history and culture of surfing. His latest project encompasses the compiling of an anthology of writings about surfing.