“I’ve had a few occasions when single waves of Tom Curren become culturally significant,” legendary lensman Tom Grambeau told SURFER. “It only happens retrospectively and so the photos become a ...

The year is 1980. Kenny Rogers and Diana Ross are tops in music. Cheech and Chong's "Next Movie" is in theaters. And a young Tom Curren has just touched down in Biarritz, France, for the first ...

The rivalry between Australian wunderkind Mark Occhilupo and California soul champion Tom Curren produced the most exciting competitive clashes in the history of surfing. For the first decade of ...

Tom Curren, three-time world champion, brought his mastery to Wavegarden Lab during the Family Surfing Challenge. What unfolded was more than an event—it was a masterclass, a rare glimpse into the art ...

Since the inception of a world competitive tour 50 years ago, over forty surfers have laid claim to the title of “world champion”. It’s a stacked list, filled with legends like Kelly Slater, Andy ...

More festival than contest, William Aliotti’s brainchild is a celebration of a specific surfboard design that so easily lends itself to a variety of styles. To put it bluntly, there are not many surf ...

Tom Curren and Kelly Slater are surfing's most important figures in the last 20 years. Both surfers dominated their eras competitively: Tom in the 80s; Kelly in the 90s.

He made a decision to retire from competitive surfing in the mid-1990s. In 1990, at Margaret River, Curren rode a wave all the way from the take-off zone to the Rivermouth - roughly a 1200-foot ride.