Tom Curren

Tom Curren , professional surfer, was born in California. It is his/her father, one of the pioneers of the Surf hawaiien of the years 50-60 which transmitted to him the taste of surfing, the passion of vaguenesses at the point to make its profession of it.

Tom Curren is regarded as one of largest and the most prolific surfers of the XXe century, developing new operations based on the management the speed and fluidity of the enchaînements.
He was also one of the first surfers with “professionnaliser surfing” by adopting a hygiene of life of high level sportsman. He also took part actively in the development of the Surfrider Foundation Europe, association with nonlucrative goal which aims to the protection of the Environnement

His/her daughter Lee Ass Curren account among the current French hopes of surfing.

Its career in a few words

Since 1981, with Biarritz Tom Curren takes down its first championship of the world of surfing in junior.
The waves surfées at the time of this competition clarify a very innovative style, a management the incredible speed which makes it possible to the Tom young person to outclass his adversaries by sequences of radical operations and fluids which offer to the spectators and to the judges an innovative glance on the evolution of the surfer vague.

Quickly on the American circuit with the the United States, then on circuit ASP (professional Association of surfing), Tom Curren climbs the levels, dominates the modern surfing of years 80-90 by obtaining 3 championships of the professional world.

Specialist in the hollow and malicious waves, it excels in art to slip in the middle of vagueness and realizes in competition of the tubes époustouflants, figure best noted in competition.

Hawaii is its garden and it is invited each year with the greatest competitions in vague energy up to 10-12 m at the time of Eddie Aikau in Waïmea Bay.

Its roller backside (turn in top of vagueness of back) is the first to evolve to the roller in cross where there remain only 3 cm of board in water, which makes the figure very radical.

Tom Curren, originating in Santa Barbara, California has thus popularized boards of surfing of mark Channels Islands (3 hexagons on the level of the point) revealing with passage very large talent of sound shaper (that which manufactures the boards), Al Merrick.

Unceasingly to research new shapes (the shapes of boards), it strongly contributed to the evolution of the boards of the type shorts board (short board) towards those which we use today.

Reprocessed competition since 1994, it surfe for the account of one of its sponsors on all the waves of planet, most beautiful especially to feed in photographs or films the surfing-shops of Europe, Australia and the the United States.

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