![]() This conversation is with a man who fell in love with the water at age 7 and has lived it ever since. That is just hard to conceive in the world we live in today. Tom won 2 titles before he ever saw footage of himself surfing. ![]() He was making the map, or at least looking for the bread crumbs that other legends before him left behind. He was part of the beginnings of the action sport and surf industry, before it was an industry. Tom emerged in an era where none of this existed and essentially had to figure it out as he went. Reaching the professional level of any sport has its fair share of challenges, but in the modern era, there is generally some sort of path or map to follow - like in baseball or gymnastics, or soccer - there’s a variety of developmental clubs / teams / or university systems that help cultivate and weed out those that have “it” and those that don’t.Ĭoaching and feedback along the way would be assumed as would physical training. With two world professional surfing championships and three wins at Pipeline (one of the heavier waves in the world) under his belt, you’d be forgiven for thinking he’s just a champion athlete. I have known of Tom since I was a grom (stoked little kid who flat out loved surfing). Tom is best known as one of Australia’s great surfers and sportsmen. This week’s conversation is with Tom Carroll on being a maverick, honesty, and risk.
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