Life Lessons with One of the Greatest Surfers of All Time, Shaun Tomson | Next Swell

On this Saturday Special rebroadcast of the Next Swell, Rob Nixon is joined by surfing legend Shaun Tomson. Shaun is the author of the best-selling book “Surfer’s Code“, and the writer and producer of the award-winning documentary film Bustin’ Down the Door. He is a Business Administration and Finance graduate from the University of Natal. He is a World Surfing Champion, an inductee in the Jewish and South African Sports Hall of Fame, the U.S. Surfing Hall of Fame, and has been described as one of the greatest surfers of all time (Surfing Magazine 2004) and one of the most influential surfers of the century (Surfer Magazine 1999). He is a board member and ambassador for Surfrider Foundation, the world’s largest environmental group dedicated to protecting the world’s oceans, waves and beaches and he received the SIMA Environmentalist of the Year Award in 2002. Shaun currently lives with his wife and son in Santa Barbara, California and still finds time to chase the perfect wave.