Shaun Tomson was the pro surfer of IPS founder Fred Hemmings’ dreams. To use a marketing phrase that was just beginning to catch on, Tomson was “the complete package”: bright and earnest, polite and dependable, a deadly competitor who was never anything less than a perfect sportsman. All that, plus he had an aristocratic blow-dried handsomeness that earned him modeling assignments from Calvin Klein and GQ. Everything about Tomson was above-average, and over the course of a long career he some...
Chapter 6:
The Fortune Seekers
- Road to Santosha /
- The Kevin and Craig Show /
- Hippie Trail Gold /
- At Play in the Fields of Allah /
- Career Move /
- Grand Prix Dream /
- Follow the Money /
- Big in Japan /
- Rabbit's Big Adventure /
- Shaun Tomson's Tunnel Vision /
- South Africa in Black and White /
- Mark Richards, Gentleman Killer /
- Two Fins, More Wins /
- The Divine Mrs. M /
Shaun Tomson's Tunnel Vision
How good was Shaun Tomson? At 19 he won the Hang Ten American Pro in perfect triple-overhead Sunset Beach, after a finals performance in which he out-pointed Jeff Hakman, Gerry Lopez, Reno Abellira, and Larry Bertlemann—Hawaii’s entire starting lineup.