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Michael Tomson

Credits: Greg Huglin, Steve Soderberg, Hal Jepsen, Dick Hoole, Jack McCoy, Bill Delaney, Dan Merkel, Allen Maine, Hugh Thomas

Encyclopedia of Surfing
  • backside attack, Pipeline
  • drugs and surfing
  • Gotcha
  • Tomson, Michael
  • Tomson, Shaun
History of Surfing
  • Shaun Tomson's Tunnel Vision
  • Surf Boom Redux
  • Terminally Hip
Interviews
  • Michael Tomson (1977)
  • Michael Tomson (1995)
Features
  • "SUNSET BEACH: THE WORLD'S PREMIER WINTER SURF SPOT," BY MICHAEL TOMSON (1985)
  • "THE INSATIABLE CRAVINGS OF MICHAEL TOMSON," BY PHIL JARRATT (2015)
  • "THE SURFING PROFILE: MICHAEL TOMSON," BY DREW KAMPION (1979)
  • CHAS SMITH TALKS SURFING, GOTCHA, AND COCAINE WITH MICHAEL TOMSON
  • ZAPPED! YOUR MEMORY OF THE NO-NOSE SURFBOARD IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM GEOFF MCCOY'S
The Sunday Joint
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 12-2-2018: GOTCHA, "COCAINE & SURFING," PETER COLE
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 2-12-2022: OUR SUNSET YEARS
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 3-17-2024: RIDING THAT FINE LINE BETWEEN CLEVER AND STUPID
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 7-12-2019: MICHAEL TOMSON, GOTCHA, CHAS SMITH, COCAINE
Videos
  • "Waterborn," by Bill Delaney
  • 1975 Gunston 500, Durban
  • 1977 Stubbies Surf Classic, Burleigh Heads
  • 1979 Pipeline Masters
  • The Backside Attack at Pipeline, 1975-76
Contests
  • 1975 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic
  • 1975 Hang Ten American Pro
  • 1975 Pipeline Masters
  • 1975 Triple Crown Retrofit
  • 1976 World Cup