Jul 15, 2026 · 1 hr · 11 segments
“Sorry, Mr Pipeline!” Imagine surfing at a psychotically high level for 50 years, then being run over in a two foot beachie by an unsteady grommet. This is what happened to Tom Carroll, just a couple…
Tom CarrollGuestNickHostHannahHostCheck this out, mate.
You won't believe it.
Can't you think of anything except
surf
and sex?
I started surfing in 1971 when no one was out there but teenage boys.
The surfers like their girls in their place, which is on the beach.
And in the season, you can hardly see the sea or the water, baby.
Saying Bob's your uncle in the surf.
We didn't have the faintest idea what we were doing, but we knew we'd
rip.
He's only a little guy, but he generates a lot of power in his surfing.
Very aggressive sort of style here.
I never really wanted to rip, but I knew girls could surf.
We
didn't think girls couldn't surf, we just didn't know if they
could.
fall in love?
We shouldn't be friends.
We shouldn't be friends.
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