Tim Curran

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Tim Curran (b. August 14, 1977) is one of the best surfers in the World Championship Tour, and is consistently in contention for the world championship. Despite his success and popularity, he remains one of the most affable and well regarded surfers on the tour.

Curran resides in the Silver Strand Beach neighborhood of Oxnard in Southern California, just outside of Los Angeles. He was born in the San Fernando Valley, but grew up in Temecula in southern Riverside County. Temecula is roughly an hour from the ocean, so at age 5 his father started driving him to the beach every weekend and taught him to surf. His dedication and love for surfing has led him to a successful career.

He is considered to be the pioneer of surfing's "Aerial Revolution" of the late 1990's, and is famous for completing a full rotation, upside-down flip in two-foot surf at Rocky Point in Hawaii during winter of 2005. This popular aerial achievement has become known worldwide as simply "The Flip".

You can view a video of The Flip, and a photo documentary with commentary by Tim Curran at the following link - ([1]).