Tom Carroll (surfer)

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**Tom Carroll**
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Birthdate	29 November 1961
BirthPlace	Newport, New South Wales, Australia
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Thomas Victor (Tom) Carroll (born 29 November 1961 in Newport, New South Wales) is a former professional surfer from Sydney, Australia. He won the Australian Junior Title in 1978, the Pro Juniors in 1977 and 1980, the 1983 and 1984 ASP World Title, and the 1987 Pipe Masters. He became the first surfing millionaire after signing a contract with Quiksilver in 1989.^[1]

Carroll first came to the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii in 1978 and immediately took a liking to the large powerful surf. Armed with heaps of raw courage, athleticism, and a stocky, muscular frame, Carroll redefined the parameters of radical surfing at Pipeline and Sunset Beach. He has no peers when it comes to critically late takeoffs on giant waves, and his North Shore performances remain the benchmark by which all others are measured.

A portrait of him by artist Jan Williamson was hung in the Archibald Prize in 2000.^[2]