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TC by Tom Carroll and Nick Carroll offers an intimate look into the life of Tom Carroll, a renowned surfer. The memoir delves into his journey through professional surfing, capturing the triumphs and challenges he faced along the way. This deeply personal narrative also explores themes of family, addiction, and personal growth, all set against the backdrop of the surfing world.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the life of surf legends, as it offers an in-depth look at the personal and professional journey of one of the world’s greatest surfers. The narrative captures the triumphs and challenges faced in the competitive surfing world, making it a compelling read for sports enthusiasts and those intrigued by inspirational life stories.

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On the surface he was Tom Carroll, dreamer, cheeky grommet, brilliant surfer, Australian sporting hero, fitness fanatic, businessman, family man, big wave charger. Inside turned the terrible wheel of drug addiction, part family curse, part legacy of the footloose surf culture he'd done so much to legitimise.

Tom's family and friends struggled with him, kept his secrets, and looked on in anger and fear as the wheel began to grind him down. Then a window opened - but getting through it made charging Pipeline look like a piece of cake...

This is the story of an unlikely moral education: of humility, family, damage, brotherhood, youth, stupidity, glory, single-mindedness and surrender, and about the feeling of water moving under a surfboard, how it can bind past to present and make sense of lives.

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ISBN: 9780857987051

Publisher: Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 December 2014

Country: Australia

Imprint: Random House Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 310g

Pages: 384

About the Author

Tom Carroll (Author) Tom Carroll is a surfing legend. He grew up in the surf at Newport Beach on Sydney's north side, began riding a surfboard at the age of nine, and went on to dominate the sport worldwide in the 1980s, winning two world professional crowns and three Pipeline Masters titles, before becoming involved in the surf business through a longtime association with global surf wear company Quiksilver. For many years he has been regarded as a "surfer's surfer", as committed as they come to challenging himself in wild seas; recently he starred in the highly successful big surf documentary "StormSurfers 3D". Tom lives in Sydney and has three daughters, Jenna, Mimi and Grace. Nick Carroll (Author) NICK CARROLL is the world's best known surf writer. He grew up surfing with his little brother Tom on Sydney's north side, won two Australian surfing titles, then turned to journalism, editing Australia's Tracks magazine and spending several years in California as editor-in-chief of Western Empire, publishers of the internationally distributed Surfing Magazine. More recently he has turned his hand to television, co-writing the ABC popular culture documentaries

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