One of Surfing’s Legends Demonstrating the Art of Barrel Riding

Tom Curren is one of the most graceful and all around stylish surfers ever to enter a line up. Throughout his professional surfing career in the eighties he won three world titles and over 33 championships.  Curren has achieved near-mythical status both for his competitive drive and for his smooth, powerful surfing style. The above video is a clip of Tom Curren surfing from “State of S Full Circle” a film by Brian Taylor. This is only a small example of the style that Curren puts behind his surfing…