Pico was 16 when his Dad booted him out of the house with a handshake. He was still at school. I took him in. About eight of us took him in split between two households on the South Newport headland. All of us surfed in our local club. Pico stuck to his studies pretty well.

By Derek Hynd

The trouble with perfect alignment of surfer, wave, and cinematographer was highlighted in May of 1992 when Tom Curren’s hallowed “first ride at J-Bay” simply was not documented. Fifty years in the future, the now infamous film of the rider/wave will intrigue the same way, but it’ll still be the second wave that will be studied in awe.

Traveling around the world with Sonny Miller on The Search was the best five years of my life. He was a legend- generous, encouraging, happy and always positive. We all had the best time with Sonny.  

Written by Tom Curren
Published in Surfer Magazine, 1994

Priorities are changing rapidly for the children up today. I know three young surfers, Byron Howarth, Chris Davidson, and Frankie Oberholzer, who can legitimately claim that by not going to school, they have learned more than their peers. As surfers, they can legitimately claim that by not competing, they have ridden better waves. Ask yourself: what furthers a surfer more, a world amateur title or his best tube ride?

Written by: Tim Hamby
From Tim's blog timhamby.com
February 22, 2022

I had one of the most surreal experiences of my life last weekend when I got to paddle out for a surf session with Tom Curren, one the most stylish and influential surfers in history, and maybe the only surfer in the world who garners as much or more respect than Kelly Slater.