{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Shaun Tomson","description":"Born in 1955, hailing from Durban, South Africa, Shaun Tomson won the IPS world title in 1977. He did 14 seasons on the world tour, and won 12 events, including the 1975 Pipeline Masters, in which he made giant leaps for backside tube riding. He starred in many \u201970s and \u201980s surf films, among them Free Ride, where he\u2019s seen pumping through the barrel at Backdoor and Off the Wall\u2014an entirely new thing at the time. But Tomson\u2019s surfing was only part of the equation. He was business minded, and in the late \u201970s launched a clothing label, Instinct, and in 1985 a surf shop, Surfbeat, in Santa Monica. He holds a BA in Business Finance. In 1991, Australia\u2019s Surfing Life mag named him as the world\u2019s all-time best tube rider. Tomson co-produced Bustin\u2019 Down the Door, a 2008 documentary film chronicling the rise of pro surfing in the early \u201970s. He\u2019s the author of the best-selling Surfer\u2019s Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life. In this episode of Soundings, Tomson sits down with host Jamie Brisick to talk about transformative experiences in the tube, growing up in South Africa, the influence of his father, the highs and lows of his professional career, writing his book, and the passing of his son. Produced by Jonathan Shifflett. Music by PazKa (Aska Matsumiya & Paz Lenchantin).  ","author_name":"The Surfer\u2019s Journal presents Soundings with Jamie Brisick","author_url":"http:\/\/www.surfersjournal.com","html":"