"THE SURFING PROFILE: MICHAEL TOMSON," BY DREW KAMPION (1979)
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This article ran in the July 1979 issue of Surfing, when Michael Tomson was 24. The version below has been slightly shortened edited. * * * Except for Gavin Rudolph's brief hour of glory following a Smirnoff victory in 1971, no South African surfer has achieved such notable international competitive recognition as the Tomson cousins, Shaun and Mike. The fact that South Africa is a major surfing ...
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