Kelly can ride Pipe but TC rode it with such dominance, you’d swear he was spat from Pipe tube at birth… even for a haole. The late take off, the turns and floater like he was surfing 4ft slop was insane but that snap under the lip!?! Whoa, that’s still the most savage move I’ve seen in surfing to this very day. Respect TC, you are a beast👊🏾

@PhilipBurton-dn3ce

10 ай бұрын

I grew up in Newport Australia and I was lucky enough to see him in the water a few times a week, to see it is another level, he'd demolish waves like a pit bull, just chucking buckets of water everywhere

I remember when that snap was shown in a photo in Surfer Mag, it was the most radical thing I'd ever seen. Still is really when you think of the power he put in it and the power of the wave. He made it look easy but that was because he timed it perfectly and his massive balls swung him round like a pendulum!

@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975

4 жыл бұрын

Power vs power.

@Hojiii

2 жыл бұрын

100%

Benchmark of what surfing is really about, no bull shit circus tricks just pure surfing into another zone , in my opinion this is pure genius at work.

At the time no one charged pipe like Tom Carroll. That signature snap under the lip was unbelievable and jaw dropping to watch. Definitely one of the best surfers at pipe all time.

Burly and graceful at the same time. He’s whipping that 7’8 gun around like it ain’t no thang!

tom carroll and pipe were made for each other

Great respect for Tom's surfing back then. His charging at the Pipe was quite memorable, and yes, legendary. I wish him well for the days left in front of him. Great footage, thanks so much.

Hard to believe this is 30 years old.

that turn it's amazing revolutionary unforgettable never seen it since.

At 1:02 that's an absolute massive one such an unbelievable drop...balls of steel from Mr.Carrol!

One of my all-time favorite surfers!

Great post - I think the 'big' board benefited his style very well back then.

Don’t think I’ve seen anyone do it better

Just watched him get a 9.6 or something at the Pipe Legends heat. At 52 and still ripping

Never seen a snap at pipe as critical since. Why is tom Carroll not regarded as one of the top pipe legends?

@ectomy1235

5 жыл бұрын

I think he is well maybe not remembered as well as some legends

@maxloughlin9971

5 жыл бұрын

He is

@jimfitz1432

5 жыл бұрын

Have you been in a coma the last 12 years ?

@valueinvestor77

4 жыл бұрын

I’m going to say that Tom Carroll is probably the best non Hawaiian ever at Pipe.

2 of the greatest surfers of all time Lopez and Carroll style grace soul and no bull shit .

@jimihendrixx11

Жыл бұрын

Derek?

Moving that board around like it's nothing🔥🔥🔥🔥

I was lucky enough to be there live, Tom was in flow state to say the least.

Uno stile impressionante...Sempre il Numero 1. 9.6 agli open di quest'anno..

The late drop calling Derek's bluff for one of 2 tens in the final is the most committed late drop in pipe comp history. Then he dropped another 10 before that and a 8. 🐐 of pipe late 80s early 90s

This is true Pipeline. Not what is surfed on tour, nowadays. Has the wave changed or is someone´s interests to have contest on smaller days?

Fearless perfection! 😎🤙🏼🏄‍♂️

Amazing...the heaviest pipe final at every time...the best surfer in the world (together Kelly)

thanks for sharing

Never one to hold back!

The snap on a wave that size is remarkable. what the hell haha

You got your dates wrong. His sister died in 1987, before the final which he won in murky waters and heavy Pipe. 1991 was the end of an era, with Curren winning the Wyland Pro at Haleiwa and Carroll winning at Pipe for the last time. The age of the backsiders had already started in 1991. Kelly Slater that year made it to the semis at Pipe, with some incredible backside barrels, thus qualifying for the 1992 tour which he went on to win in his first try, along with the 1992 Pipe masters.

Incredible surfing, but terrible loss at the same time. I can see that emotion was fueling his tremendous performance.

Cuando vi este video por primera vez, pronto supe como goofi que surfing deseaba hacer y aprender, los guns son tablas que siempre me llamaron la atención por su elegante diseño y calidad que ofrecen de auténtico surf

carroll best ever

Best surfer on the planet, at that time.

Isso sim é radicalizar!

Não existia um surfista na face da terra que pudesse deter Carroll nesse dia.

It's funny to see such a big board, these days it's all about going smaller boards in big waves

Still to this day the GOAT, if he was 20yrs old today he'd be doing backhand snaps under the lip at Jaws

Huge pipe with Tom Carroll needs Janes Addiction in the background.

@daves4645

5 жыл бұрын

Literally any Janes song could work with this video. I would have went with Ocean Size though.

@mosin9105

4 жыл бұрын

Locksmith DB Ya, it’s about time somebody put some good music to a surf vid on KZread!

is the music Janes addiction?

Tom Carroll had balls of steel.

Never been a SNAP like it since!!!

Is this a clip from the Hawaii 94 VHS?

Man I remember that snap under the lip. So nasty...

7'8" is not long, on a good board for solid over 6' plus Hawaiian. It requires more work to get it to plane and recover...but the results is worth it.

Legend!

sem medo, MONSTRO

The take off inside of Derek Ho then to free falling. Game over.

There was a time back in the day when most surfers found tc dear to their hearts 😂

That drop! @ 1:34😳👍

The final match was Tom Carroll, Derek Ho, Slater and who was the other one?

@BarbarraBay

5 жыл бұрын

TC, Derek Ho, Damien Hardman and Glen Winton

Waths's The Name of that Song?'

Verdadeiro Surf !!!

Amazing.

Beast mode!!

They would and just did deem that size uncontestable. Because the Brazilians couldn't handle it....I remember watching pipe masters on ABC wide world of sports in the mid 70s. Waves were huge and guys like Jose Angel charged. Guess I'm showing my age. Left a piece of my asscheek on the reef in 86. Still have the scar. Humbling frightening place

@guilhermebahia6050

4 жыл бұрын

Brazilians destroying Pipe today 🤷🏻‍♂️😅

tom is so gnarly at pipeline

Por lejos las gun son lo mejor, quien no quisiera correr una gun en el momento perfecto

Set the standard.

The event when his sister died was actually in '89

wow,60..no not is age his 10's for each wave😎

Tom was a bit arrogant at times but that snap was insane ronnie burns and Tom carroll the best

Fucking hellman right there!!!!

Legend

Champion!!!!!!

frekeeeen beast!

4r me the Best.of those Fews..

Did Tom win in 91? Thought he won last in 90 vs Booth, Marsh, Clark-Jones?

@crashtestcal6484

6 жыл бұрын

I was there watching on the beach. He beat Derek Ho in the final with the best surfing I’d ever seen.

@BarbarraBay

5 жыл бұрын

He won in 87, 90 and 91.

Snapping under a giant pipe lip. Yikes. Aussie Aussie Aussie. Oy oy oy.

It's such a big board he's using

One of the Greastest.

MG

all these fools still shredding waves....

He's a monster

Tom Carrol set the standard!????

Legend status that day. Tommy gun.

Monster

That fkn snap They drew cartoons of it Tommy barrel arrrrrrrrrrre

janes addiction ..true nature.. strays

Fkin legend

Lanzarote big surf

Janys adction \m/

Fuk yeah

no fuuuckin way unnn reeeal

Beeyond… beyond the bes

Aussies are the best

Take fkn take

All them years he wire that helmet but what he really needed was n ass plug 😅

Surfings become overcrowded and commercialized. Everything we feared back before it was it has become. All these kids today think about is competition and contests which is exactly why it’s commercialized now. Lame.

Stornch

A wtf moment at the time.

Ha ha ha

He's alright I guess.