Tom Curren vs Tom Carroll-The 1986 Stubbies Pro final

[darylonetwothree]

Awesome footage, both are legends. Amazing.

[abloom1970]

Wathcing this only once it looked like to me that Carrol's hit were more vert and his transition to the inside way more fluid. He skated through the flats where Curren hopped. Carrol had more hits, even on his backhand which is harder. Curren had the best style back then but the other Tom should've won this particular one.

[waveskissourfeet]

terrible waves

[nicgalvmac]

is the narrator dave stanfield?

[SuperHawaiisurf]

i wish they had more variety back then. all they r doing are cutbacks and snaps and pumping

[cmonty72]

I was there. :)

[gothos1000]

Small waves suck ANYwhere, not just Oceanside.

[ps2monster]

@gothos1000 Well here in florida any wave is nice. 

[EVILEE619]

GREAT! I was sitn underneath a photo scaffold with Buttons n Gerlach watching this! Could not have cared less about the "slop"! My fukn beach..my heroes all over the place...Great time in my life. Don't like O'side stay the fuck away...simple.

[Jitpring]

I feel sorry for them for having to compete in that slop. Oceanside sucks.

[marleySux]

curren had triple concave- the tri plane hull- al merrick started that in 73 or so. thats why curren was the best in those days, and why he was surfing faster than carroll

[jstnhnh]

These flatter, thicker 80s designs are making a comeback, aren't they? I see that a lot of shapers have some 80s-inspired shapes nowadays.

[uberfish75]

@jstnhnh

the thicker boards worked good! the guy that i used to get boards from when i was a kid in the 90s was always yelling at me for ordering boards that were WAY too thin! i wish i had listened.  but these days it's fun to go out on thicker boards and see what works and what's fun to ride. when i was a 15 year old kid i was too worried about image and all that. funny.

[Tommygrules]

I still have some boards like these and they are in fact great fun and beter than over concaved rockered skimpy stuff from 90's so there !

[28Media]

@Tommygrules I've liked more volume myself too.

[cosmonauta2001]

Dá pra ver claramente que as pranchas são muito muito duras.

[impregnador]

Curren era melhor que Carrol!!

[vzyadoqmoe]

Curren is better...

[alvanson]

This show was on ESPN....I have the same video, Curren is the pimp daddy of modern day surfing.....

[Bolinas1971]

nice rubbishy waves- thanks Cal.

[teleroi]

i feel so old. who cares what board. how bout a million less people in the line up. and what surfline. gas was 57 cents a gal. but i'm happy! really. yea right.

[MDP4Life]

Currens flow will never go out of style

[RockandRoller918]

I love thick surfboards.They seem to work well for me but im 6 foot 3.

[pacsuninsider]

wow. this is OLD SKOOL. Check the part where he "passes the water cameraman" haha, awesome. PacSun Community

[ce0804]

RONALDO

[transplant07]

was curren riding the black beauty here

[LAcoFIREguy]

Where is Rick Kane and Turtle?

[cupoyankee]

no 1 listens 2 turtle

[xxxIronLeexxx]

Those waves would be great to learn to surf on, or longboard on, IMO.

[occyoccy]

Two of greatest surfers with terrible boards and waves

[28Media]

You do realize that those "TERRIBLE BOARDS" were state of the art, just like today's boards. Most, if not all boards made back then were low rocker, with lots of volume through the middle. I had about a dozen of them, just like Curren's.

[gosier971]

shitty waves

[flingincarcass]

holy flashback

[pablocruiser]

remember trying to turn those ironing boards....impossible.

[28Media]

I do. Curren's boards at the time were 2 and 7/8 " thick. Try turning that.

[dirtay75]

try 1991 pipe masters....Who won that 3+ times?....in a row!

[blooglock]

so fucking mushy out there! haha

classic man

curren is my #1 idol

[andrewbalitube]

of course curren wins

[poofterbastard]

pussy

[omar170876]

Clasicos rivales!! muy buen videito