Surfer's Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life

“An all-time surfing classic with lessons uncovered from a lifetime on the waves.” —KELLY SLATER, eleven-time World Surfing Champion

Now featuring a new introduction, Surfer’s Code shares the life lessons that world champion surfer Shaun Tomson gathered from decades of surfing—from his boyhood in South Africa, to the world pro surfing tour in the 1970s and ’80s, to the business world today. For Tomson, surfing is a sport, a religion, an obsession, a teacher, and more—it is a way of life. Tomson’s life lessons have guided his career to the top of both professional competition and the world of business. These lessons are born of the collective wisdom of the surf community and are a powerful source of inspiration in the face of extraordinary challenges of everyday life:

1. I Will Never Turn My Back on the Ocean

2. I Will Paddle Around the Impact Zone

3. I Will Take the Drop with Commitment

4. I Will Never Fight a Riptide

5. I Will Paddle Back Out

6. I Will Watch Out for Other Surfers

7. There Will Always be Another Wave

8. I Will Always Ride Into Shore

9. I Will Pass Along My Stoke

10. I Will Catch a Wave Every Day

11. All Surfers Are Joined by One Ocean

12. I Will Honor the Sport of Kings

SHAUN TOMSON is a leadership expert, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and ambassador for the Surfrider Foundation and Boys To Men Mentoring.  He is a former World Surfing Champion and has been listed as one of the ten greatest surfers of all time.  He has a Master of Science in Leadership and has created two popular apparel brands, Instinct and Solitude.  He lectures widely on empowerment at universities including Harvard and Kellogg Northwestern, and at corporations including Google, GM, Morgan Stanley, and Cisco.

PATRICK MOSER teaches writing and French language at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri, where he also offers a course on the history and culture of surfing.