Tom Butler
Competitions
» * English National Champion *
» Current UK Professional Rour Ranking: 2nd 09
» Five times British junior champion
| Date of Birth: | 18/04/1989 |
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| Hometown: | Newquay, UK |
| Surfboard: | Quiver MVP |
| Blog: | http://www.tbsurfing.com/blog |
| Sponsors: | Quiver Surfboards, Seabase, Creatures of Leisure, Hurley, Etnies, |
Height :6'1
Weight 12 and half stone
Stance: In the goof troup
Fav board: Gotta be my 6'0 strapless tow board at the moment; I've been getting some juicy kegs on that badboi!! loving my 6'0 parabolic w.o.c as well. (Click to see the W.O.C. Quiver Surfboard ridden by Tom)
Why do you surf? The waves are at my door step and its a constant challenge if you want it!!
What are your plans for the future? Keep Chucking myself into and under the biggest waves the uk winter hopefully delivers. Love it!! Roar up Atlantic ocean. Wanna win some wqs this summer as well buzzin for it.
Claim to fame: Contest wise 5 times British and english champ throughout my junior days, two 3rd place finishing's euro juniors. 2008 English open champ aged 19! 2009 2nd uk pro surf tour final ratings
Biggest fear: Getting my house broken into and my quiver of epic Quiver boards being stolen!!!!
Tom is our latest rider to join our Quiver Surfboard team, riding boards shaped by our in house shapers.
I have grown up in Newquay all my life, thrown in the sea at the age of five, I started out on a bodyboard as most do. I soon realised lying down and holding on was not for me!! I taught my self how to surf on my dad's mal at the age of nine or ten. Got my own board a few months after, a 6'4 yellow beast nicknamed The Pig for obvious reasons. I started competing in the UK comps shortly after this and had won my first English national grommet title by age eleven. I have always been really competitive and determined, before I started surfing in competitions I took part in surf life saving and played football, both at a high national level. I love to out do my friends and brothers, and am always going toe to toe with them all, trying to push each other in to the water. My main aims and goals I am setting myself for 2010: Firstly to improve my UK Pro Surf Tour ranking, finishing 2nd last year I only have one way to go; being crowned the champ at the end of this season. The standard in the uk at the moment is going through the roof with at least 10 surfers from our shores really making an impact on the rest of the surfing world. I have the ability and hunger to make a Uk number 1 finish this year. To give myself the best chance of achieving this, I will keep super fit with lot's of cross training and will constantly be working on my technique. Most importantly, having a clear mind and positive professional attitude. Second, we have some of the best big wave spot's in the world here in the Great British Isles, I get most excited in the sea when conditions are big and challenging. I'm going to be pushing myself in the bigger stuff a lot this year and can't wait for the first big swell's to start hitting our coast's. I'll be setting off on a fair few surf trip's over the course of 2010 taking a jet ski, kindly sponsored by Cornwall Entertainment, with the intention of finding the biggest barrels out there to ride!
I have grown up in Newquay all my life, thrown in the sea at the age of five, I started out on a bodyboard as most do. I soon realised lying down and holding on was not for me!! I taught my self how to surf on my dad's mal at the age of nine or ten. Got my own board a few months after, a 6'4 yellow beast nicknamed The Pig for obvious reasons. I started competing in the UK comps shortly after this and had won my first English national grommet title by age eleven.
I have always been really competitive and determined, before I started surfing in competitions I took part in surf life saving and played football, both at a high national level. I love to out do my friends and brothers, and am always going toe to toe with them all, trying to push each other in to the water.
My main aims and goals I am setting myself for 2010: Firstly to improve my UK Pro Surf Tour ranking, finishing 2nd last year I only have one way to go; being crowned the champ at the end of this season. The standard in the uk at the moment is going through the roof with at least 10 surfers from our shores really making an impact on the rest of the surfing world. I have the ability and hunger to make a Uk number 1 finish this year. To give myself the best chance of achieving this, I will keep super fit with lot's of cross training and will constantly be working on my technique. Most importantly, having a clear mind and positive professional attitude.
Second, we have some of the best big wave spot's in the world here in the Great British Isles, I get most excited in the sea when conditions are big and challenging. I'm going to be pushing myself in the bigger stuff a lot this year and can't wait for the first big swell's to start hitting our coast's. I'll be setting off on a fair few surf trip's over the course of 2010 taking a jet ski, kindly sponsored by Cornwall Entertainment, with the intention of finding the biggest barrels out there to ride!
Tom Butler