Rip Curl's Free Scrubber starring Tom Curren |

[@JohnSahakian]

A legend! It's interesting if you're in your 40s or 50s (like me) and have a fan history of Tom Curren from childhood and have grown up watching him, emulating him, and being inspired to still feel stoke watching him cruise today and still sharing his stoke. Thanks, Tom! Grateful for the years, the lessons, and the good vibes you've brought to the experience I love so much!

[@marcmelpo972]

His style does not age... His flair does not age... His mystic relationship with the ocean & waves does not age... Damn... Curren's magic is still very much alive!! He's the ultimate surfer... A bloody LEGEND!!

[@JDuke-uw3fk]

Turns out one of my childhood heroes is still one of my grown-up heroes. Whoever had the idea to make this vid, thx!

[@DGT73]

Vaughan Blakey had a major hand in it

[@ginamaine3293]

He's still got it. The pros on the QS & CT need to take note of Tom's style & flow = phenomenal!!! 🌴🏄‍♂️💜🐬

[@renatovolpi]

Great style never dies... Tom Curren is proof.

[@rafaelmalvar]

56 years old Curren is a truly inspiration! Thanks for this.

[@Jeff-sn3fq]

I'm going to have to say this is the best surf video I've ever seen in my 53 years of existence. The style, Tom's funny oddness surfing school of thought that nobody can figure out but him, and his surfing is spot on. Great job to the crew making this.

[@DrainAddict]

I agree !

[@Bravery469]

"Now standing straight up, just trimming perfectly straight." Lol! Thanks Tom, thanks Ripcurl!

[@74surfboards]

F***ing amazing... Tom Curren is the best surfer of all time.

[@robscanlan]

Curren's frontside is so magical! Nice video! Thank you!

[@patrickbateman80]

80s surf style never die! GO TOM!!!

[@traviscarter2999]

This is the best, most hilarious, well edited surf movie ever. I love it. It is different , quick random scene changes, and engaging. Nice work!

[@erikobjects]

Engage!

[@AndreRMeyer]

HO'ISH GOOD

[@steveperreira5850]

I found it interesting also.

[@xwhite2020]

That's a stretch but it is watchable.

[@DGT73]

Gotta agree there boss 👍

[@Lotus-Son]

I never thought I'd get to see another huge sponsored edit from Curren ever again. I was appreciative of just some small edits and clips of him at home in Rincon or in Mexico here and there on Instagram or just former professional filmers catching him in the wild. But I always thought Rip Curl just never wanted to drop him since he helped bring the company back to being profitable and he's just an icon/legend and they just focus on Mason Ho or Mick. So this is fucking out-of-this-world sick/amazing for me.

[@ripcurl]

We're happy you're stoked mate!

[@living_in_damoment]

The Search is endless!🌊🌊🌊

[@flintmcmanly]

So stoked to see the resurgence of interest and appreciation for Curren. He kinda fell off the edge of the earth there for about 30 years. Or maybe was reincarnated as Kelly Slater.

[@fernandomaron87]

@@flintmcmanly He never disappeared, my man. I've been following his career for decades, and he always popped here and there at surf mags, movies and events. He was never fully out of the surfing world

[@rawtalent5409]

To see Tom surf is to see the artform in all it's glory. His ability to read a wave and transfer all his energy with so much grace in an effortless and meaningful style has never stopped inspiring me. Kelly followed in his footsteps but was never his better. Curren has never lost it. Always a joy when you sit in admiration of his ability. Thanks Rip Curl for keeping the dream alive. There will never be a better ambassador for the purest of artforms.

[@AnonYmous-be9vw]

Still the best bottom turn and wrap around in the business. And by best, I mean the most fun to watch. When I surf "waves" with my fingers as the legs, when I draw imaginary, perfect lines, it's w that Curren rail to rail style in my mind. I know I'm not alone. Much love from Spokane, Washington

[@matiasbenitez4026]

Appreciated Tom... Many surfers marked the current surf format....but ...In my personal consideration you are the real man who revolutionized our surfing forever! Thank you so much for giving us that chance!

[@hammertime7740]

More of this Rip Curl.

[@bartacks]

Looks like Tommy's been tuning in and exploring the inner, inner, innermost limits of pure fun. Seems like the perfect time for it.

[@liuyloui]

You mean what I think you mean? If so, I dig it

[@bartacks]

@@liuyloui Pure speculation of course... : )

[@pesttechDoc]

Right on Waggy! Exploring the innermost limits of fun! Or Exploring God within.... not without

[@MoustacheCloud]

He's been frying out in baja for a while.

[@h20mojo]

Damn that was good! Breathing life back into the lost art of making a good surf flick.

[@andrewmair7371]

☝️& with cool, humorous, compatible(!) & imaginative soundtrack 👍😁 Nice…👌😎🌵

[@inalavalamp]

For real. I’m sick of Vlogs

[@robbent8734]

Well that was better than a slap on the belly with a wet fish. "Tom Curren going straight...." Hilarious! Thanks Rip Curl and Tom for entertaining us. Loved every minute! :)

[@flintmcmanly]

"What a great decision to go straight...still stalling, still trimming..." Thanks Joe and Tom. Hilariously genius direction.

[@anthonyfunnell]

Absolute gold. Could watch Curren surf all day. True hero.

[@creature_of_the_undergroun261]

Simple classic surfing. Refreshing. Best style ever.✌️

[@fernandomaron87]

So glad he's still expressing himself with his beautiful style till this day and age, makes me even a bit emotive, he's a painter on the waves.

[@marcelodossantossc4440]

“Curren is The King”

[@chriscoralAloha]

Long live the King.

[@graceshepherd8011]

yep

[@steveperreira5850]

Tom Curren Seems to be a wonderful guy. He was in his heyday in the early 90s when I was living in Santa Barbara, and I was long boarding, once in a while Tom would be out there at our local spots in Carpinteria.

[@RRReyes999]

Ya know at this point we can all agree that Tom is a genius. The thing is geniuses can be strange, elusive and mysterious. What we see here is pure genius. It’s that simple.

[@timblizzard4226]

Vaughn, this is your best work to date my friend. Epic, classic Curren, his essence captured perfectly; effortless style, eclectic vibes, weird music. So, so good.

[@gowiththeflow2478]

Nobody will ever ride a surf board with so much style flow and rhythm on a different pathway 🎉🎊⚡✨☀️💥🌈😇💯

[@tippss3332]

Tom Curren- The Legend!!! Still ripping!!! Hell yeah!!!

[@mattboast8437]

Tom Curren is one of kind, fucking legend

[@hazmcclutchie2240]

I'll take style over aerial surfing any day, Great watch..Thanks Tom an the crew at The Search/Rip Curl🏄‍♂️

[@ksurfer72]

This was so funny and so awesome. Tom should do more of these. Love his attitude. Hilarious. Zero ego and one of the greats of all time. Give us more please. Love, love the editing too. And the music. Just beautiful.

[@chriscoralAloha]

Thank you Mr Curren. We love you.

[@dirksteenmans1635]

Some of the most beautiful lines in recent history. Merci!

[@SVFelurian]

Legend!! This is so interesting on so many levels. Thank you Rip Curl for promoting a surfer in his 50's. I'm in my 40's, and Tom Curren is probably the reason I just bought my gazillionth Rip Curl wetsuit. Cheers.

[@WS_00]

Nah mate, the reason you’ve just bought your gazillionth Rip Curl wetsuit is because they don’t last 😂

[@Angieboy173]

More movies with Tom please. Could watch this all day

[@philipfarison3564]

It's great to see Tommy still has has it surfing wise, he's probably the best surfer to come out of California we were also proud of them in the '80s my friends uncle owned Op and his cousin Jamie was a good friend of mine in high school Tommy Taylor Knox and I have our names spray painted on the floor underneath the carpet at South Coast in Pacific Beach, we got tacos at Taco surf afterwards he's a living legend in California. Keep surfing tommy!

[@philipfarison3564]

I appreciate the love from rip curl, because besides having op in common with Tommy I also had rip curl custom wetsuitsalso ,Eric bird Huffman set me up with you guys in the eighties. I get sentimental when isee Tommy's super video,ihad the sameflouresant yellow short sleeve full suit.i love rip curl,you guys have a shop on mission Blvd in Pacific beach. Oh and props to conner coffin, and Owen they rip.

[@Saturn-6]

Love seeing one of my surfing heroes still ripping.

[@jonnyref3475]

Epic. More of Tom please.

[@shannonyoung5382]

Thank you Rip Curl for giving us more Tom Curren!!! Keep’ em coming!!! Don’t let Legends, like TC fade away into obscurity... Especially when they’re still out there, on it & firing like Tom is!!!

[@surfgame]

I tell surfers I'm from the Tommy Curren generation and they don't know what I'm talking about, so now I can show them this vid and say we all wanted to surf like that.

[@GeeBeisH]

Living legend… Still finding those perfect angles on the face of any wave.

[@paulodetarso3198]

The man, the myth, the legend. Tks always Rip Curl for Tom and The Search, he's the core for the show!

[@mpearce888]

15 minutes very well spent. Amazing drone skills too!

[@andypotts]

Thanks Matt, stoked you enjoyed it

[@maybeitsmindfulness5708]

Watching this, changed my life a bit.

[@macrovigilance]

great drone filming.. best drone/surf images ive ever seen! TC still living the surf dream :)

[@theice5521]

I completely agree

[@mattsolomon9172]

making surfing look fun again. thank you grand master Curren!

[@cjgamer2140]

This was so fun to watch. Tom still shredding. Forever a legend. Thanks Rip Curl!

[@rawtalent5409]

True testimony of how much Love & Affection, admiration Rip Curl has for this man and what he represents to them and a new audience, when the movie in his honour is Free Scrubber. Only when you admire someone so much could you describe him and his ability so personally. Peter.

[@postupmedia]

As a film maker and surfer this is inspirational, bravo! love the style the lack of worrys and the comedic flow. Spot on!

[@harli-in-bloom]

i love this film so much, the scene change with the almost error noise crack me up each time

[@seancallahan1312]

Man, I was waiting for the next bit with Tom just goofing off. Guy's hilarious. Once in a lifetime style, too. And still ripping. Michael Ho, Peter Mel, Occy, not many still really rip. Oh, Gerry Lopez is the king of forever style I suppose. I sit home, body all broken, just watching videos. Can't afford the surgeries that would put me surfing again. Nice to watch some guys from my era still going. I'd be back out the minute I could, though.

[@nevetland]

Sean, Happened to read of your predicament. Don't feel like the lone ranger. I, like you have one lame broken body and no one here can put humpty dumpty back together again. Miss the surfing life like it's the air I need to breathe. Takes one to know one. I sympathize with your plight. Hang in there.

[@edawg654]

Get in there with a boogie board. Do anything, just get in the waves

[@bword6797]

Start walking

[@LANDandSWELL]

One wave in and I was already excited to watch this a second time. True Legend.

[@MrAymardo]

This is the best short surf movie in years! Seriously, or for instance, not taking things too seriously. Between the surf sequences and whatever it is that's between, I just giggled, and went in awe, and plain laughed, and again and again... Thank you Rip Curl, and thank you Tom for being who you are (and you can pee there BTW). Priceless video!

[@andypotts]

Thanks mate!

[@Leoski7]

More of this please. Wanted to see so much more about his alternative craft! Amazing capture tho - really get a sense of him and his personality

[@rnunezc.4575]

Best surf vid ever !! Love it..what a legend !! Thank you Tom and crew..made my week..month..year..!

[@reubengordon117]

The man does it his way. Brilliant !

[@ianseaweed]

The legend surfs on. His 3rd world title in 1990 will remain one of the greatest achievements in sports history. I mean, having retired to go ‘free surfing’ and with no qualification points or wildcards so having to surf the trials in every competition, wins the tour. Glad Ripcurl wetties fit my frame perfectly.

[@fredrikio]

I have never ever seen anything as amazing as this video. All categories, hands down the best prod, character, music and visualization combo out there. W o w !

[@chuckb8945]

Stunning on all levels.

[@beauchamp1763]

I love this and the music is great, what a legend and still carving it up like a man half his age and cool as hell.. And that scrubber was free,,, unreal....

[@matthewmp111]

This was great! Tom Curren never goes out of style. More please!

[@Alex-mtwai]

Tom Curren is an inexhaustible icon.

[@hawaiianpunchoner]

Curren STILL ripping🔥🔥🔥🔥#LEGEND

[@michaelbargo7866]

This is so brilliantly edited. I've watched it so many times, every-time I'm just cracking up like crazy.

[@daveboehne]

more Curren all the time!

[@Dan-uc7kt]

This is really good . So good to see Tom. So refreshing to see real good surfing thats in the realm of real life and not just airs or ridiculous big surf

[@geophphd5594]

That jazz with his surfing, soo dialed 🎺🏄‍♂️👌👌

[@MrWinger1951]

Still living the life and as smooth as ever.

[@dreamlifephotography]

All time Tommy C... and Zen Master skills on the drone!! one of the best edits in long while

[@DGT73]

Watching this again for 4000th time..

[@rctrix9063]

Tom is eccentric, love it 👍 Loved the egg song 2.👻

[@MrJoLyMaX]

Pure style, les plans du drone incroyables et l'ambiance parfaite. Tom déchire toujours à 56 ans. Respect.

[@cliffbluff]

the man the legend the soul

[@eduardobotelho5504]

We will love Tom Curren forever.

[@bgw9906]

The opening sequence still has me rolling. 🤩

[@SurfOutlook]

Epic video!!! Love the footage. Curran still got it going on.

[@kingtoejunior]

This is one of the most enjoyable surf vids I've seen in a while, big ups from the uk!

[@clarkebrogger2556]

This is an all time video among other all timers. He is still the best and Tom is classic. "Get better reception." Whaaaatt?!

[@krustysurfer]

Instant classic! Best thing I've seen in a while. Thank you Tom Rip Curl and crew for such a fun little gem. Great surfing and funny sh1t. Aloha from the Great Lakes USA

[@krustysurfer]

@minij hooi absolutely! It's all a matter of perception, Tom is proving that so is Kelly so are a few others...... Love is the key. Aloha

[@opossumcards8120]

Been wondering what Tom has been up to. Played drums with him at a surf expo in like 1995. It is so great to see you sshhrreedding your round house cut back!

[@RyanVailMusic]

What an epic edit . Seriously well done. So refreshing to see something this creative. Rip Curl , Tom take a bow 🙇‍♂️...

[@chriswright5329]

BEST FLICK EVER MADE.

[@chuckbaker8413]

Best drone footage ever..!! And soundtrack..!!

[@unemployedrobots]

He’s the best. I remember growing up learning to surf at refughio and he paddled by me and I felt starstruck and after that he was bbqing and he gave us groms hotdogs.

[@b.g.tercero2351]

Even Leashes Ruined Surfing Guy must admit he likes seeing Curren carving from a drone.

[@elidehghani4381]

A surf vid that had me laughing and getting stoke to surf all at the same time. Nice work to whoever put this edit together.

[@sonofmalediction]

That trimming sequence with Turpel commentary cutting with the freaked out old man ... next level.

[@monkeypawism]

Zero F's left to give. Viva la leyenda.

[@robbyadams3863]

This was epic! Love seeing TC. Keep up the good work boys! More brands need to hire Vaughan and team.

[@Marionetax]

Few years ago, two Toms: Curren if you were regular and Carroll if you were goofy. So many years ago but they still rockin’... thanks for the video

[@darknightnz1186]

Shakas from NZ to MR. Curren, I appreciate how he opens the interview with jamming on his keyboard lol, he then says i could rip off the search sticker HAHAHAHA what a soul full of Mana and Wairua! you are the man Curren i wish you would come visit our little country in the south pacific and enjoy Fishing, Diving, hunting and immersion in our Maori culture here in little New Zealand (Aotearoa)

[@MrErock7]

I love the land of the long white cloud. You are blessed to live there

[@krokus1972]

tom still better than most of the top 30. great video concept and footage. ill buy ripcurl suit for ya, cheers

[@GIREINALDO]

I just see my idol Tom Curren totally relax... a great moment, awesome waves.

[@mikejennings1839]

Surf movie of the decade

[@andypotts]

Thanks MJ ...YEW!!!

[@michaelscurr9046]

I wish we could see more of curren surfing. this was a real treat. Oaxaca great place 2 get lost

[@mickb69]

This is everything. Sheer perfection!

[@WoolyTV]

Amazing......Curren still as stylish as he ever was! So refreshing, sick editing and great to see Curren in his natural habitat 😂

[@marlinray6831]

pretty damned mesmerizing. Great music, by the way!! and great panning by the drone operator!!! Thanks .

[@rawtalent5409]

Mr T Curren is truly a one in one hundred year event. Thanks Rip Curl for keeping Tommy so relevant within the surfing Family.

[@ripcurl]

Our pleasure!