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Thrust - The Simon Anderson Story
Simon Anderson’s biography, THRUST, commemorate the 30th anniversary of his three-fin design breakthrough and charts the life and times of one of Australian surfing’s most revered figures.



At Sea With The Admiral - Buck Toothed Girls from Luxembourg
Thirty years after Simon Anderson’s shaping-room brainwave redrew the fin template of modern surfing, the master-shaper set sail in the Mentawaii to see how his design has sculpted a new generation of professional surfers. These are the tales from the ship's log… More.


At Sea With The Admiral - The Candyman
Thirty years after Simon Anderson’s shaping-room brainwave redrew the fin template of modern surfing, the master-shaper set sail in the Mentawaii to see how his design has sculpted a new generation of professional surfers. These are the tales from the ship's log… More.


At Sea With The Admiral - The Lord of Kiddies Corner
Thirty years after Simon Anderson’s shaping-room brainwave redrew the fin template of modern surfing, the master-shaper set sail in the Mentawaii to see how his design has sculpted a new generation of professional surfers. These are the tales from the ship's log… More.


At Sea With The Admiral - North Neverbeen
Thirty years after Simon Anderson’s shaping-room brainwave redrew the fin template of modern surfing, the master-shaper set sail in the Mentawaii to see how his design has sculpted a new generation of professional surfers. These are the tales from the ship's log… More.


Thrust - Part 3
Thrust is the biography of one of Australian surfing’s most revered figures, Simon Anderson, published to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his design breakthrough, the three-fin Thruster. More.


Thrust - Part 2
Thrust is the biography of one of Australian surfing’s most revered figures, Simon Anderson, published to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his design breakthrough, the three-fin Thruster. More.


Thrust - Part 1
Thrust is the biography of one of Australian surfing’s most revered figures, Simon Anderson, published to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his design breakthrough, the three-fin Thruster. More.


Thrust into the spotlight
Simon Anderson launches his new biography on the 30th anniversary of his defining moment at ’81 Bells. More.

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