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Tom Anderson

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

May 15, 1980

Website

http://tomandersonbooks.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Sports, Travel

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Tom was born in Watford, London on the 15th May 1980. He lived with his parents in London until he saw the error of his ways only a couple of years later whereupon his family moved back to his father’s homeland of South Wales. It was inevitable that he would be drawn to the sea since his grandfather had been a top lifesaver and his father a successful competitive surfer ‘back in the day’.

Tom began surfing at the age of 11 and moved to the seaside town of Porthcawl at the age of 13. He saved up for his first custom surfboard at the age of 14 after doing a milk round for 27 weeks (=270 pounds!) working from midnight until five AM every Friday night, under the watchful eye of long-time Porthcawl Point local Gez McKay (who has since joined the ...more

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Code Black and a National Title: Busy Spring for Tom!

Two events, one planned and one a complete surprise, marked Spring 2015 as an exciting time for Tom Anderson. March saw the launch of his latest title, Code Black, while Mayday brought with it something Tom had considered so improbable he’d even written a book about it: a win at the Welsh Surfing Championships! It was the Senior division (28 and over), of course, but Tom was delighted nonetheless.

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Tom Anderson’s books

Average rating: 3.87 · 525 ratings · 42 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Grey Skies, Green Waves: A Surfer's Journey Around the UK and Ireland 3.86 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riding the Magic Carpet: A Surfer's Odyssey to Find the Perfect Wave 4.05 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chasing Dean: Surfing America's Hurricane States 3.89 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Code Black: Winter of Storm Surfing 3.53 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fight Them On The Beaches: Short stories of Operation Sea Lion by Katherine Foy (Editor), Andy Cooke, Tom Anderson 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Actaeon Tide 3.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luca, Son of the Morning 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Body Language: The essential guide on how to analyze, influence, read & persuade people using proven strategies. by Tom Anderson, Jason Belvill (Narrator) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bucket Blast: Play-Along Activities for Bucket Drums and Classroom Percussion 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Thus the chief purpose of art education for life is to help students understand something about themselves and others through art and thereby contribute to personal growth, social progress, and a sense of global community.”
― Tom Anderson, Art for Life: Authentic Instruction in Art

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“Currency is… a shared delusion in the minds of all men, a necessary delusion if civilised society were not to fall… yet so many lives, so many cities and kingdoms and nations, ultimately depend on hoping that no man ever stops to wonder why he values discs of a shiny yellow metal so highly…” -”
― Tom Anderson, Uncharted Territory

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“Monsieur Lisieux would seek to arbitrarily carve up Europe into units based on the alleged blood kinship of its inhabitants, regardless of what all historical and legal precedent say, to speak nothing of simple convenience…” - Letter from a Concerned Gentleman #35, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough – published 1804, later mockingly quoted in The North Briton, 1810 *”
― Tom Anderson, Uncharted Territory

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