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TOMMY ZAHN For The Pure Joy Of It All Aloha! And welcome to this brief bio on Tommy Zahn. The complete, unedited biography of Tommy Zahn is available in printable eBooklet form for $4.95, delivered to your email address. The 24,792 word article (49 single-spaced pages) is the master copy of a smaller article that was originally printed in THE SURFER'S JOURNAL, Volume 9, number 2, Spring/Summer 2000 (sold out). Over 50% more material is included in the original. You can pay by credit card using Pay Pal (see below) or arrange to pay by personal check by emailing malcolm@legendarysurfers.com. When you click on the Pay Pal icon directly below to use your credit card, your order will be processed using the PayPal system. It takes no longer than a half a minute and your personal information is not shared with third parties. Shortly after placing your order, you will receive confirmation of your purchase via email. Thank you for your interest in the life of Tommy Zahn, the history of surfing, and your support of the LEGENDARY SURFERS website. Tommy Zahn image courtesy of Gary Lynch. To Order the Original Article, "TOMMY ZAHN: For The Pure Joy of It All," in electronic ebooklet format (delivered to your email address) for USD $4.95, click on the Pay Pal icon below: To pay by personal check or money order, email: malcolm@legendarysurfers.com. Content of What You Will Receive: Boards, Boats & Lifeguarding As A Kid Tom Blake Pete Peterson War Years Pete's Plastic Board, 1946 Hollywood & Marilyn The Islands Haole Treatment Island Influences George Downing Rabbit Kekai 1947 - Zahn, Quigg, Kivlin, Rochlen & Melonhead The Darrylin Board, 1947-48 The Malibu Perpetual Surfboard Paddling ChampMolokai to O‘ahu, October 1953 Diamond Head Paddleboard Race, 1954 "Bounding the Blue on Boards" Catalina-to-Manhattan Beach Paddle Races Catalina-to-Manhattan, 1955 Catalina-to-Manhattan, 1956 Sculling Australia, 1956 The Kivlin to Dora Connection Late 1950s, Early 1960s Catalina to Manhattan Beach Paddleboard Race, 1958 Catalina to Manhattan Beach Paddleboard Race, 1960 Catalina-to-Manhattan Beach Paddleboard Race, 1961 Diamond Head Paddleboard Race, 1962 The Lifeguard's Lifeguard Skin Cancer, 1979 1984's Almost Forced Retirement Paddling Mentor Jim Mollica Mike Young Craig Lockwood "Recollecting Zahn" by Craig Lockwood First Encounter Second Meeting Making Time Zahn's Other Side End of an Era Waterman Memorial Design Guru One For Pete Taplin Talk "Figures like Tom [Blake] and Duke [Kahanamoku] are really historic figures... Had they never existed, the sport wouldn't be quite the same.  And where can you find guys in this game who led such exemplary lives?  These were the real contributors and innovators.  I did none of these things... I surfed, paddled and swam for the pure joy of it all.  I was successful in some of my ventures... all more or less forgettable.  I tried (not always succeeding) in living an exemplary life.  It was my pleasure to have been personally acquainted with figures like Duke, Tom, Pete [Peterson], Rabbit [Kekai], George [Downing], Joe [Quigg], Wally [Froiseth], Gene [Tarzan Smith]; but I have no desire to beome a 'professional-grand-old-man-of-surfing'" - Tom Zahn, November 5, 1989 "You will get your day of recognition when the long boards come back." - Tom Blake to Tom Z., August 1967 Tommy Zahn listed "A few significant extracts" from his "Aquatic Sports Activities."  In his order, they are: 2 times winner - Surf Life Saving Association (SLSA) of Hawaii Rough Water Swimming Championships 4 times winner - Diamond Head Paddleboard Championships, Honolulu, Hawaii 5 times winner - Catalina to Manhattan Beach Paddleboard Race Winner - 1956 International Rescue Board Race, Surf Life Saving Association of Australia 2 times winner - Hermosa-Manhattan 2 Mile Roughwater Swim (age group) CIF Swim Finalist - High School US Navy Swim Team - San Diego First Senior Olympics 1 Mile, Run-Swim-run & Relay, 1980-82 And, in "Related Work Experience," in the order Tommy listed them: 24 Years skipper of rescue boat Baywatch Santa Monica. Second highest rescue count of all 8 Baywatch stations. 7 Years as Training Officer for the Lifeguard and Harbor Division, Santa Monica Part time Training Consultant for the California State Lifeguard Service, District 5, 1961-62 Captain and Training Officer for the Honolulu City and County Lifeguard Service, 1959; Reorganized the service Also noteworthy, but unlisted by Zahn: Pacific Coast Dory Championship, twice Related Resources Read About Volume 1 of LEGENDARY SURFERS Buy Volume 1 of LEGENDARY SURFERS! TOM BLAKE: The Journey of A Pioneer Waterman Return to LEGENDARY SURFERS Homepage

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