Thomas Victor Carroll (born 26 November 1961, Newport, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian former professional surfer from Sydney.
In 1985, he boycotted the South African leg of the tour in protest against apartheid[2] and subsequently fell behind Tom Curren.
Carroll won the 1984 Surfer Poll and was inducted into the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame in 1990.
[6] In 2015 he participated in a documentary with Australia's ABC TV warning casual users not to be foolhardy.
[citation needed] Carroll is a playable character in the video game Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer.