EP 127 | Tom Carroll on Surfing's BIGGEST Shift Coming | Pinch My Salt

EP 127 | Tom Carroll on Surfing's BIGGEST Shift Coming | Pinch My Salt

May 26, 2026 · 1h 6m · Season 4 · Episode 127

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Tom Carroll discusses the significant changes in surfing, focusing on wave pools and the future of competitions.

Tom Carroll joins Pinch My Salt to talk about one of the biggest shifts happening in surfing right now: wave pools, the future of surf contests, the WSL, and whether competitive surfing is about to change forever. In this episode, Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan dive into wave pool surfing, the Stab air contest, Huey Vaughn’s insane aerial progression, the WSL’s New Zealand/Raglan event struggles, flat surf contests, modern surf judging, the future of surf competitions, and why wave pools mi...

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