Brisbane surfer Tomas Moore joins the Surfing Doctors
Nationality
Australian – Brisbane
Current Position?
JHO Royal Brisbane Hospital
Education and work experience?
Studied at University of Queensland (and a bit of University College Dublin)
Interned at The Prince Charles Brisbane
Currently working at Royal Brisbane & Women’s
Medical interests? Have you found your niche?
Pursuing Ophthalmology, interested in it all. Love ED too.
Local surf spot?
CityCat Wake, Brisbane
Northern NSW
What is your favourite surf destination?
Lennox Heads & Lombok
Notable surf trips?
West Ireland with the UCD Surf Club
Morocco
Ghana – on placement in Takoradia and Akwidaa
Basque coast: Hossegor -> San Sebastian
Japan – Surf & snowboard
Indo – Nias (volunteering at the Friends of Nias clinic), Lombok, Bali
Lots of Aussie road trips
Best surf trip ever?
Exploring Ghana’s coast, looking for access to empty surf breaks.
Worst surf trip ever?
Swotvac excursion to Morocco in June. Flat. Ended up doing some land training in the dunes and more study than I’d expected.
The best thing about surfing?
Scoring & seeing your mates score, sunsets over the water, surf trips.
Best advice you were ever given with regards to surfing?
Aim well right of the cave at Uluwatu.
Favourite surfer in the world and why?
John John for his surfing, Dylan Graves for his stoke.
Current go-to surfboards? (make and dims)
6’0 Channel Islands OG Flyer, 5’10 Vampirate Evil Twin, eyeing a step up for G-Land.
Social Handles?
@tompmoore on Instagram
Further reading: Maroubra’s Lachlan Roach Joins The Surfing Doctors.