Is There A More Barreled Father-Son Duo In Surfing Right Now?

I’ve seen Tosh Tudor twice in the last six months. First, as he stopped in Northern New South Wales just days before flying to Indo, and second, during a brief Bali stint between his various strike missions.

The kid lived in Indonesia for just about the entire 2024 season and, as you’ll see above, he was more than efficient with his time. Tosh isn’t exactly the type to get lost for weeks in Kuta nightclubs, and he’s got the footage to prove it.

“When I first went out there this year, we scored a month of crazy waves with Zeke and Jade and Skip,” he tells me. “We’re about to drop a big movie with all those clips soon. Then there was a gap in July where there weren’t too many crazy swells. Then this whole video was filmed in August by my friend Kalani Minihan. My dad was messaging me, because California was so flat. He came out for a month and we got lucky with waves. It was pretty much consistent swell the whole month of August.”

Father/son tuberiding pairings are a timeless fixture of surf culture, with Pete and John Mel, Michael and Mason Ho, and Herbie, Nate, and Christian coming immediately to mind. With the above 16-minute edit not featuring a single turn clip, Joel and Tosh have certainly tossed their names in the bucket for the most coned genetic duo in the game.

“It was just sick to have my dad there. I’ve never gone to Indo with him. He hadn’t seen Bali in like 30 years, so that definitely blew his mind. The culture shock was pretty huge, seeing Russian nightclubs everywhere,” laughs Tosh. “He got some fun waves at Deserts and then we got to surf that Padang Cup expression session together, which kind of made the trip for us.”

Oh, and right after August ended, Tosh hopped a plane flight to Florida for the beginning of this year’s Stab Highway. Count on seeing a lot more of Tosh in the coming months, albeit in slightly less idyllic conditions.