Surfing legend Tom Carroll hospitalised after head injury

Surfing legend Tom Carroll has been taken to hospital after suffering a head injury on the northern beaches.

NSW Ambulance paramedics were called to Narrabeen Beach just after 10am Wednesday after reports a man in his 60s had suffered head injuries.

Carroll, a two-time world champion surfer and three-time Pipe Masters winner, was taken to Northern Beaches Hospital. It is unclear how he suffered the injuries.

Carroll, who turned 63 on Tuesday, joined the world surfing tour in 1979, before becoming the first goofy-footed world champion in 1983. He was crowned the world’s best surfer again in 1984.

In 1988, Carroll signed a $1 million contract with surfing brand Quiksilver. The five-year deal was the biggest sponsor deal in surfing history at the time.

Carroll, from Newport on Sydney’s northern beaches, won the prestigious Pipe Masters three times, in 1987, 1990 and 1991.

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