Bustin Down the Door Book

Bustin' Down the Door chronicles the pivotal moment when three young surfers—Shaun Tomson, Rabbit Bartholomew, and Mark Richards—arrived in Hawaii's winter of 1975 and transformed surfing from counterculture pastime to professional sport. From the thundering barrels of Pipeline to the unforgiving North Shore reefs, this definitive account reveals the raw courage and revolutionary technique that distinguished these pioneers as they challenged the established order.

The story unfolds through first-hand accounts from the legends themselves, complemented by stunning, previously unpublished photography by Dan Merkel. This intimate perspective captures both the ferocity of Hawaiian winter swells and the lives of the groundbreaking athletes who dared to ride them differently—as could only be told by those who lived through surfing's most transformative era.