thomas padden was born on October 19, 1990 in pontyclun. he was the youngest of 3 boys. James the eldest lewis in the middle and then came Tom. he was alwasy a handfull full of life, Tom didnt like school and found sitting in a class room impossible. he excelled at sports and was always in the sports team, winning medals in swimming and rugby. then at eh age of 13 he started to surf, this was to become the love of his life. He has no fear and was found at jsut 14 surfing massive waves off anchors point. he just had no fear. the waves got bigger as he got older nothing fazed him at all.