Shaun Tomson and Noah benShea
Familius
Review: Barbara Spaanderman
Shaun Tomson is a South African surfing legend. Anyone associated with the sea, surfing and sunshine will have heard of him. Meanwhile, Noah benShea is a life guru, poet-philosopher.
Between the two they have created this book, The Surfer and the Sage, to give insight and encouragement on a path of purpose, hope and faith.
Tomson’s personal story is filled with grief at the unexpected passing of his teenage son, who, with peer pressure, took part in the so-called “choking game”.
Says Tomson, “I was bereft and broken, rudderless. And then I got my faith back in a blinding bolt of light. When you lose a loved one, it seems the light of their soul, their energy, their essence, their atomic…
