Tom Frager

Tom Frager, born in Dakar, Senegal, on 1 July 1977, is a French surfer and singer-songwriter. He grew up in Guadeloupe, where he became the most successful local surfer of his generation and a ten-time surfing champion, and he moved to metropolitan France in 2000 and joined the French team, writing songs on his travels to competitions. In 2002 he formed the band Gwayav with four friends who were also musicians and surfers, and the group gave almost 400 concerts in seven years. His song Lady Melody entered the French singles chart at number one in September 2009 and stayed there for four weeks. The article does not name the Guadeloupe title events, so his surfing record is stated only as the ten championships.