Simon Anderson

Simon Anderson (born 7 July 1954) is an Australian competitive surfer, surfboard shaper, and writer. He is credited with the 1980 invention of a three-fin surfboard design, called the "thruster". Anderson created a prototype for the "thruster" design and took it on tour with him to Hawaii and California. When he returned to Sydney, he made two more surfboards with similar designs.

Anderson retired from professional surfboarding in the mid-1980s

In November 2000, Anderson was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for services to surfboard design. In August 2010 Anderson was honored by US Blanks at the Sacred Craft Expo in San Diego California. and was inducted into the Surfer's Hall of Fame.

For some time, Anderson was a surfboard shaper at BASE, a Gold Coast surfboard-manufacturer that closed in 2011.

Anderson has support many team riders including Kerby Brown and Cooper Chapman.

Personal life Anderson lives with his wife and two sons in Newport Beach, Sydney.