Sam George

Describing himself as “a surfer who writes, not a writer who surfs”, Sam George, 69, has nevertheless amassed a writing resume that more than equals his impressive professional surfing career. Since taking a seat at a surfing magazine’s senior editor desk in 1982, George has seen his work on a number of subjects published virtually non-stop across a staggeringly wide range of genres and mediums. Magazine features, opinion columns, copy-editing, marketing copy, books, television and feature screenplays, documentary films, upper-level university courses; when it comes to the written word, there’s very few formats that George hasn’t mastered and been paid to apply himself to. Former editor-in-chief at SURFER Magazine, his documentary Hollywood Don’t Surf premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, and in 2015 he won an Emmy Award for his ESPN documentary Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau. His latest book, Child Of Storms: A Surfing Memoir, In Progress, released by Di Angelo Publications in May of 2025, will no doubt serve as a timely and useful text in George’s innovative writing course.