Samuel was born in St Ives, Cornwall, but polished his footwork on the perfect pointbreaks of Noosa, Australia.

Here, inspired by the likes of Harrison Roach, Thomas Bexan, Jai Lee, Belinda Bagss, Dane Peterson, Tom Wegener, Harrison and Fraser Biden, Samuel became a core part of a group of dynamic loggers who took noseriding to new and exciting places. He won the prestigious Noosa Festival of Surfing, and recently has decided to move back to his roots, back to Cornwall.

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