George, Sam

Passionate, prolix surf journalist from San Clemente, California; a ranking surf magazine editor from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s. George was born (1956) in Bethesda, Maryland, the son of a naval officer; he moved often as a child, began surfing at Waikiki in 1967, was California's top-ranked men's division amateur surfer in 1978, and surfed as a professional—along with younger brother Matt—in ...