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Tia Samuel

Tia Samuel

RNLI lifeguard and water safety advocate from Brighton, England; involved in youth surf lifesaving and drowning prevention education.

May 29, 2026

13:19
Since you have a role model as a father who's a waterman and a water safety advocate, how did you go from being this lovely girl that I've seen grow up here, um, to being a lifeguard? How did all that happen?
13:34
Well, I mean, it started off, um, I started off in the club.
13:38
Um, my dads and my brother both love the ocean, like, a bunch, and it kind of led to me going in the water and building up my confidence.
13:46
And then once I was about seven years old, I joined the club myself, and it's such an amazing opportunity because you get to, like, to, like, um, with the Sound Hoppers, you get to develop your skills whilst also having fun.
14:00
And it doesn't matter who you are.
14:02
Like, if you're a boy, girl, everyone has fun, and you don't realize that you're learning all your first aid and rescues because it's done in a really good process in which you learn it over the years of the club.
14:17
So I've went through all of the Nippers, which is the younger years, to juniors-
14:50
There's a lot of lifeguards, girl lifeguards in Britain?

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