Surfers of Samoa
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Former Team ASA Olympic swim coach Robert Scanlan is returning to his ocean roots in American Samoa. Scanlan coached the 2012 Olympic swim team and has recently created the Surfers of Samoa (SOS), a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to developing the sport of...

![Robert Scanlan and Steve Kostelnik along with the SOS ASSA ocean safety and surf clinic participants pose with the surfboards at the water’s edge. [photo: Athena Ruby] Robert Scanlan and Steve Kostelnik along with the SOS ASSA participants](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/sos_assa_surf_clinic_group_shot.jpg?itok=ZmHpWIKP)