Growing up in Perranpoth, Cornwall Rob naturally gravitated to surfing along the 5 miles of sands. Quickly graduating to local and national competitions Rob was one of the best surfers of his generation, eventually moving  away from competitive surfing towards travel and big wavesurfing.

Surfing and surf-related work have taken Rob all over the world, including doubling for Ewan McGregor in the Channel 4 production Blue Juice (filmed in Lanzarote and Cornwall), fronting Red Bull’s Local Hero tours in Portugal and South Africa and numerous magazine trips.In 2002 Rob was (with Dr Tony Butt) the first European invited to an international big wave event, Big Wave Africa, in Cape Town.