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Contestant: PR-127
From: Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil
Division: Professional
Sponsored by: One Skateboard Co, Ollie Skateshop, Fomei,
Age: 28
Skating: 15 years
I was born and still live in the city of Atibaia, Brazil, about an hours drive north of Sao Paulo. Although Atibaia now has a population of 90,000 back in 1665, it was just a small farming village. That being said, farming is still an important part of our economy even today. Before I got into skateboarding, I was a professional table tennis player sponsored by Butterfly, the top brand in the market. Out local Atibaia Team was the best team in Brazil, but unfortunately one of our coaches took all the money that was sent from Butterfly as support and took off. We lost everything, our tables, balls, rackets and even the place to train. My friends and I got bored not being able to play table tennis, so we started skateboarding at a local square, simply because it was so much fun! Trying to get sponsorship was very difficult in the beginning no one believed me, not even my family. I decided to dedicate myself to skating at least 2 hours a day, saved money and went to Europe in 2012 to compete at the World Cup in Sweden. I came in 2nd place in the Amateur Division proving to everyone that I had the passion and skills to be a professional skater someday. What could be better than that! Since turning Pro, I have met many freestyle skaters that have become my good friends. One of them is AJ Kohn who helped to change my life and became one of my Sponsors. I graduated from the University of Art & Design Pan Americana in Sao Paulo, in the field of Photography. I work as a professional freelance photographer taking photos for small business, magazines and corporate events. In my spare time, I love to do plastic modeling. In 2016 I had the opportunity to go to Canada and compete at the World Round-Up and to skate with all these talented skaters. Can’t wait to go back to Canada and see everyone again. RECENT CONTEST HISTORY:
22016 World Freestyle Round-Up: 1st Place Longest Coconut wheelie Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpY0OvCq_nE
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