Date of Birth: 12-23-58
Home Town: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Years Surfing: 38
Years Shaping: 30
Years with Rusty: 18
Approx. # of Boards Shaped: 40,000+
Best Surf Trip: San Carlos to go sailboarding, but there was no wind and the surf was going off!
Previous Labels: My own, “Hot Stick”
Hobbies: Jiu-jitsu
Favorite Type of Board to Shape: High performance shortboards
Least Favorite Board to Shape: Longboards
Favorite Boards from the Past: Twin Fins
Favorite Local Wave: Wind’n'Sea
Favorite Wave in the World: Tavarua
Travels: Peru, El Salvador, Panama, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Mexico, South Africa
Indonesia, Fiji, Australia, Mentawais
Future Travel Plans: Europe, Maldives, Galapagos
How did you get into Shaping?: In Australia I started as a helper for Emerald
Surfboards in Cronulla, Sydney
If I Wasn’t a Shaper: I would be teaching jiu-jitsu
Ten Year Plan: A farm in Costa Rica Beach Front
Photo: Brody
