WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO RIDE NAZARÉ?
In the winter of 2012/13, I went to Nazaré to watch Garrett McNamara ride an enormous wave, videos of which went viral worldwide. Noticing that the wave was breaking far away from the cliff I could see potential for me to be in that position with a kite. My first session trying it was in January 2014, along with big wave rider and kiter, Rafael Tapia from Chile. After that I did several sessions riding waves with heights of two to five meters to understand the power and positioning, and I spent several weeks in the village. In April 2016, with my spotter and filmmaker Jorge Leal, and Sérgio Cosme on the safety jet ski, I rode a wave of 12 meters and showed the world that Nazaré
