2022 ISA World Surfing Games

Portugal

DIVISION: Open Women

Teresa Bonvalot

Age / 22
Resides in / Cascais, Portugal
Favorite surf break / Guincho beach
Board / JS industries Monsta20
Sponsors / Rip Curl, Red Bull, Millennium, JS Surfboards, SCP, Jam traction
Biggest Achievement / 2x European junior champion
Hobbies / Surf, cook

I started surfing when I was 9 and did my very first competition a couple months after. I loved it!!!! Since than I never stopped. Being in the ocean was one of the greatest things I experienced, and still love and feel so free out there. I have a couple goals, one is to qualify to the CT and be a world champion one day, the other is to represent Portugal at the highest level at the Olimpics. I work very hard and I'm so passionate about what I do.

Portugal

DIVISION: Open Women

Francisca Veselko

Age / 19
Resides in / Carcavelos
Favorite surf break / Snapper Rocks
Board / synergy sharpeye
Sponsors / Roxy, Way of Arts, Futures, JamTraction, Fonte Viva,
Biggest Achievement / Lacanau WQS 2022
Hobbies / walking in nature, writing, listening to music, being with family and friends

Francisca Veselko, 19 years old

Born in California, raised in Portugal. My mom is Portuguese and my dad American.

My home breake is Carcavelos and I love to surf in Ericeira.

Both of my parents surf and used to compete and represent their countries. My little brother Jaime Veselko is 13 years old and represented Portugal at the ISA in El Salvador.

Just won my first QS event ever in Lacanu France. I qualified last year for the challenger series. Right now im sitting in 3rd place on the European Rankings and giving my all to requalify and hopefully qualify for tour.

My favourite surfer is Stephanie Gilmore and my dream has always been to qualify for tour and be multiple times world champion.

Portugal

DIVISION: Open Women

Yolanda Sequeira

Age / 24
Resides in / Vilamoura
Favorite surf break / Malhão beach
Board / Round tail
Sponsors / PRIO, O'neill, Gochill, Pigdogsurfcamp, Fatumsurfboards, Whynotdistribution, FCS.
Biggest Achievement / 5th place in the Tokyo Olympics 2020
Hobbies / Running, Reading, Playing Football, Biking, Listening to music, Drawing.

Born and raised in the south of Portugal, I moved to Sines( 1 hour south of Lisbon) when I was 19 years old until now. I'm 24 years old and I've been surfing since I was 8 years old. Surfing is my passion and I want to get to the World Tour and make a living out of it... I train every day, in and out of the water. I surf at least twice a day no matter the conditions. I have really big hopes to make it into the next olympics in 2024! I already represented my country pretty good in the first surfing olympics in 2020 so I hope to do it again! I'm here and I'm really to smash it!

Portugal

DIVISION: Open Men

Guilherme Fonseca

Age / 25
Resides in / Peniche
Favorite surf break / supertubos
Board / SPO surfboards 5,8 18,38 2,25
Sponsors / Noahsurfhouse ,SPO surfboards, Future Fins
Biggest Achievement / national champion under 18
Hobbies / gym and fishing

Surfer from Supertubos, Peniche

Current national Ranking 2º

Portugal

DIVISION: Open Men

Frederico Morais

Age / 30
Resides in / Cascais
Favorite surf break / Praia do Guincho
Board / JS Industries
Sponsors / Billabong, Monster Energy, Meo, Ericeira Surf & Skate, Fundação Oceano Azul
Biggest Achievement / Won the Qualifying Series (WQS) in 2018, Second Place at the J-Bay World Tour Event
Hobbies / Love to Hang with my family, Girlfriend and Friends when home and love to do my bike rides and walk my dogs.

Passionate surfer and proud to be representing my country.

Portugal

DIVISION: Open Men

Guilherme Ribeiro

Age / 20
Resides in / Costa da Caparica
Favorite surf break / Coxos, Ericeira
Board / 5'11 MATTA SHAPES SURFBIARD
Sponsors / O'Neill, mattashapes, futures fins, creatures of leisure, fonte viva, ascc.
Biggest Achievement / Wqs win this year in Lacanau, France
Hobbies / Golf

I have been doing the ISA's since I was 13 years old, and to be honest, I have always dreamed to compete on the open division representing my country. I'm sure that I will learn a lot in this contest and I just came from my first WQS win in Lacanau, so I can't wait to give my best for my country