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Portugal

DIVISION: WOMEN

Teresa Bonvalot

Age / 21
Born / Cascais, Portugal
Favorite surf break / Guincho beach
Board / Chilli surfboards model: A2
Sponsors / Rip Curl, Red Bull, Chilli 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 Men

Vasco Pessoa

Age / 26
Height / 1.8
Born / Estoril
Favorite surf break / Praia da poça
Board / Semente VR 14
Sponsors / Deeply, go chilly , semente, Estoril praia
Hobbies / Movie, my kids

Portuguese surfer chasing the dream

Portugal

DIVISION: WOMEN

Yolanda Hopkins

Age / 22
Born / Vilamoura
Favorite surf break / Malhão beach
Board / Round tail
Sponsors / Oslo, Pigdogsurfcamp, Fatumsurfboards, C-skins, Sumol, Mindera, Zombietread, FCS
Biggest Achievement / Winning QS1000 Boardmasters 2019
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 turning 23 years old on the 2nd of June 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 first olympics that surfing is gonna be part of it! I'm here and I'm really to smash it!

Portugal

DIVISION: Open Women

Carolina Mendes

Age / 25
Height / 1.62
Born / Cascais, Portugal
Favorite surf break / Praia do Guincho
Board / PolenSurfBoards
Sponsors / Hurley - PolenSurfBoard - Estoril Praia - Fonte Viva - Ocean&Earth - Bullwax
Biggest Achievement / European Champion 2017
Hobbies / All sports

Comecei a surfar com 6 anos e desde então que o surf se tornou minha maior paixão, e fico muito feliz em poder hoje ser uma surfista profissional e fazer da minha profissão aquilo em que mais amo fazer!

Portugal

DIVISION: MEN

Frederico Morais

Age / 29
Born / 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

Miguel Blanco

Age / 25
Height / 1.75
Born / Ericeira
Favorite surf break / Nias
Board / 6'2
Sponsors / Ripcurl Estoril Brusco
Biggest Achievement / Environmentalist Surfer
Hobbies / surf sk8 yoga

Surfer environmentalist