RICO DE SOUZA - THE SURFER

RICO DE SOUZA - THE SURFER


RICO DE SOUZA(RICARDO FONTES SOUZA)

He was born in June 12th, 1952 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. In 1969 won his first championship in Rio de Janeiro. He traveled around the world spreading the Brazilian surf and participating in major championships. He founded the first school of surfing in Brazil. When he conceded the interview, maintained a social project where taught surf and a workshop of surfboards repair for needy children. Also coordinated the course of Surf  Business Management, at Universidade Estácio de Sá. Through sponsorship of Petrobrás, divulgaded the longboard, arranging championships of this modality.

Source:http:// memoria.petrobras.com.br/depoentes/rico-de-souza-ricardo-fontes-souza

Version by Paulo Piqueres -Postgraduate in Advanced English at PUC - Pontifície Universidade Católica /Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul-Brazil

RICO DE SOUZA

I do remember about the surfer "Rico"  in the surf news, on TV sport programs, when I was a teenager.
I knew Mr. Rico de Souza in my 5th WCT -2nd in Rio de Janeiro at Billabong Rio Pro 2012 at Barra da Tijuca-  and said to him that I had small blog of surfing and asked him for a photo, and was so nice as always and attended me so well...

In 2013 unfortunatelly  I could not meet him at Billabong Rio Pro 2013 -World Championship in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro.
 In 2014, fortunately I met Mr. Rico de Souza at Billabong Rio Pro -Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour -ASP -Association of Surfing Professionals- at Postinho of Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro and he was kind with me again and let me took a picture on the shore. I remember if someone completed a fast Samsung Circuit on the shore, was able to have a surf lesson with Rico de Souza.
It was a pleasure for me!!!

This year, 2015, were so many people on the OI RIO PRO -Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour -WSL - World Surf League and unfortunately I could not meet him on the shore. I never received credentials so I always stayed close to surfers gateway - the guardrails, and did my work as well.

Mr. Rico de Souza is  a nice guy, knows all surf community and has a great respect from everybody in the championships. For me is a proud to take pictures and talk with him on the shore. Today is a great pleasure did a version of his article about Pipeline - 45 years of story- from the Newspaper Extra - extra.globo.com.
Perhaps is not perfect, but I did my best, for sure...
Work with surf is not a work, is a pleasure.
Aloha, and good waves!

 

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