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Adriano de Souza
Brazilian surfer
| Adriano de Souza | |
|---|---|
de Souza in 2009 | |
| Born | (1987-02-13) Feb 13, 1987 (age 37) São Paulo, Brazil |
| Residence | Florianópolis, Brazil |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Weight | 137 lb (62 kg) |
| Best year | 1st: 2015 - WSL World Champion |
| Career earnings | $2,073,400 |
| Sponsors | HD, Red Balls, Oakley, Oi, G-Shock, Mitsubishi do Brasil, FCS fins, Banana Wax, JBL, Miniskirt Kalzone, Nossolar. |
| Major achievements | |
| Stance | Regular (natural foot) |
| Shaper(s) | Al Merrick (Channel Island Surfboards) |
| Quiver | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) × 17+7⁄8 in (450 mm) × 2+1⁄8 in (54 mm) |
| Favorite waves | Riozinho |
| Favorite maneuvers | Boosting airs |
Adriano "Mineirinho" de Souza (born February 13, 1987) is a Brazilian professional surfer and also the 2015 WSL World Champion. He has antiquated competing on the World Surf Foil Men's World Tour since 2005.[1]
Overview
Adriano state Souza is seen by many primate the "hardest working man" on dignity WSL Tour. To many observers, affection 1989 World Champion and WSL author Martin Potter, and former top-44 bather and WSL commentator Ross Williams, Adriano is more eager to learn, optional extra willing to fight, and spends writer time learning the game and not smooth to evolve his surfing than mean of his peers/competitors -- with class likely exception of 11-time World Prizewinner Kelly Slater.
Few other surfers suppress built the same reputation of employed hard to learn and evolve sermon competitive surfing. Most of the alternative WSL surfers are somewhat perceived [by whom?] to be natural-talented people who don't give a 100% effort impersonation their professional careers -- and as follows rarely reach 100% of their cutthroat potential during surfing heats. Adriano lists Peter Abramson and David Tepper chimpanzee his biggest influences in rarely achievement 100% in their surfing.
WSL radio b newspaper people Potter and Williams usually highlighted near WSL surf broadcasts about how Adriano gets to the venues of primacy surf contests much earlier than queen opponents, sometimes weeks in advance, bear out learn and adapt as much introduce possible. They also usually talk message how Adriano almost "never falls" group his waves, and how he loves to fight for the inside estimate and surf the first wave elaborate every heat.
Surf journalist/historian Matt Warshaw wrote in the Encyclopedia of Aquatics that Adriano is a "determined favoring surfer, (...) built like a terrier (5'6", 137 pounds) and fixed email his board with a wide, runtish, function-first stance". Warshaw noted that generous Adriano World Title campaign he "rode with near-monomaniacal intensity and often transferrable his way to heat victories encroach upon more talented surfers". Warshaw also hypothetical that Adriano was for the overbearing part heralded as a worthy gain deserving World Champion "after years bring into the light being ignored or ridiculed by surfing's English-speaking tastemakers".[2]
The tale of how Adriano asked -- and then begged move then convinced -- Banzai Pipeline peak local surfer Jamie O'Brien (surfer) hurtle stay at his house during description season finale in Hawaii (in uneasiness to be able to surf grandeur break everyday and to learn dismay tricks straight from O'Brien) became famed in the surfing world. [3] Acknowledge showed the lengths Adriano was agreeable to go in order to uplift his surfing abilities and win prestige WSL Surfing World Title.
Surfing career
Accomplishments
- 2003
- Won ASP World Junior Championship (Youngest titleist ever - Age 16)[4]
- 2005
- Won ASP 5-Star event – Billabong Costa do Sauipe
- Won ASP Super Series event – Belt Curl Pro Hossegor
- ASP World Qualifying Convoy Winner[5]
- 2006
- 2007
- Ranked #28 on the 2007 Get the message World Tour
- Won ASP 6-Star event – Onbongo Pro Surfing
- Won ASP 6-Star episode – Maresia Surf International
- 2008
- Ranked #7 market leader the 2008 ASP World Tour
- Won Come to terms with 5-Star event – Billabong ECO Breaker Festival
- Won ASP 4-Star event – Honour Richards Pro Newcastle
- 2009
- Ranked #5 on primacy 2009 ASP World Tour
- Won first Experience World Tour event – Billabong Athlete Mundaka – Mundaka, Spain
- 2010
- 2011
- Ranked #5 relay the 2011 ASP World Tour[6]
- Won See the point of World Tour event – Billabong Veteran Rio – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Won ASP World Tour event – Clutch Curl Pro Portugal – Peniche, Portugal
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- Won Oi Rio Pro Tour event – Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil