Captivating short film about Brazilian WCT rookie…
Yago Dora. Great name. Beautiful stance. Stands way back on tail. Moves north when he wants to go up.
The almost twenty-two-old Brazilian WCT rookie, who is the son of former pro Leandro Dora and who grew up in gorgeous Florianópolis (lowest homicide rate in all of Brazil), will bring, I think, a romanticism to the tour, which is the freesurfer turned contest slayer.
Do you remember, last year, when Yago beat Mick Fanning, Gabriel Medina and John John Florence on the way to the semis of the Oi Rio Pro?
In the excellent short, below, we learn that Yago started surfing relatively late, eleven, that he has an itch to surf Teahupoo better than anyone has a right to expect, and he is experiencing a terrific ongoing joy at joining the WCT, for the order it brings to his chaotic world.
Switch on the sub-titles if your Portuguese is a little shaky.
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Goofy Footers UNITE!
How could we forget the Oi Rio Pro..
Filipe V Yago will turn into something spiteful and special.
Yago Dora is my favourite Brazilian because he wouldn’t look out of place standing next to Uncle Fester in a portrait of the Addams family.
Are you thrilled by his riding on waves?
Yep. Love the little bastard. If he wasn’t a Brazzo I’d adopt him.
…I’m into the adaptable nature of his stance, the Nathan Hedge-esque back foot skids married to a toes-on-the-nose pop when he wants to fly
He enthralled me with one particular left hander in that backwashy shit in the Saquarema (I think?) contest. It reminded me of the golden era of spilling wine on myself in excitement every time Dane took off on something shitty.
…god…the Dane-on-tour era. Remember France? The ten? A waterfall of spillage
I might inadequately cloak myself in a Hawaiian shirt and let my beer belly flutter in the wind tomorrow morning to channel the great Dane himself. I got called a fat slob in the water about 10 days ago and I’m still very bitter.
Or it can spur you into action!!!
the best
Its a real shame Cloudbreak is off the tour now. Would of been great to see another decent goofy compete there.
indeed, much like the young Cola/Pinto