Joao Macedo
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| Joao Macedo | |
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 File:Joao de Macedo in 2019.jpg Joao Macedo in 2019 | |
| Born | 1977 New Haven, Connecticut |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | big wave surfing, coach and environmentalist |
| 🌐 Website | joaomacedoproject.com |
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Joao Macedo (born 1977) is a professional big-wave surfer, environmentalist and co-founder of World Surfing Reserves which aims to protect global surf habitats. Macedo is best known for being the first Portuguese and European professional surfer to qualify for the World Surf League Big Wave Tour.
Early years[edit]
Macedo was born in 1977 in New Haven, Connecticut. He relocated with his mother and father to Lisbon, Portugal at an early age where he learned to surf at Praia Grande in Sintra. During his teens, Macedo competed in the junior national circuit and began earning sponsorships. In 2012, Macedo was the first Portuguese and European professional surfer to qualify for the World Surf League's Big Wave Tour, in which he finished fourth place.[1]
Professional surfing[edit]
A professional surfer since 1993, Macedo was part of Portugal's first professional junior generation, joining notable surfers including Tiago Pires. Macedo has competed in national and European circuits, representing the Portuguese national surfing team in 1994 and 1995. While living in San Francisco from 2004 to 2014, Macedo worked for the non-profit Save the Waves Coalition and became a regular at the big-wave surf spot Mavericks where he earned a spot on the Big Wave World Tour with professional big-wave surfers including Greg Long, Rusty Long, Peter Mel and Makua Rothman.During 2018, he competed in a big-wave the Pe’ahi Jaws Surf Break in Maui, Hawaii.[2] He remains one of the few European surfers in the World Surf League who competes in big wave tours. In 2016, Macedo was one of the first surfers to participate in the Big Wave Tour at Nazaré.[3] Between 2016 and 2015, Macado earned two finals placings during a big-wave tour paddle contest at Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal, famous for the world's biggest wave.[4] One of Macedo's biggest rides was captured in a video published in a National Geographic article about the big-wave surfing in Nazaré[5] In recent years, big-wave surfers like Macedo have made it a point to paddle out to waves that, in the very recent past, were considered reachable only by jet ski.[6] In 2022, Macedo earned a second-place Biggest Tow Nazaré Red Bull Big Awards[7]
Coaching[edit]
In 2002, Macedo worked as a technical coach for the Portuguese National Surf Team, which earned a second-place finish in the European Title. During that year, Macedo began to develop his signature teaching style called Method 7, a training method developed by Surf Academy and officially recognized by the International Surfing Association (ISA). The methodology that was later published in the book “How to Be a Surfer”. Surfers like Nic von Rupp, Tomás Valente, João Guedes, António Silva and Pedro Pinto benefited from this method.[8] Macedo also runs a surf school called Surf Academia in Sintra, Portugal.[9]
Conservation[edit]
Macedo is involved with several environmental organizations, notably as the co-founder and project manager of the World Surfing Reserves, which promotes conservation and protecting the land, sea and habitat around global surfing areas. In 2008 while working for the non-government organization Save the Waves, Macedo led the research, development and launch of World Surfing Reserves program. He retired as the program's program manager in 2010 but continues to serve on the executive committee as a global ambassador.[10] Macedo is an ambassador for Patagonia, Inc. and the current president for Hope Zones Foundation a non-profit group that seeks to protect Portuguese coastal communities, protect biodiversity and reduce extinction of animal species.[11]
Education and Research[edit]
The son of a former finance minister, Macedo attended college in Newcastle, Australia and NOVA University Lisbon where he earned a degrees in economics and sports management. In 2011, Macedo collaborated with the University of Lisbon to study the economic and environmental value of Portugal's surf spots as well as develop best practices concerning the use of the land and ocean in coastal areas.[12]
Film appearances[edit]
- (2001) “Summer One” by Tito da Costa[13]
- (2006) “Lost Jewel of the Atlantic” by Save the Waves Coaltion[14]
- (2006) “Norte-Sul” by Boa Onda Produções[15]
- (2017) “Way of Life” by Nuno Silvar[16]
- (2022) “Heaven is on My Side” by Marco Espiritu Santo[17]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Making Waves: Joao Macado on Portugal's Secrets". athenaadvisers.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ "World Surfing League Rankings". worldsurfingleague.
- ↑ "Surfers face monster waves as Big Wave Tour hits Nazaré – in pictures". theguardian. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ↑ "Joao Macedo Back on Tour 420". onfiresurfingmag.com. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ↑ Conant, Eve. "What it's like to surf the world's largest waves". nationalgeographic. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ↑ Judd, Wes. "A Day at the World's Biggest Surfing Spot". outside. Outside Magazine.
- ↑ "Porcella and Dupont win 2022 Ride of the Year". surfertoday.com. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ↑ "João De Macedo". thebluesurfer. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ↑ "Surf Academia". surfacademiajoaomacedo.com.
- ↑ Legge-Bourke, Eleanor. "Men Made in Portugal, riding the sustainable luxury wave". theportugalnews. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ↑ "Hope Zones Who We Are". hopezones. Hope Zones.
- ↑ "The Value of Waves". valueofwaves. Value of Waves.
- ↑ "Summer One". Cinemax. Cinemax.
- ↑ "Lost Jewel of the Atlantic". Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ↑ "Notre-Sul". boaonda.com.
- ↑ "Way of Life". vimeo.com.
- ↑ "Heaven is on my Side". vimeo.com.
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