Name: Vinicius dos Santos

Age: 34

Height: 178

Weight: 76kg

Stance: Regular

Local Beach: Praia da Vilha 

Best wave ever surf: Nazaré

My best surf spot: Pipeline Hawai

Sponsors: Lab0

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ACHIEVEMENTS

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• ​2015 Surfed Jaws in Hawaii for the first time, one of the main big wave spots in the world.
• 2018 Finalist in the Mormaii Big Wave Challenge at Farol de Santa Marta in Santa Catarina, sixth place.
• 2018 Surfed Mavericks for the first time in a session that made history as the biggest in decades.
• 2018 Finalist in the Punta del Lobos Ceremonial in Chile, sixth place.
• 2019 Season in Puerto Escondido, Mexico.
• Trip to Japan for a deeper dive into surf culture and coaching for surfers.
• 2019 Semi-finalist in the Punta Galea Challenge in Bilbao, Spain.
• 2019 Participation in the Nelscott Reef Paddle Session in Oregon. With 5,053 votes, Vini won the contest and had the chance to perform at the event.
• 2021 Submission to the Red Bull 2020 WSL Big Wave Awards. Finalist in three categories of the "Surfing Oscars" 
• 2022 La Vaca Gigante - Spain: Second place in the competition.
• 2022 El buey - Chile: Finalist. 
• 2022 May have ridden the first 100ft wave in the surf history.