Ian Vello

Alike

Inside his homebreak, Ipanema

Shorebreak

One more..

Racing against

Heavy

Drop

Copacabana fort from the spot

Shorebreak Challenge

Liquide opens its doors to the unknown. This time we chatted with Ian Vello, a guy from the underground Rio. Ian, 19, does nothing for living. Ipanema local, his idol is José Otávio "cuz he has such nicest style".

Like many other bodyboarders in Rio´s scenario, Ian doesn´t run championships and he´s not ashamed of saying his motives "organizations here in Brazil are such shames, it´s always the same dudes who win comps, friends with organizers, you know...". Although he hasn´t been surfing for a couple of months due to a shoulder injury, he was always seen in the outside in bigger swells with his friend and professional bodyboarder Nicholas Bastos. "Well, I feel great when surfing with him, not only because he´s such a great rider, but also a great friend. He always tips me, helping to develop my own style. But when he fails in the water, I also tell him with no pitty.".

As fotos dessa mini-entrevista são do Fabrício Alabarce e do Beto Paes Leme, e foram cedidas pelo atleta.

The pics that illustrate this little interview were taken by Fabrício Alabarce and Beto Paes Leme.


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Our friend in Spongercity, David "Fever", sent us an email saying that his sponsor used a photo taken from us in Joatinga, last year.