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Meet our chief Educator
Rodrigo Silva de Paula,
certified SUP instructor & waterman
My first paddleboard adventure was in 1995, using a kayak paddle and a longboard on a flat day — years before the first Western register of paddleboarding as a sport. I've been surfing or paddling almost every day since age 4 and teaching water sports for the past 31 years always with a focus on FUN THROUGH SAFETY. I have surfed some of the world's most demanding and fun waves and have done more than 300 surf or paddling adventure and camping trips in 67 countries: from the Arctic to Antarctica, BC's fjords to the Amazon River system. I am also a certified cross-country skiing instructor.
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My Vision
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"Since times immemorial paddle boarding and surfing have been tools of social cohesion, human connection and physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing. I strongly believe in investing in reducing the accessibility and knowledge gaps in the paddleboarding community and that SUP can be a vector to reduce inequalities and bridge social gaps as well as teaching Human Development and Decolonization, Sustainability and passion for Nature."
