Wunderkind: Filipe Toledo Profile

Filipe Toledo was born with surfing in his blood. He grew up in a middle-class neighborhood in Ubatuba, Brazil, where his father Ricardo, a 3x national surfing champion in Brazil, was a local legend. Filipe was also prodded along by his older brother, Matheus, an early adopter of the acrobatic approach and friend and rival to Brazilian powerhouses like Miguel Pupo, Gabriel Medina and Jadson Andre.