Adriano de Souza explained

Adriano de Souza
Birth Date:February 13, 1987
Birth Place:São Paulo, Brazil
Residence:Florianópolis, Brazil
Height:5feet
Weight:137lb
Best Year:1st: 2015 - WSL World Champion
Career Earnings:$2,073,400
Sponsors:HD, Red Bull, Oakley, Oi, G-Shock, Mitsubishi do Brasil, FCS fins, Banana Wax, JBL, Mini Kalzone, Nossolar.
Major Achievements:
Stance:Regular (natural foot)
Shapers:Al Merrick (Channel Island Surfboards)
Quiver: × ×
Favorite Waves:Riozinho
Favorite Maneuvers:Boosting airs

Adriano "Mineirinho" de Souza (born February 13, 1987) is a Brazilian professional surfer and also the 2015 WSL World Champion. He has been competing on the World Surf League Men's World Tour since 2005.[1]

Overview

Adriano de Souza is seen by many as the "hardest working man" on the WSL Tour. To many observers, like 1989 World Champion and WSL commentator Martin Potter, and former top-44 surfer and WSL commentator Ross Williams, Adriano is more eager to learn, more willing to fight, and spends more time learning the game and trying to evolve his surfing than any of his peers/competitors -- with the likely exception of 11-time World Champion Kelly Slater.

Few other surfers have built the same reputation of working hard to learn and evolve on competitive surfing. Most of the other WSL surfers are somewhat perceived to be natural-talented people who don't give a 100% effort on their professional careers -- and thus rarely reach 100% of their competitive potential during surfing heats. Adriano lists Peter Abramson and David Tepper as his biggest influences in rarely reaching 100% in their surfing.

WSL commentators Potter and Williams usually highlighted during WSL surf broadcasts about how Adriano gets to the venues of the surf contests much earlier than his opponents, sometimes weeks in advance, to learn and adapt as much as possible. They also usually talk about how Adriano almost "never falls" on his waves, and how he loves to fight for the inside position and surf the first wave of every heat.

Surf journalist/historian Matt Warshaw wrote in the Encyclopedia of Surfing that Adriano is a "determined pro surfer, (...) built like a terrier (5'6", 137 pounds) and fixed to his board with a wide, squat, function-first stance". Warshaw noted that during Adriano World Title campaign he "rode with near-monomaniacal intensity and often willed his way to heat victories against more talented surfers". Warshaw also stated that Adriano was for the most part heralded as a worthy and deserving World Champion "after years of being ignored or ridiculed by surfing's English-speaking tastemakers".[2]

The tale of how Adriano asked -- and then begged and then convinced -- Banzai Pipeline top local surfer Jamie O'Brien (surfer) to stay at his house during the season finale in Hawaii (in order to be able to surf the break everyday and to learn its tricks straight from O'Brien) became famous in the surfing world. [3] It showed the lengths Adriano was willing to go in order to improve his surfing abilities and win the WSL Surfing World Title.

Surfing career

Accomplishments

2003
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017

Career Victories

WSL Men's Championship Tour Wins
YearEventVenueCountry
style=text-align:centerSaquarema, Rio de Janeiro
style=text-align:centerMargaret River, Western Australia
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style=text-align:centerBillabong Rio Pro
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style=text-align:centerBillabong Pro Mundaka
WQS Wins
Yearwidth= 33.8% Eventwidth= 33% VenueCountry
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style=text-align:centerMark Richards Pro
style=text-align:centerBillabong ECO Surf FestivalCoconut Coast
style=text-align:centerOnbongo Pro Surfing
style=text-align:centerMaresia Surf International
style=text-align:centerBillabong Costa do Sauipe
style=text-align:centerRip Curl Pro Hossegor

WSL World Championship Tour

Tournament2006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Quiksilver Pro Gold CoastBgcolor=Lime3rd17th9thBgcolor=thistle2ndBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th9thBgcolor=thistle2nd25thBgcolor=Lime3rdBgcolor=Lime3rdBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th9th9th
Rip Curl Pro33rd17th9th17thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5thBgcolor=Lime3rd9thBgcolor=Yellow1stBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5thBgcolor=thistle2nd13thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th13th
Margaret River Pro--------9thBgcolor=Yellow1st13thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th13th[12]
Rio Pro-----Bgcolor=Yellow1stBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5thBgcolor=thistle2nd9th13thBgcolor=Lime3rdBgcolor=Yellow1st25th
Corona Bali Protected-------9th----9th
J-Bay OpenBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th17thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th13th--Bgcolor=AntiqueWhite5thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th9th13th9th
Billabong Pro Teahupoo33rd17thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th9th25th13th25th25th13th25th13th13th
Surf Ranch Open------------13th
Quiksilver Pro France17th33rdBgcolor=Lime3rd33rd25th25th25th13th13thBgcolor=Lime3rd9th13thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th
MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal----25thBgcolor=Yellow1stBgcolor=Lime3rd13thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th13thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th13th25th
Billabong Pipeline Masters33rd33rd9th17th13th13th13th13thBgcolor=Yellow1st13th13th
Fiji Pro33rd-Bgcolor=Lime3rd---Bgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th25thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th13thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th13th-
Hurley Pro at Trestles17th17th-Bgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th13thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5thBgcolor=Lime3rd9thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5thBgcolor=thistle2nd25thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th-
O'Neill Coldwater Classic------Bgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th------
Rip Curl Search17th33rd17th9thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5th13th-------
Quiksilver Pro New York-----9th-------
Santa Catarina Pro17th17thDNPBgcolor=thistle2nd9th--------
Billabong Pro Spain9th9thBgcolor=AntiqueWhite5thBgcolor=Yellow1st---------
Boost Mobile Pro--9th----------
style=text-align:leftRank20th28th7th5th10th5th5th13th8thBgcolor=Yellow1st11th8th19th
style=text-align:leftEarnings----$87.250$276.750$142.500$190.000$277.500$377.000$149.500$232.250$129.100

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ASP Surfer Profile: Adrian De Souza . ASPWorldTour.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130331131803/http://www.aspworldtour.com/surfers/mens-profiles/adriano-de-souza/ . 2013-03-31 .
  2. Web site: Entry: Adriano de Souza. encyclopediaofsurfing.com. December 11, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220204632/http://encyclopediaofsurfing.com/entries/adriano-de-souza. December 20, 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: Ariano de Souza Staying at J.O.B.'S House for Pipe Masters. tracksmag.com.au. December 11, 2016. April 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190411184245/https://www.tracksmag.com.au/news/adriano-de-souza-staying-at-jobs-house-for-pipe-masters-426599. dead.
  4. Web site: THE 100 GREATEST SURFERS OF ALL TIME. surfeuropemag.com. September 11, 2013.
  5. Web site: 2005 - O título QS de Adriano de Souza. datasurfe.com.br. August 6, 2007.
  6. Web site: 2011 ASP World Championship . aspworldtour.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120424195107/http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2011/2011mcevt11_ratings.pdf . 2012-04-24 .
  7. Web site: 2012 ASP World Tour Rankings. aspworldtour.com. 21 October 2012.
  8. Web site: 2013 ASP World Tour Rankings. aspworldtour.com. 28 July 2015.
  9. Web site: 2014 ASP World Tour Rankings. aspworldtour.com. 28 July 2015.
  10. Web site: 2015 WSL World Tour Rankings. aspworldtour.com. 28 July 2015.
  11. Web site: 2016 ASP World Tour Rankings. aspworldtour.com. 20 December 2016.
  12. Web site: WSL to Complete Canceled Margaret River Event at Uluwatu . Surfer.com.. 10 May 2018 .

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