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Mateus Herdy and Red Bull No Contest’s Ashton Goggans at a Figueirense FC game. "People in Brazil don’t always get surfing; they come from a soccer culture where it’s normal to yell at refs and be aggressive. In Brazil, if you go to a soccer stadium, it's almost a cultural thing—everyone is shouting bad words out loud. You see little kids, grandpas, everyone yelling, "F*** you, judge." That’s just how it is at soccer games, and people bring that mentality into surfing. But in surfing, if you’re rooting for someone, that’s fine. If the other guy falls, though, you don’t clap—that’s not cool," says Mateus.

Mateus Herdy On How Soccer Culture Stormed Brazil’s Surfing Fanbase + Rawdogging The Changaz Sans Sponsorship

‘Brazilians come from a soccer culture where yelling at refs and being aggressive is normal.’

Words by Michael Ciaramella
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