Arthur Vilar Is Going To Need A Bigger Quiver

Arthur Vilar surfed his first wave in a contest.

He lost, but enjoyed himself enough to keep going and hasn’t stopped surfing, or competing, since.

In his new edit, filmed entirely during homeschool breaks on a charter vessel in the Ments, the Stab High Bottle Rocket talks about surfing and his aspirations: world champion, Olympic champion, and travelling the world, in that order, subconsciously at least. He says it twice too, and somehow it doesn’t feel like an editing faux pas.

In competition he finds motivation to improve, and a loophole to share otherwise crowded lineups with just a few others. His father taught him to have fun while doing it, and his wave count in contests illustrates that.

Arthur appears to have surfed laps around the hobbyists during the trip, drawing out lines that he usually lacks the space for back home, doing rodeos that would make Jordy Smith proud, and erasing an entire quiver before the trip had even ended.

According to Bruno Zanin, every one of his boards broke. With SilverSurf unable to get replacements from Brazil to the islands in time, Bruno ordered four CIs from the Bali factory, which were ready in three days.

As soon as Arthur got on the first one, he loved it and called it “magic”. At 15, he appears to have developed a taste for experimenting with designs from some of shaping’s elite, and we were told he already has some labels in mind.

An opportunity to bring a future world champ onto the roster?