Ricardo Dos Santos, Hawaii

If you’re still a little unsure why Ricardo Dos Santos was so universally respected in the surfing spectrum, the clips in this edit are a really good start. As Luke Egan said of Ricardo yesterday, “I never saw him, in my time, say no to a wave wherever it was. I never saw him look at a wave in the ocean and go, “nah, that’s not for me.” For him it was just turn around, head down, ass up and paddle! That was his approach, and not only that, but he was in that last wave of Brazilian guys who really proved that Brazilians could surf gnarly waves with style and flow.” Hit play and remember Ricardo the way he should be remembered.