Watch: Ego-crusher, Sammy Pupo
The surf genes are strong in the Pupo fam.
You may remember 15-year-old Sammy Pupo from the final of last year’s King Of The Groms. As the surname would suggest, he’s the younger brother of World Tour Brazilian Stormer, Miguel – and, kinda shares some of his older brother’s on-wave mannerisms, come to that. But that’s not all they share: “My dad, he’s my shaper,” says Sammy. “He makes all my brother’s boards, too. He’s been shaping my boards forever. He made my first one when I was six years old. Before that, I was riding Miguel’s old boards.” Here, Sammy puts said boards to very good use around Australia’s North Coast. There’s some fully-rotated spins (the new normal!) and some precise rail surfing – yeah, you’ve gotta do it all in 2016.
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