Airton
Cozzolino
Italy
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Kitesurfing
Date of birth | 11 July 1994 |
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Place of birth | Sal, Cape Verde |
Age | 30 |
Nationality | Italy |
Career start | 2007 |
Disciplines | Kitesurfing Wave |
From a very young age, Airton Cozzolino Lopes was thrust into the world of waves. He was born in 1994 in Ilha Do Sal, a small island off of the Cabo Verde archipelago, in North West Africa, where the winds across the Atlantic make for some top-notch surfing conditions which set him on a path to winning the Kitesurf World Championship.
Airton was four years old when he started skim boarding with some broken boards. At the age of six he used a body board for the first time and the following year he was inspired when some surfers left their boards with him when they departed the island. Those boards gave Airton a chance to learn the art of surfing that he took with both hands and he spent the following years honing his craft.