Brazil's Felipe Gustavo blasting over the hip during our Australian demo tour
Felipe Gustavo poses at Red Bull Ledgends in San Francisco, California, USA on June 3, 2023.

Felipe
Gustavo

United States

United States

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Skateboarding

The street skating technician who won Tampa Am as an unknown and a member of Brazil's first-ever national team, Felipe Gustavo is one of the most consistent skaters in the game today.

Date of birth

22 February 1991

Place of birth

Brasília

Age

34

Nationality

United States

United States

Career start

2007

Disciplines

Skateboard Street

Hailing from Brazil's capital city of Brasília, Felipe Gustavo became a national celebrity in his home country back in 2007, when the inspirational story of his father selling the family car to buy them flights to travel to Tampa Am in Florida – a contest Felipe won as a completely unknown 16 year old – became national folklore. "I got lucky and won," Felipe says now. “I was so stoked. I knew that was my day to try to prove myself."

While Tampa Am was a turning point, Felipe's skating journey actually began, like many, as a kid just wanting to have fun: "I started skating in Brazil in 1998, where there were not a lot of opportunities, not a lot of media, not YouTube… not even information about skateboarding really."