The Bad Boy of Surfing: Filipe Toledo

< wpimage aligncenterid6141sizeSluglargelinkDestinationnone > <div class=wp block image><figure class=aligncenter size large><img src=httpswwwgambylcomwp contentuploads202106FT SIGN HEADER 1400xprogressive 1024x507jpg alt= class=wp image 6141><figure><div> < wpimage > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Filipe Toledo<strong> is a Brazilian professional surfer born on April 16 1995 in <strong>Ubatuba<strong> a small town northeast of <strong>São Paulo Brazil<strong> and currently resides with his family in <strong>San Clemente California<strong> since 2015<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Toledo<strong> is a second generation professional that I believe in the coasts of <strong>Ubatuba Brazil<strong> <strong>Filipes<strong> father <strong>Ricardo<strong> was also a surfer and was a national champion at home tournaments In 2014 when his career grew significantly he convinced his entire family to move to <strong>California<strong> Today <strong>Filipes<strong> wife and baby are his main pillars and excellent hosts of his legendary barbecues in the backyard of his beautiful home<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>According to <strong>Filipes <strong>colleagues and friends he has only one impediment to achieving the dream of being a world champion and that is his volatility<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Filipe Toledo on the Championship Tour<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Filipe<strong> has competed in the <strong>World Surf League Mens World Tour <strong>since 2013 The year 2014 being the best of his career ended with a showcase full of trophies obtained in some <strong>WQS <strong>events That year Toledo became the absolute champion of the <strong>WQS<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>In 2015 <strong>Filipe<strong> had another great year in which he managed to get his first 3 victories on the <strong>Championship Tour<strong> and the most impressive thing about this feat for <strong>Toledo<strong> was that he managed to obtain a perfect score of 10 in each of the finals in the ones that competed In 2015 <strong>Toledo<strong> was the surfer who won the most <strong>WCT <strong>events but this was not enough for him and he finished the year in the number 4 position in the world<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>His characteristics as a risky surfer make him very vulnerable to injury in 2016 he was left out of two events due to injury Another of his problems has been his behavior Due to a series of mistakes made in 2017 he was suspended from an event for arguing with the judges after a competition<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>The year 2019 was also in style as he came to compete for the world championship in <strong>Pipeline<strong> but it was not enough and he managed to arrive again in 4th place<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Filipe Toledo<strong> represents surf lovers a spearhead in todays so called progressive surfing He is a surfer of small stature but with an enormous capacity to perform different aggressive and very dangerous movements especially in the aerial field This bold and exciting approach has earned him 8 victories in the <strong>CT world championship<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>Next we will show the achievements obtained by <strong>Filipe Toledo<strong> this year 2021<p> < wpparagraph > < wpshortcode > wpdatatable id=49 < wpshortcode > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Next you will enjoy the best moments of Filipe Toledo<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpembed urlhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=ecJuHheRJ 8typevideoproviderNameSlugyoutuberesponsivetrueclassNamewp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio > <figure class=wp block embed is type video is provider youtube wp block embed youtube wp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio><div class=wp block embed wrapper> httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=ecJuHheRJ 8 <div><figure> < wpembed > < wpparagraph > <p><strong><em><u>Video courtesy of wwwyoutubecom and the YouTube channel NobodySurf Surfing Videos<u><em><strong><p> < wpparagraph >