Yago Dora is one of Brazil’s hottest up and comers, both in and out of the contest vest.

A few months ago we featured him in our list of five exciting surfers to watch in 2017 and predicted he’d crack the CT at the end of the year. So far he’s doing us proud, sitting up in in 5th on the rankings and is currently sailing through rounds in the first QS10,000 of the season (where the real points are at) in Balito.

We also always dig his clips. There’s this epic little number of him shredding on land and sea. And this banger from two weeks spent in France. In his latest we find him meticulously and stylishly taking apart J-Bay on his first ever voyage to the mythical right hander: