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‘I only learned to speak English while travelling,’ Airton recounts. ‘The only words I knew were: ‘Yes! Super good!’. Like after my first heats in the World Cup, journalists would come up to me, asking about my gear, the answer would be: ‘Yes! Super good!’. Airton? What size of board where you using? ‘Yes! Super Good!’. Nevertheless, with the support of Libero, his adoptive father, Airton Cozzolino perseveres, taking his first World Title in strapless wave kiting in 2011. ‘Up until my World Title, my father would go everywhere with me. He still supports me and flies to as many competition stops as possible. I have so much to thank him for!’.