PORTUGAL RAW SERIES: THOMAS TRAVERSA

Check out this awesome video from Thomas Traversa as he pays tribute to one of his best friends and biggest influences, Alex Mussolini.

Let s continue with this little series about some outstanding sessions in Portugal. In this episode I try to share about how special it has been to share sessions with Alex in the last 15 years… Alex is a legend of our sport, multiple World Cup winner and 2 times vice-World Champion. But more important for me, he has been my true soulmate on the wave windsurfing scene. He now retired from professional windsurfing and became a commercial pilot for Ryanair. I wanted to create one last memory, from our last session together as windsurfing pros ( he retired but I still try to do that for a living haha ! ) and because images are better than words, I included a clip from 2013 where Alex is offering us a real masterclass of wave riding at his home spot in Tenerife. The perfect technique and his unique and completely effortless style are just …. well watch the clip, enjoy the show and judge by yourself !!

P.S : the music from the 2013 clip is the original music when the clip came out back then, I didn’t bother changing it…and I just realise now after posting the video that it fits so well to the context in which I am reposting this “old” gem ! some people say there are no coincidences hahaha who knows !

Filmed by: Mat from SIAM Images additional old footage from: Bartek Jankowski ( I think ! )