"Nazaré put national surf in the center of the world"
Biography
Nic Von Rupp was born in 1990, grew up in Sintra and is the son of a German father and a Portuguese mother. Since the age of 9 he has been surfing, and in his career as a junior he won national and international titles. Later, Nic discovered his passion: moving frontiers in Big Wave Surfing. With an excellent reputation worldwide, Nic was considered "European Surfer of the Year" in 2013; he finished his first participation in "WQS" in 60th place, after winning the "Pawa Tube Fest" in Mexico in 2014; he was honored with a silver medal at ISA World Surfing Games and his victory in the Moche Rip Curl Pro Trials allowed him to compete in the World Championship Tour. Recently von Rupp started focusing more and more for what he is known for, for what he is respected for and for what he is here for: chasing the worlds biggest and heaviest waves in documentaries from Nazaré to Ireland and beyond.
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Nic Von Rupp
