Carlos Pinto is a gentleman and a scholar, as some 9k of you who follow him already suspect.

Hailing from Lisbon, Portugal, @carlospintophoto has been taking the best surf photos to come out of that sunshine n’ surf blessed nation from some time now, with a healthy smattering of bikini models and mighty fine studio portraits in the mix too. In particular, he seems to embrace the creative brief, in a sport that usually asks its heroes to stand against a shabbily painted white wall in the old town and try to look interesting.

In fact, in terms of all round quality of output, it’s hard to think of anyone else that does it all so well.

Surf-wise, Carlos travels with the Billabong crew and in particular, Frederico Morais.

He is perhaps not quite as smoulderingly handsome as Jose Mourinho, or even as entertaining, but certainly a better human being.