Providing one of the biggest upsets of the year by eliminating Kelly in Portugal, the powerful 22-year-old goofy footer only then went on to finish his year off in style with a finals finish at Sunset, earning him this year’s Triple Crown of Surfing Rookie award along the way. Sitting comfortably inside the Top 100 by the year’s end, Frederico will now be looking to do serious damage at all the Prime series events in 2014 with a view to joining Jeremy Flores, Aritz Aranburu and Tiago Pires on tour as soon as possible. This latest edit showcases footage from a freesurf trip he took to Mexico and El Salvador at the beginning of last year, plus some more recent footage from Morocco and Portugal.
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