Are Brazilian surfers any good?

Question

I'm brazilian but I've never really surfed before. How does most of the world think of us? Are we respected by other surfing nations? Or are we jerks?

Answer 1

dont know. only dated american surfers. sorry

Answer 2

There are some very good surfers from Brazil.  However, as travelers, they have a reputation for having being a******s with a lack of respect.  I found this stereotype to be true when I was at Santa Catalina Panama.  I was surfing a peak near the "main peak" there all alone.  I had been in that town for a few weeks and made a lot of friends, and was traveling alone.  Four Brazilians paddled out from a stupid spot, and made it clear that they had just rolled into town.  They paddled straight to the small peak I was surfing, which was closer than the main peak, and they proceeded to back-paddle and drop-in on me without ever saying anything to me.  Completely disrespectful.

Don't ask "are we jerks?"  Just be different from them and create a new stereotype.  Just know that many people consider Brazilians to be the least respectful surfers in the unniverse.