NUNO BENEDITO / ENGLISH LIGHT VERSION

Nuno Benedito

Clube Aventura Académica Lusófona Coach

Nuno Benedito been around kayaking for many years. Today, now in his forties, he teaches in the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport of the Lusophone University of Humanities and Technology and he's coaches the  "Academic Adventure Club". Nuno always collaborated with kayaksurf.net since his first year online either writing articles or with some news.

He paddles for over 20 years and ran several disciplines: whitewater, freestyle, touring, sea kayaking and of course, surfkayaking. When he worked in Peniche, organized the first championships of surfkayaking in the portuguese wave capital ( between 2003-2008 ). It was with him that, in 2006, was held in Peniche the Portugal First Cup with the support of the Portuguese Canoe Federation. Later, he organized the Penacova Freestyle Kayak Event (2007 ) and Portugal Cup and National Championship Freestyle (2008 ).

Today lives near by Lisbon and, alongside the teaching activity, streamlines the Adventure Club Academic Lusophone (CAAL). It is an extraordinary project that is bearing fruit in many sports areas. At the national surf kayaking circuit, there were several young athletes who participate under the seal of CAAL and, last year, flashed Ricardo Ribeiro (winner in kayaksurf SOT), Gonçalo Marçalo (4th place in the same category ) and even Carlos Dionisio (7th kayaksurf in HP and 6 in waveski ) on behalf of the fledgling club. Whatever the outcome, the objectives have been achieved by Nuno: introduced young blood in our sport and boost kayaksurf and waveski in our country. Nuno always answers us as CAAL coordinator and is also in this paper that he takes the opportunity to thank some brands and entities that have been supporting this project, namely: kayaksurf.net; Watertech Kayaks, Kayaks RPF; Skiworld; Rip Curl (which has always supported Peniche contest) and others that no longer exist as Pagayak and Econauta.

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