Jesse Mendes News Today

It’s been a rollercoaster kickoff to the 2024 pro surfing season. With just one event in the books for the World Surf League’s Championship Tour, the Lexus Pipe Pro, many narratives have already unfolded. Reigning world champ Filipe Toledo withdrew from Pipe, then the entire year; Carissa Moore ...

Brazilian Jesse Mendes says he’s done with pursuing the Olympics. In 2022, he leveraged his grandmother’s Italian roots to compete under Italy’s national flag.

Wavegarden is celebrating the opening of Surfland Brasil in Garopaba, which features the firm's seventh Wavegarden Cove surfing lagoon.

A group of 24 dedicated, idealistic, creative young African leaders traveled to ASU this summer for an international training program named for legendary South African President Nelson Mandela, the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.

Mar 4, 2021 SPONSOR Jesse Mendes, the Brazilian-born professional surfer based out of Kauai, officially joins the Body Glove athlete team. Mendes is a 28-year-old goofyfooter who grew up in Gauruja, a small city just outside São Paulo. He caught the surf world’s attention while competing regularly against friends and fellow Brazilians Miguel Pupo and Gabriel Medina. Known for a progressive aerial game, dynamic single maneuvers and a balanced approach to competitive surfing, Mendes is the new...