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    Nha sURfa CriOLO
NHA SURFA CRIOLO

Celebrating the richness of the Cape Verdean language, bringing it to the surf culture.
No stress, one surfboard at the time.

WE SURF CRIOLO

There is nothing more beautiful than mixing and sharing ourselves with the others. Nha Surfa Criolo was born by those who believe in brother and sisterhood from people of different backgrounds and cultures. Different but all the same, Criolo represents love and unity. We surf for that.
Criolo is the future.

JOSELITO ROSÁRIO

Everything started a long time ago in Cape Verde, as a kid in the car repair shop of his uncle, helping fixing, painting, sanding, and basically everything needed to be done in the garage.

His ability to use his hands was what opened the doors to get a job in a surf factory in Portugal. From then until today his love and joy for surfing grew ever since, becoming his life and work.

Grateful for everyone that has been teaching him everything he knows, the feeling of sharing the happiness of surfing with more and more people started growing inside of him.

With the help of a gipsy friend and another from Damaia, Nha Surfa Criolo was born to give love and joy in the shape of a surfboard.

SHAPING FOR LOVE

All surfboards made in Nha Surfa Criolo project are handmade with love, care, lots of music, smiles and good energies in Costa da Caparica, Almada the south side of Lisbon.

Shortboards, fishes, mid-length, evolutions, twins, longboards, all designed, shaped, glassed, sanded, polished by Joselito Rosário (and a bit of everyone that have been working with him since the beginning).

SURF FOR SMILE

Surf for Smile project was created by Joselito, his friend Ari Vaz and others to help develop surfing back in the islands. Money made with Nha Surfa Criolo surfboards is to fund the buying, fixing old/broken surfboards and shipping them to Cabo Verde, to spread the joy and help the development of surfing on the islands among children.

When you are ordering a surfboard from Joselito, you are making a lot of people smile, and we hope to make you smile back with your new surfboard.

Bring us your old board and we will give you a good price discount on your new surfboard ;)

ORDER YOUR SURFBOARD HERE

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CACHUPA SURF CLUB

Celebrating the Cape Verdean food, music, culture and all the people, is what this project is all about.
We believe in the richness of mixing, sharing the little you have with the other, with love, joy and morabeza.
Nha Surfa Criolo with us.
Criolo is the future.

WHERE

Costa da Caparica, Almada
Lisboa, Portugal

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