BIO
Born and raised in the coastal town of Albufeira, in the South of Portugal, Diogo Sousa has been passionate about Watersports since he was very young. He’s comfortable on the ocean in many ways, either sailing, windsurfing or paddling, but it was only after a couple of years into teaching watersports and working as a SUP Tour guide that Diogo got into SUP Racing and started to compete.
Graduating in Sports Science and having a background as a Personal Trainer Diogo soaked up the knowledge to understand the needs of SUP Racing as a sport and to help in the planning his own trainings and conditioning sessions.
He’s one of the managers and instructor at SUPA (SUP Albufeira), a company based in Albufeira that has been operating since 2015 with SUP Tours in Albufeira, SUP Tours at the World Famous “Benagil Caves”, Surf Lessons for all levels and with Kayak Coastal Tours.
Basically if you wanna find Diogo anytime, he’ll probably be on the water, we just never know if he will be SUP Racing, Surfing, doing a tour or teaching someone how to Surf.
HOW IT STARTED…
THE WINNING QUIVER
CAROLINA
DC SURF X
ELEMENTS CRUISE
HIT CRUISER
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
SUP Racing
2017
– Portuguese SUP Long Distance Nationals – 3th Place
– WaterKings 12h non-stop – 2nd Place overall and 1st at Sprint Racing
– São Martinho do Porto Paddle Beach Race – 2nd Place
– Discover Huelva SUP Festival (Spain) – 1st Place
– Sevilla SUP Festival – Spanish Cup (Spain) – 3rd Place
2018
– Portuguese SUP Beach Race Nationals – 1st Place (2018 National Champion)
– Portuguese SUP Long Distance Nationals – 3th Place
– Portugal SUP Race Cup – 3rd Place
– Discover Huelva SUP Festival (Spain) – 1st Place
– Sevilla SUP Festival (Spain) – 4th Place
– EUROSUP – ISA European Championship (Sardinia, Italy), Beach Race – 9th Place (5th Place for Team Portugal)
2019
– Discover Huelva SUP Festival (Spain) – 1st Place
– Portuguese SUP Long Distance Nationals – 3th Place
– WaterKings 12h non-stop – 4th Place overall and 3rd at Sprint Racing
– Arade SUP Challenge (Portimão) – 1st Place
2020
– Portuguese SUP Beach Race Nationals – 3th Place