Claudia was born and grew up in one of the biggest and craziest cities in the world: Sao Paulo city in Brazil.

She has never liked the big, crazy city life.

After she got engaged on many different sports: swimming, gymnastics, bowling and volleyball, she found enjoyment and true passion at surfing and decided to move to the beach on an early age.

She got her start in bodyboarding decades ago by surfing at Guaruja’, a beach a hour from Sao Paulo.

She loves the ocean and one of the reasons why, she says, it is because her horoscope is Pieces.

She owned one of the first bodyboards ever in Brazil back in 1983.

Since then, Claudia has developed a life long love for the sport of bodyboarding and dedicated her life to it.

She was a full time professional athlete back on the days and has garnered numerous awards being the most impressive:

• 5 times Sao Paulo State CHAMPION
• 1990 GOB VICE WORLD CHAMPION
• 1995 GOB/IBA WORLD CHAMPION
• 2006 USBA Sandy Beach CHAMPION
• 2007 CHOLOS WOMEN PIPELINE PRO CHAMPION
• 2008 USA NATIONAL CHAMPION – USBA Tour
• 2008 USBA Senior Frog – National Guard Sandy Beach CHAMPION
• 2011 Pounders Round-Up CHAMPION
• 2011 Women PIPELINE Contest VICE CHAMP – USBA Tour
• 2011 USA National VICE CHAMPION – USBA Tour

On 1990, she came to Hawaii for her first Winter time season and first Pipeline contest for the women and absolutely felt in love with the place.

She has been living on the North Shore of Oahu since then and as she likes to say: “she has been bodyboarding life away in paradise.”

She was naturalized an American Citizen on 2006 after she was granted in 2000 by the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) with an American Green Card recognizing her as: “Extraordinary Ability Athlete in the Sport of Bodyboarding”.

One of her biggest goals is to help the improvement and awareness of Women Bodyboarding in Hawaii, America and in the World.

She expects to achieve this by representing Hawaii in some competitions, posting health and environmental daily tips on her personal web site and social media pages, selling “little pieces of paradise” on her online gifts stores and working on Bodyboarding Clinics and Hawaii Surf/Bodyboarding Tours.

She is also very environmental conscious, she literally pick up trash everyday from the beach and she likes to volunteer on beach clean ups and marine debris collection among others related activities.

She has been consistently ranked as one of the Most Popular and Inspirational Women Bodyboarders in the World by leading bodyboarding magazines and social media and was awarded the Most Inspirational Woman Bodyboarder by the Global Organization of  bodyboarders (GOB) in 1997.

She has been featured in major worldwide magazines and social media sites as you can check some of them out in the “Photos Gallery” page.

She has been traveling all over the world such places as: California, Tahiti, Indonesia (Bali, Java, Sumatra), Australia, Reunion Island, Japan, Europe (Portugal, France), South America (Brazil, Peru, Chile), Mexico, Costa Rica and Malaysia.

Her next trip goals are: Jeffrey’s Bay, Fiji, West Coast Australia and Mentawai Islands/Indonesia.

On her own words: “Bodyboarding is everything” !!

Aloha and Mahalo for your support !!