Vans Park Series at Serra Negra

Santo Bowl is the contest site. It's on private property in the mountains of Serra Negra.

If you're going to bring your significant other to a Contest, this is the one.

You will drain your phone battery with the scenery here.

Pause for a #BoardrBoys crew photo. It's Sam Gordon's first trip with us. Welcome to the team.

Pedro on a front feeble in front of that amazing backdrop.

Body keeps it lit. Seems like we are fighting rain at every stop.

João Pedro Monteiro Teixeira on an alley oop lein in the National Championships.

Ariel Pilar on a backside tailslide in the National Championships.

João Pedro Monteiro Teixeira on a crail tailslide in the National Championships.

Vicenzo Damasio on a frontside tailslide in the National Championships. I later got to know him a little better while he was in the streets learning to use a lighter while he was trying to set off bottle rockets. Check the clips in The Boardr Story on Insta.

I had to verify multiple times with multiple people that Pedro Quintas was really just 14. He's got forearm ink and skates like a grown man.

The language barrier is pretty tough here. I don't think this says "free apples."

Sam Gordon just moved to Tampa to work with us the day before we all left for Brazil. He's been chasing waterfalls with us in Brazil but has yet to set foot in HQ in Tampa.

CJ Collins, no comply tailslide.

Cory Juneau, backside tailslide.

The backroads to the contest site have some interesting scenery.

Serra Negra is two hours outside of Sao Paulo. A nice little town of just 20,000 people.

The local amphitheater.

View from one of the many steep hills in town.

Is that missing rail a skate stopper tactic?

If you like going down fast, this is your town.

Back at the Contest, we have Yndiara on a backside air.

Yndiara, smith grind.

Leticia Goncalves has a damn good stale fish in the deep end.

US currency under the clear grip.

Deise Reis standing up on a 50-50.

Dora Varella on a smith grind in the deep end. Congrats on winning it, Dora!

Camila Borges, boneless.

Bia Sodre, backside 5-0.

Pedro Quintas, 14 and a front feeble in the deep end.

Luiz Francisco Canettieri Nunes Mariano won it in the Men's National Championships.

Luiz Francisco Canettieri Nunes Mariano, frontside air.

Congrats again, Dora. Hope to see you in Huntington Beach.

Thanks Paulo for the mic work.

Luiz Francisco Canettieri Nunes Mariano wins the Men's National Championships and gets a spot in the Semi-Finals at the Continental Championships in Huntington Beach.

Tom Schaar with big snaps out of a front blunt.

CJ scoops a backside ollie.

Chris on a frontside boneless.

Cory had the best looking, properly caught frontside flips.

The judges' view.

Now we're done and on tourist and street skate mission through town. This place is called Disneyland.

I had to get a tourist photo of my own at Disneyland.

Stretch VW at Disneyland.

Posse up for a blurry photo. Man I suck behind the camera.

Yep, Disneyland.

Sam hopped off on a hill bomb after spotting this ledge.

The phone documenters.

The session after-party on some streetside.

Pause to spy the local cereals.

I like a good simple grill.

Every supermercado is this stacked with trinkets.

Ran into CJ while pushing around.

Dylan stops to barge the Henny. Skateboarding is over for today.

There seemed to be no unsafe streets in this tiny town.

Ryan and Luca Sorgente, Alex's dad, on the streets watching all the kids act the same way we did 20 years ago.

CJ's dad started a fireworks show.

Fathers of champions, Andre Barros and Luca Sorgente.

Perfect weather and smooth, mellow hills is a great way to end the rolling night.

Across from the hotel was the go to spot for dining and setting off fireworks until the cops show up.

Before any fireworks can go off, these 11 year olds need to be taught how to use a lighter.

Anyone with bottle rocket experience knows that when you stuff a bunch into a tight spot like that, they don't take off and blow up on the ground. Now Willy knows.

CJ and his dad took a break from street fireworks to get matching ink. It's CJ's first.

Acai bowls daily.

This kid asked Dylan for some stickers and he gave him two decks instead. What followed was a hug so big and deep we can still feel the effects hours later.

Dylan's a pro at Sunday brunch, so being in Brazil isn't going to stop anything. Two bottles of champagne and fresh squeezed local orange juice made for a great pop up brunch on the streets of Serra Negra.

Palm Sunday proceeded through the streets while we sat back and relaxed after work.

Before the airport, we stopped by Murilo's 21st birthday party. Thanks for having us, Murilo!

Body and Justin enjoying the Finals.

Say, "That's not a knife" in your best Aussie accent.

Cory and Willy at a local bowl jam getting awarded.

Flying in and out of Sao Paulo lets you see just how giant this city is.