Mateus Herdy is a 16-year-old Brazilian phenom. He surfs like someone twice his age–he’s got more power than he should, more wave knowledge than most, and an air game that’s at the top of the totem pole.
He recently won his very first WSL title when he took down the field at the SA Open in South Africa, then headed to Indonesia for his first-ever trip to the archipelago. For nearly two weeks, he bounced from island to island with Ian Tavares, the man behind the camera.
