Pedro Barros


Pedro Barros
PEDRO BARROS STATS...

Hometown
Florianopolis, Brazil

Sponsors
Vans shoes, Volcom clothing, Red Bull energy, Evoke sunglasses, Indepedent trucks, Drop Dead and Pocket Pistol skateboards, Type-S wheels, Pro-tec helmets

Date of Birth: March 16, 1995

First board: Drop Dead

On Vans since: Brasil Vans since 2009. Global team since 2011.

Stance: Regular

Shoe size: 9.5


PEDRO BARROS BIO...

When left to their own devices, certain people have the potential to change the world. Look at what Einstein accomplished tucked away behind a desk in a patent office. In our own world, street skating wouldn’t be what it is today without Rodney Mullen locking himself away in his barn for years and years. And one can’t help but wonder what manner of skate madness 17-year old Pedro Barros will come up with holed away in his private skate compound on the remote island of Florianopolis, Brazil. With a massive cement bowl and a proper vert ramp and mini on his property, at a very young age Pedro has already mastered transition skating. The runs he puts together in contests are like no others ever done; padless back to back 540s in the middle of flawless runs in cement bowls were incomprehensible until Pedro dropped in on the scene. There’s always going to be guys that take skating a little farther but very few can make it leap to places beyond our imagination; Pedro is that guy for this generation.


PEDRO BARROS INTERVIEW...

What style of shoes do you skate?
Omars.

What’s been the best trip you’ve ever been on?
I got a few best trips, but my last one to Nicaragua was nice! I got some really good time with my friends and my dad. There was good surf and also a nice mini ramp on the beach. That was a good escape from the real life!

What is the best story you’ve ever heard?
One day my gramother had to get the gun and help her next door neighbor that was getting robbed. It was insane to know that my gramother was able to actually go after these thieves!

Favorite Vans rider?
Omar and Alex. Omar is my idol and Alex is insane!

What trick can’t you do that you wish you could?
So many!!!!!!

What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you?
The loss of my Grandfather, Mr. Barros.

Worst trend in skateboarding right now?
People that want to get into skatboarding just to get sponsors or be famous. Skate is a lifestyle; if it's not yours, don’t get in!

What are some interests/hobbies outside of skating?
I surf and I'm trying to learn some guitar.

Last good book you read?
I don’t read books.

5 songs that have to be on a mix tape?
Anything from Joy Division, Dead Kennedy, Ramones, TSOL, AC/DC, The Clash.
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  • If you live anywhere in the Pacific Northwest you want to get to Portland, OR on May 27th for the Zumiez Couch Tour with the Volcom team including Geoff Rowley, Chima Ferguson, Pedro Barros, Chris Pfanner and Dusin Dollin.
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  • It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday. So we gladly take another look back at this year's Vans Pool Party and this highlight footage of Pedro Barros, Christian Hosoi, Alex Perelson, Omar Hassan, Steve Caballero and Josh Borden courtesy of Pro-Tec: The Pro-Tec team at the Pool Party .. from Pro-Tec on Vimeo.
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  • Pedro Barros Wins XGames Park, Curren Caples Second
  • After a heated head to head battle between our guys at X-Games Barcelona Pedro Barros emerged victorious in X-Games Park to win his third Park title in a row with Curren Caples taking second. Congrats to both fellows; you killed it out there. Check out both their winning runs here:
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  • Last weekend Vans held its 9th Annual Pool Party in Orange, CA at the Vans Skatepark and the entire building was a rockin'! You've seen all the edits from the good folks at all the skate mags that came out and supported our event and we thank them all, now check out our very own recaps featuring Pedro Barros, Christian Hosoi, Jeff Grosso, Omar Hassan, Steve Caballero as well as Pro winner Bucky Lasek and Masters champ, Chris Miller:
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  • 5-Minutes of Grosso on ESPN
  • We might be a day late and a dollar short with posting this video of Jeff Grosso's Pool Party predictions on ESPN but does it really matter? We can watch Grosso talk about anything and still be stoked.
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  • Bucky Lasek & Chris Miller Win Vans Pool Party: Video Recaps
  • Vans Skatepark, Orange, CA (May 11, 2013) – Bucky Lasek makes a defiant comeback as the winner of the 2013 Vans Pool Party unseating defending champion Pedro Barros for his third Pro title since 2010. Bucky claimed $28,000 with former winners Pedro Barros and Rune Glifberg placing second and third after a heated Pro final featuring impressive runs by young guns Cory Juneau, Tom Scharr and Austin Poynter. The Masters final had its own exciting head to head battle as ...
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  • Thrasher just posted the first of their edits from their stay down at Pedro Barros' pad in Brazil. This video is full of the shredding leading up to Pedro's Skate Generation contest with Pedro, Christian Hosoi, Alex Perelson, Omar Hassan and Josh Borden: Loading the player ...
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  • Ever wonder how slow can you go? Well, Red Bull takes all the camera tricks, 360 cam, Go Pro and slow-mo to new levels in this video that shows Pedro Barros, Omar Hassan, Christian Hosoi and others ripping at a snail's pace.
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  • Watch Hosoi & Barros Win Skate Generation
  • Florianopolis, Brazil, home of Pedro Barros and his skate compound, went off this weekend with his annual Skate Generation bowl contest. Hopefully you caught all the action on Sunday on the live webcast but if not here's a recap video of the winners of the four divisions: Pedro Barros (Professional) Christian Hosoi (Legend) Duzinho Braz (Master) Vi Kakinho (am)
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  • Pedro Barros' Skate Generation Contest April 12-14
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  • Pedros Barros' Sunday Session
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  • Skateboard fans witness the Vans Bondi BOWL-A-RAMA™ 2013 return February 24th (2/23 in The United States), the world’s best skateboarders will be coming together to battle it out for both titles. (Contest was pushed back a day from the original 2/22 date due to bad weather.) Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ Bondi hits the shores of Bondi Beach from February 19 – 24, 2013; with Sydney the second stop of the 2013 circuit. In its ninth year, Vans BOWL-A-RAMA Bondi boasts ...
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  • Caballero takes 1st, Barros 2nd at Wellington BOWL-A-RAMA™
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  • Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC/ Video Recap
  • The first annual Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC took place Saturday and it was an overwhelming success. The Chelsea Piers bowl got sessioned like it never had before. Pedro Barros won it all in the Pro division by skating like a bat out of hell while Lance Mountain took Masters by shredding with the grace of an angel. To recap the top results it was: PRO WINNERS: 1st: Pedro Barros 2nd: Alex Sorgente 3rd: Ben Hatchell MASTERS WINNERS: 1st: Lance Mountain 2nd ...
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  • Pedro Barros Wins Dew Tour OC
  • The weather started getting rough, the tiny bowl was tossed, if not for the courage of the fearless Pedro Barros the contest would be lost. With the rain shutting down the Dew Tour Ocean City, Maryland finals after a few rounds our own Pedro Barros came out on top, victorious. Congrats, Pedro!
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  • Hosoi 2nd, Cab 3rd in Dew Tour Legends Bowl Jam
  • Congrats to Christian Hosoi who took 2nd in the Legends Bowl Contest at the Ocean City Dew Tour and to Steve Caballero who took 3rd. And to Pedro Barros who placed 1st in the Pro semi-finals.
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  • Curren Caples Wins Coastal Carnage! Pedro 2nd!
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  • The latest installment of Thrasher's Fives has 5 sequences from Rhino including an ollie over a channel to long ass smith grind by Pedro Barros and a drop in off this rock by Josh Borden to lipslide in the deep end.
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  • Pedro Barros Wins X-Games Skateboard Park
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  • Pedro Barros Flies in Slow Motion
  • Slow motion, for me! Slow motion for me! Pocket Pistols posted this video of Pedro Barros ripping the Chino Park in slow mo:
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  • Barros & Hosoi on Allis
  • Allis Sports has been giving the Vans guys a bunch of coverage lately, today its a quick My Five Interview with Pedro Barros and an instructional How To do layback grinds with Christian Hosoi:
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  • Pro-Tec Pool Party Video Recaps
  • You watched the live feed, you know Barros & Cab won but just in case you stepped away to pee and missed anything Saturday here's some highlights from the magazines. THRASHER Loading the player ... Loading the player ... TRANSWORLD RIDE CHANNEL SKATEBOARDER
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  • Barros & Caballero Win Pro-Tec Pool Party
  • It was De ja vu all over again with seventeen-year-old Brazilian, Pedro Barros, defending his first Pro-tec Pool Party Pro crown to win $28,000 at the Vans Skatepark in Orange, California Saturday night as he again fought off Rune Glifberg in second place and Bucky Lasek who returned to the Pro-tec podium after missing last year with a broken wrist. The Masters division took on the look of a Bones Brigade reunion as Steve Caballero returned from recent injury ...
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  • Pro-Tec Qualifiers Announced
  • The final Pro and Masters qualifiers for the 8th Annual Pro-tec Pool Party hydrated by vitaminwater went down last night at the Vans Skatepark in Orange with final competitors determined to join the pre-seeded skaters in the main event airing live tomorrow, May 12, at 3PM in HD via vans.com/poolparty. In the Masters, original Bones Brigade member and inventor of the 540 McTwist, Mike McGill qualified in first with expert lines and control. He is joined by Australian ...
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  • Pedro Barros on Thrasher Yardsale
  • The Thrasher crew went down to Brazil for Pedro Barros' bash. Here's four minutes of fun from their adventure: Loading the player ...
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  • Barros & Hosoi win big in Brazil
  • Red Bull recently hosted a bowl contest called Skate Generation at Pedro Barros' house in Brazil and the Vans guys cleaned up. Pedro naturally took 1st in pro Hosoi got 1st in Legends. Grosso got 2nd in Legends and Omar Hassan got 4th in Pro. The footage tells the tale. Looks like tons of fun.
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  • Pfanner, Perelson, Barros and Dollin Footage
  • Volcom posted the four parts of their footage from last summer's Europe Tour starring Chris Pfanner, Alex Perelson, Pedro Barros, Dustin Dollin and the rest of the Volcom crew. Check the complete and total annihilation: PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4
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  • Cab & Pedro Win Bondi Bowl-A-Rama
  • Thousands of people crowded beachfront grandstands to watch the world’s best skateboarders compete in the eighth annual Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ Bondi 2012. Sixteen-year-old professional skateboarder Pedro Barros (BRAZIL) took out his third consecutive Pro title after a heated final that saw him using every inch of the bowl at full-throttle speed, busting everything from head-high stalefish 540s, to technical lip trickery like alley-oop frontside 50-50s around the tight corner, just beating an impressive Bucky Lasek (USA) and Rune Glifberg (DEN ...
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  • 6 Bowl-A-Rama Videos & TWS Photos
  • The 8th Annual Bondi Bowl-A-Rama was a huge success once again with Pedro Barros and Steve Caballero taking top honors. Transworld's Staff Photographer, Mike O'Meally, was on hand and shot a bunch of Bondi photos for TWS' website. Over the course of the the days leading up to the contest Vans produced these five segments for you to enjoy. Here they are all in one place:
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  • Bondi Bowl-A-Rama is TODAY! Day 3 Footage
  • Today is actually tomorrow in Australia and that means we have less than 12 hours until the webcast kicks off. Here's some footage from Day 3s lead up to get you in the mood: Join Vans on Saturday, February 25 to witness the biggest names in skateboarding vie for their share of $80,000 AUD (more than $85,000 USD) as iconic Bondi Beach is taken over for the 8th year running by Vans Bowl-A-Rama. The World’s top ...
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  • Pedro Barros Wins Beach Bowl
  • Congrats to Pedro Barros who won the first annual Beach Bowlevent at the Australian Open of Surf. Video will most likely follow.
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  • Bondi-Bowl-A-Rama 2/25/12
  • Join Vans on Saturday, February 25 to witness the biggest names in skateboarding vie for their share of $80,000 AUD (more than $85,000 USD) as iconic Bondi Beach is taken over for the 8th year running by Vans Bowl-A-Rama. The World’s top skateboarders descend on Sydney, Australia this weekend to compete for the biggest prize purse in the event’s history. Watch it live: Catch the live webcast at www.vans.com/bowlarama. Australia is a day ...
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  • Pedro Wins Bowl A Rama Wellington
  • Congrats to Pedro Barros for winning the Wellington leg of the Bowl-A-Rama contest this weekend in New Zealand. The Bondi Bowl-A-Rama is right around the corner...
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  • The Fight In Florida Bowl Jam too place last week and Pedro Barros annihilated it:
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  • Chicken's pool has been a go for so long that you'd think everything that could be done has been done but damn! Omar Hassan, Pedro Barros and Josh Borden get seriously creative with their maneuvers!
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  • Hosoi & Barros Cropped by TSM
  • Heverton Rebeiro just posted a CROPS of new photos on The Skateboard Mag's site with these two rad pool photos of Christian Hosoi and Pedro Barros.
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  • Pedro Barros Montage
  • Allis Sports has put together a minute of Pedro's contest runs. Mmmmmm, donuts:
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  • Alex Perelson & Pedro Barros ate on Thrasher's Burnout HERE.And check their edit of the Sessions in the Abyss jam:Loading the player ...
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