Felipe Gustavo

Felipe Gustavo, nicknamed Buchecha, is a Brazilian professional skateboarder specialising in street, born on 22 February 1991 in Brasília. He began skateboarding at seven after his two older brothers introduced him to it, and in 2007 his father sold the family car to take them to the Tampa Am, which Felipe won, earning national and international fame and a place on the Plan B Skateboards team. He turned professional in November 2013. He won bronze in street at X Games Norway in 2018, third at the World Skate World Championships that year, third at the Dew Tour in Long Beach and the Street League World Championships in Rio in 2019, and placed 14th in men's street at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He lives in Los Angeles.