João Kabeção

João Maurício, known as João Kabeção, was a Brazilian skateboarder, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1973 and died in Armação dos Búzios on 5 May 2020. In the 1980s and early 1990s he was among the most famous skateboarders in Brazil, mainly known for his sessions at the Urquinha mini-track in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. In 1989 he won a stage of the professional Brazilian Skate Circuit as an amateur, the first to achieve that feat, which earned him the cover of the magazine SKT News, the opportunity to launch a pro model and an invitation to the 1990 Itaú Skate Cup on the beach of Ipanema, an event that featured Mark Gonzales. Shortly after, he stopped skating and retired from the public scene, and he spent his last years in Búzios, where he worked as a jiu-jitsu teacher. He died of COVID-19 at the age of 47.