Sergio Barreda

Sergio Barreda Costa, known as Gordo Barreda, was a Peruvian surfer and surfboard shaper born in 1951 who lived all his life in the Miraflores District and learned to surf at Club Makaha. He won the Peruvian national championship four times, in 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1974, competed internationally and was one of the first shapers in Peru, making boards under the GB logo from a garage workshop that grew into the first surf shop in the country. He built a team of young surfers who competed under his label, several of whom also became national champions, and in 1979 he discovered the break of Cabo Blanco in northern Peru. He died in 2002 after a heart attack while surfing at Cerro Azul, and a statue of him stands at Makaha beach.