Portugal's Joao De Macedo is no stranger to huge, cold-water surf. The San Francisco transplant is regular standout at Northern California's most famous big-wave spot, Mavericks. On Tuesday at the Nazaré Challenge, the first-ever WSL Big Wave Tour contest to run at the famous break, he looked right at home, as he charged his way to a Round One win.
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