“when I surfed my first wave…  that moment changed my life”

” In 1996, I traded my bike for ten blanks and built a shapingroom in my grandmother´s backyard “

Surfing is his love, his life and this will never change.

1. Beat Mark Occhilupo in 1992 during the Pantin Classic in Galicia, Spain.
2. He has 5 kids.
3. He was Portuguese National Champ in 2000.
4. He was part of the first professional surfing generation in Portugal during the nineties.
5. He made a board in 8 hours that helped Jadson André win the Cascais Prime in 2014.
6. He had the privilege and the opportunity to work with some of the masters in the art of surfboard shaping:  Ricardo Martins, Jason Koons, Joca Secco, Xanadu, John Pyzel, Bill Johnson, Tim Patterson, Hennek, Bill Johnson and Darcy.

After mainly working these last years for other surfboard manufacturers and other projects, Nuno Matta has reinvented and relaunched himself.

Shaping surfboards for more than 25 years, he launches his own brand, MATTA SURFBOARDS. A legacy begins.

The current surfboard lineup is already tested by the team – and are under continuous development. Nuno’s team riders are a praised combination of the world’s best surfers from all over the world. Legends from the surfing world combined with highly talented surfer’s rising from surprising, rising countries. All of Nuno’s surfers can deliver unique feedback from the widest conditions possible. From big wave open ocean swells to North sea and Mediterranean wind waves, Nuno’s team riders all have their own experience that translates in truly unique MATTA designs.