I went to SLS without any money and stayed as a VIP.

@well13 · 2025-10-14 01:18 · SkateHive

The year was 2019, and I was living in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro.

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Focused on tattoo studies and tattooing some friends, I was living a

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I had just left the restaurant where I worked when I was hit by a car! Go back and check out some of my posts to find this story. IMG-20251009-WA0091.jpg

I earned a good amount of money, took a tattoo course, and started tattooing at Dinho's studio, a local tattoo artist in the area.

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We pooled our ideas and money and set up a tattoo studio in Parque União Complexo da Mare, in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The studio was really cool, beautiful, with a really cool graffiti design that we did with three barber chairs, a bathroom, and the studio area in the back.

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Out of nowhere! The news: SLS in Rio, let's go!

I had spent all my money on the studio, but I couldn't miss the first SLS in Brazil, especially in my area!

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I'm from the local scene, raised in the North Zone of all parts of the world. I'm into skateboarding, and I thought so.

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The city was bustling as always. I grabbed my skateboard and headed to the West Zone, where the SLS was taking place and there was an autograph session at the Shopping da Barra

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When I got there, I ran into a skate buddy, Buchecha. You might know him as Felipe Gustavo. The friend asked me if I was going to enter the event. I told him I didn't have any money; the SLS entry was too expensive. "No way, bro, you're going!" He gave me three wristbands: two for the finalists and one for the finalists. I was so happy! He made me feel good.

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I was there to see what was in store for me, but I ran into some more friends up ahead.

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Chris Coli

Skateboarding in Rio de Janeiro is local. I'm from the north, center, I don't go around the West Zone much but skateboarding is spread everywhere in the world, I skated around there

The Rita Lee Skate Park, as it is called nowadays, was only known as the ZO Olympic Park skate park.

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In the other I was there again one day because it was the semifinals. Saturday was beautiful.

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I met several friends from all over Brazil and abroad. also

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I had a good spot to get a good view of the championship, and this is how it went.

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Tiago Lemos

Felipe Gustavo

Nyjah

Chirs jorlin

I left the championship and went skateboarding at Praça duO and met some friends.

Raissa Leal

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It was one of the best events I've ever been to.

after the event, they broke the skate park

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