At the age of 7 , Renan moved with his mother to the United States and started bodyboarding . Once he was 10 , he was bodyboarding on the famous beach of The Wedge in California . After the 9/11 terrorist attacks Renan moved back with his family to Brazil where he began to take bodyboarding seriously and made it a goal to make a living out of the sport . He started to compete when he was 15 and won junior division , amateur and professional competitions of São Paulo-Brasil nationals
9/11 terrorist attacks
September 11 attacks
Renan Faccini