Joao Carvalho, the eternal press officer of the WSL South America, with a career of more than 30 years in the institution, will not continue working in the institution in 2025, the journalist himself and the AOS Mídia Instagram profile informed DUKE.

Carvalho's contract was not renewed after being in that position since Brazilian surfing began to grow with the first participation of Brazilians in the world tour until it exploded with the well-known Brazilian storm.

He was one of the main people responsible for educating the Brazilian mainstream press, which began to pay attention to surfing after it gained national relevance.

Carvalho is known for creating extremely informative press releases for the press, with an impressive historical archive that was always combined with relevance to the situation, to the event being reported.

In addition, the journalist was always at the service of the press as one of his main objectives.