The switch to the Challenger format was key to Jesse Mendes' retirement
November 27, 2025
"You'd reach the quarterfinals and win $100, while you paid $200 just for registration (...) It was crazy. I said, 'I'm leaving. I've lived my dream,'" he recounted.
Jessé Mendes finding perfection somewhere in Chile
December 27, 2024
"We had about a month's worth of space in our schedule and a ton of destinations to choose from. We ended up choosing what you're about to see," the authors say.
Jessé Mendes will not seek his place in Paris 2024
November 15, 2023
After changing his nationality from Brazil to Italy to qualify, he says he has changed his priorities
Jessé Mendes now represents Italy
May 16, 2022
A new chapter of nationality change brought by Olympic surfing
A little interlude between Mikey Wright and Jessé Mendes
April 16







