Gustavo Torres Van den Branden

in 2013 after a Kite trip to Brasil that my life took a huge twist. I realized that I was working in the wrong job... (im a lawyer), so I decided to take a different path that will make me happier, i was on the need to find a job that make me feel passionate about it, i was looking for a job that let me travel and experience the world in a deep way, also needed a job that help me save enough money while I was traveling....... So, Everything started in 2012 the year after i graduated from law school; I did my Kiteboarding course in Adicora. After I finish the 4th lesson I was completely in love with the sport. Every time I was going to this place for kitesurfing I was improving, i couldnt be more happy there.. at the beginning i didn’t want to take it very serious it was mostly about fun. but at some point i found my self giving lessons to friends over there sharing my love for kiting, so that moment i saw that i could get paid for my expenses while i was traveling for doing what i love the most.

The next year, I went completely alone to Cumbuco for a kitetrip . The first night in the hotel made some friends that also were kiteboarders, after a few days hanging around with them I learned that kiteboarding could not only a hobby or sport it can become a lifestyle. In this trip I meted people that was like me, people who had study for many years to get a degree to work hard in something that make them gain some good money, but they really weren’t happy with that life style. I always knew deep inside that I was not made to grow old and become that family man that work in an office for making enough money to provide for a family.... and after 40 years of hard work be a person who doesn’t have any kind of life experiences to share with their children’s. so i decided I was not going to keep doing something that didn’t make me feel good with my life, I felt that i was not going to find my purpose in life by walking a path that wasn’t for me,

My new goal is to create a comunity were any instructor from any discipline can promote his activity and make people experience the world of sports and nature and get pasionate about it