With a knack for releasing the tail and a pension for punting, Jesse Mendes is at the vanguard of the progressive movement in Brazil. To compliment his futuristic antics in the water, he manages to do it all with the smoothest of style and grace. Lately, Mendes has been hitting the road, making pit stops in the States where he was most recently seen holding his own and making the finals at an event Newport. In the coming months, look for Mendes to continue to push himself into the stratosphere and take a few competitive scalps along the way.