Interview with a rugby player from Cabo Frio (Matheus Martins)

Sabrina: What is the name of your team? Are there other teams in town? How many in total?

Matheus: Currently I've been training in Cabo Frio Rocks, but I play for Armored Arraial . In town, that I know , there is only Rocks which is " professional" , but there are some beginners teams like Koalas Cabo Frio formed by IDE's Project guys.

Sabrina: How do you started? Found difficulties? Received some kind of incentive from the city?
Matheus: I started with a friend asking me to play a "peladinha" of football , there I met some other beginners teams guys and started training . We found some difficulties, as always, because for all sports in Brazil there is not incentive. I think the main problem is the prejudice, so many people look to rugby as a wild sport, but I see quite the opposite.

Sabrina: And in relation to the game in town, do you see some evolution? It has space in the city? How is the receptivity of the people?

Matheus: Yeah, the game is growing with passing years. Rumour has it that next year we'll play the Carioca Championship of sand. The space is the beach, because with the lack of incentive and allowance we have no income to play in the field, since the initial cost for each fielder is around 2000 dollars. The crowd is very receptive. At least in all teams that I played was very well accepted.

Sabrina: To finish, is there anything more that you would like to say?

Matheus: Feel all invited to practice this sport that is so exciting! Cabo Frio' crew trains on wednesdays at 20:00pm and Arraial's on sundays at 15:00pm.

"Cabo Frio Rocks"

Surf

"I think surf is just like art. The sea is paper. The board is the pencil. And I’m the artist".

(Gustavo Smith)

  

    Stories says that surf appeared at first at Hawaii, by the Polynesian king Iahito.

    In Brazil, the 1st surfboards, named “Hawaiian boards”, were brought by tourists. 

    Surf is popular till nowadays and it keeps growing up, with regional, state and global competitions.  Today, everyone can surf, no matter how young or old you are. There are many different types of surfboards, according to the surfer.

Brigada Jovem of Peró

Project Muay Thai

Leo, as people call him, teaches muay thai to the Mix Fight team and to others Chotokan  teams.

This project aims respect, discipline, selfcontrol and to help children and young people to don’t get involved with ‘wrong stuff’, and even take them out of bad ways.

But there’s more. Just as any fight academy, the Mix Fight team is also getting ready to championships.

Workouts happens 3 times a week at Escola Municipal Evaldo Salles – Peró, Cabo Frio.