Vitor Cancio has been surfing since 2011. He won second regional position in the 2013 Madeira Grom Surfing Championship. He has been working as a life guard for five years and was a federated swimmer.

Carina Carvalho is from Madeira Island and the Madeira New Wave founder. Her passion for wave ridding started in 2005 and since then she has been addicted to it as a free surfer and also as an athlete, competing in the national, European, and world tour of bodyboarding since 2010. So travelling to the best surfing destinations, meeting new people, and contacting with different cultures has been her lifestyle.