Francisco L. is a 35 year-old Portuguese entrepreneur and a nautical sports addicted. Two weeks after being born, his parents took him for a sailing boat trip, and initiated a lifelong bound to the sea. Born in Lisbon, he started to learn how to sail alone at the age of eleven and after 7 years of competition he won several regattas and represented Portugal in many international competitions.
Besides sailing, Francisco also practices surf, wakeboard and windsurf, but it was kitesurf that caught his most interest, since the sport gathers the best of all his favorite sorts. In 2005 he became the national kitesurf champion and in 2006 the vice-champion, also achieving a fifth place on the world circuit PKRA.
Francisco has a master degree in Industrial Management and Engineering, has worked as a consultant, but found in the nautical activities his passion and started developing new events and extreme projects for a living.
Currently he holds the world record for the Longest Journey Kitesurfing without stops, achieved in 2015 between Lisbon and Madeira Island, covering 874 Km of the Portuguese Sea during 48 intense hours on top of his board.
In 2017 Francisco completed the connection of the Portuguese territory by sea, kitesurfing from the Azores islands to Lisbon in 10 days. Francisco is currently working on new challenges at sea, while managing his own company LUFINHA, speaking for companies, being part of Ocean protection campaigns and chartering catamarans in Portugal and abroad.