LUCIANO GONZALES

4 x Master of the Ocean Champion | Red Bull King of the Air (3rd place) 

Luciano Gonzalez grew up in the small beach town of Cabarete, on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic, with the waves and the wind as his guardian angels. Orphaned at a very young age, he has always considered the ocean as his “mother” and the wind as his “father”. A metaphor that has been guiding him forever.

Self-educated and self-taught, his strong purposefulness mixed with his unconditional love of the ocean helped him conquer life’s deep waters and become an international watersports champion. Luciano’s freestyle and wave riding skills led him to win a number of major competitions: PKRA and 4-times winner of the Master of the Ocean™ , a prestigious 4-discipline (surf, windsurf, kitesurf, SUP), and Red Bull King of the Air (3rd place).

Luciano is also a yoga instructor and brings his practice of yoga in his surfing, kitesurfing and SUP practice and teachings. He is the Founder and Director of Ocean Academy DR, surf & kite surf school set in Encuentro Beach, a social enterprise near Cabarete. He also regularly hosts surf and yoga retreats for beginners and advanced students.

LUCIANO GONZALES

4 x Master of the Ocean Champion | Red Bull King of the Air (3rd place)

Luciano Gonzalez grew up in the small beach town of Cabarete, on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic, with the waves and the wind as his guardian angels. Orphaned at a very young age, he has always considered the ocean as his “mother” and the wind as his “father”. A metaphor that has been guiding him forever.

 

Self-educated and self-taught, his strong purposefulness mixed with his unconditional love of the ocean helped him conquer life’s deep waters and become an international watersports champion. Luciano’s freestyle and wave riding skills led him to win a number of major competitions: PKRA and 4-times winner of the Master of the Ocean™ , a prestigious 4-discipline (surf, windsurf, kitesurf, SUP), and Red Bull King of the Air (3rd place).

Luciano is also a yoga instructor and brings his practice of yoga in his surfing, kitesurfing and SUP practice and teachings. He is the Founder and Director of Ocean Academy DR, surf & kite surf school set in Encuentro Beach, a social enterprise near Cabarete. He also regularly hosts surf and yoga retreats for beginners and advanced students.