Intro Chuy Silva

The Mexican surf community mourns the sad and sudden loss of Jesus “Chuy” Silva, who was killed in the early hours of Sunday, January 13th, 2013 in a motorcycle accident. Chuy was a very happy and humble person and an excellent bodyboarder. He loved surfing his home break “Zicatela” in Puerto Escondido and leaves behind a legacy for the whole Mexican surf community. May he rest in peace.

Here you’ll find some notes written by Chuy on early 2011

Here we leave some notes written by Chuy in early 2011.

I am Jesús Silva Cabrera I am 24 years old and I am a professional bodyboarder. Ran my first wave at the age of 4 years when my dad got him the idea of teaching me to surf and tossing on the waves. I was born in Puerto Escondido, I am the second child of 3 that my parents had. It was not until the age of 14 when he was at high school who was born in my desire to practice the bodyboard.

I had earlier tried other sports as football, karate, swimming, etc. But nothing caught my attention as the bodyboard. My first tournament that I entered was the aroma divine-mexpipe junior in 2000 in which I stayed in 6 place, since that tournament started to like me competencies.

I am a LIC. In the teaching of languages also and during that while I was studying in the city of Oaxaca stopped competing and surf for 2 years. After having obtained good grades lol decided to return to the competencies of the bodyboard and it was in 2008 when I won the State selective, that same year we went to the national tournament of Rio Nexpa Michoacán in which I got the 1st place. In 2009 I was again as a national champion in the closing of the national circuit here in puerto escondido.

3.4.2In 2010 stayed second place nationally in the national tournament of Mazatlan. In this year also went to the tournament of Surfing on the Border in the city of Tijuana, beating the best of the world 2009 Jeff Hubbard and also