Tiago Pires, aka Saca, is the first ever Portuguese surfer on the ASP World Tour. Pires, a national hero in Portugal, faced the world's best surfers became the first surfer on tour to break 9X ASP World Champion Kelly Slater's domination in the first half of the year in 2008 at the Rip Curl Pro Search in Indonesia.

"The Portuguese Tiger", as he is affectionately known, is now into his second year on tour and the natural-footer, from Portugal's renowned surfing town of Ericeira, is looking stronger than ever. Tiago believes very strongly in the cause to protect our coastlines, and has teamed up with Save The Waves to promote and represent coastal protection on the European continent in addition to other parts of the world.