Raia 1

Raia 1 was founded in 1986 by Renato Pozzolo and describes itself as a shop, school and meeting point for windsurfing, kitesurfing and stand up paddle, headquartered in Porto Alegre on the shore of Lake Guaíba (Pedra Redonda district).

The website sells equipment and accessories (kites, boards, sails, masts, windsurf bases and extensions, foil, wings, SUP, harnesses, vests), lists courses (kitesurf, SUP, wing foil and windsurf categories) and a guarderia (equipment storage) with full infrastructure. Items shown include Neil Pryde.

The company also runs Pousada Raia 1 at Barra de Ibiraquera (Imbituba, Santa Catarina), outside the scope of this fiche. Course details (prices, schedules) could not be read.