João was born in Tomar, a Templar city in central Portugal. He started riding motorcycles at the age of 16, at 18 he started touring Portugal on his Yamaha DTR 125. At the age of 21 he made his first motorcycle trip around Europe. In 2003 he started his motorcycle adventures in the African countries of Tunisia and Morocco. In 2018  Joao made a solo round trip journey from Portugal to the Western African country of Guinea-Bissau.  Joao is also big sports fan and grew up playing having played football and surfing. When Joao is not riding motorcycles or surfing he loves listening to music and spending time with his friends, but honestly, what he really likes is riding his motorcycle.