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On January 24, 2026, the iconic Marquise of Parque Ibirapuera, one of the symbols of Brazilian modern architecture designed by Oscar Niemeyer, was officially reopened after being closed for six years for extensive revitalization. Brasil Boards had the honor of being present at this historic moment, celebrating the return of a space that is a reference for culture, leisure, and sport in São Paulo. A restored historical and cultural landmark Inaugurated in 1954 along with Parque Ibirapuera, the...

Have you ever stopped to think about how your body knows where your feet are without needing to look at them? Or how you can grab a glass of water in the dark without knocking everything over? This extraordinary ability has a name: proprioception — the sixth sense that rarely receives the attention it deserves. Proprioception is the sensory system responsible for informing the brain about the position, movement, and tension of each body part in space. It's what allows refined motor...

There's a moment when everything aligns. The shape responds as an extension of the body, curves flow without conscious command, city noise disappears, and time seems to dilate. In that instant, the rider isn't just longboarding — they're inside a rare and powerful neurological state called flow. First described by Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in the 1970s, flow is much more than a pleasant sensation. It's an altered state of consciousness, measurable in laboratory settings,...