El Fabirucho
Name: Fabian Pacheco
Nickname: III ( I sign my art with three lines )
Place of Birth: San Jose, Costa Rica.
Where did you grow up and what was it like? Born and raised in Costa Rica. It's laid-back, the Pura Vida way of life led me to where I am now. My Costa Rican roots shaped and taught me a fair share of values symbolic to my way of life and how I want to live it. Costa Rica will always be my home and will eternally be close to my heart wherever I am.
Tell us about your early morning missions to go surf in Costa Rica before school started: Jeez. Those were the days! Waking up at 4am with our boards already packed in the car and breakfast sandwiches ready to go since the night before. We usually tried to go to bed early, but you know how it goes before a surf trip, you end up rolling around in bed more than you sleep, waiting for the alarm to go off. Two hour and a half trip from San Jose to playa Hermosa. Usually surf for about 3hrs and quickly hit the road back with hopes on making it to school back on time. No shower and exhausted we would pass out during our lectures, good thing we got attendance point.
How did you get into Art? Both my mother and my sister are artists, I guess I ended up doing it by default. Check out my sister Allegra Pacheco, she is a rad photographer/artist.
What do you like the most about being out in the water? Apart from surfing itself, thinking. I usually tend to sit by myself, It's that one time a day I get to just sit and think.
If you could travel anywhere in the world where would it be? Skeleton Bay, Namibia. I have a thing for African wildlife and never ending barrels.
Do you showcase you art in local galleries? Not yet, hook it up!
Why is it important to recycle and take care of our environment? Because it is our home, our backyard. We play in it everyday, it is every surfers responsibility to give back to what gives so much to us.
What are your favorite personality traits in a lady companion? Artsy, down for adventure. No pansy chicks! Down to road trip.
Pet Peeves: Waiting on people.
Currently listening to: 1980-1990's Punk Rock.
How do you relate with Todo Tranquilo's message? It represents the Pura Vida way of living from Costa Rica and thats the way I want to live.
Where can people find you surfing? I'm currently living in Newport Beach so I would say around here, SoCal.
Where can people find your art? I'm working on a blog, I'll keep you posted.