5 minutes with…. Skydive Algarve’s Designer Ruben!

Thursday, January 24, 2019

What’s your name and where do you come from?

My name is Rúben, I’m Portuguese born and raised in the beautiful Algarve

Tell me a little bit about yourself?

I’m a family man and I love it. We are a family of 6 (me, my wife and four kids) plus two dogs.

What’s your background?

I had my own design company for 10 years but when I was invited to be part of Skydive Algarve I decided to take the chance and I’m pretty happy with it.

What is your job at Skydive Algarve?

I work in Skydive Algarve’s marketing department and I create all it’s visual contents and artwork, from flyers to billboards, online banners or clothing.

Do you skydive?

Yes i do, not as often as i like but whenever my work or family allows me to 🙂

Tell us a little bit about what got you into skydiving and your journey of learning to skydive….

I always dreamed of jumping out of an airplane (I believe everyone has that dream) and finally one day I booked my tandem jump. I have to say I loooovvveeeeddddd it and even before I touched the ground I decided I wanted to do that for the rest of my life. Not even one month after my tandem jump I was doing my AFF course. It’s an unbelievable and indescribable feeling that only those who do it can understand why we do it.

What do you love about your job?

I love to be able to communicate to people what we do and why we do it.

And I have to be honest- it’s a great ego booster and I have a huge feeling of pride when I see my designs out in the world 🙂

If you weren’t a designer what would your dream job be?

Something related to helping others, maybe an ambulance driver or firefighter.

Honestly i don’t know because I’m currently living my dream job 🙂

Other than skydiving what do you like to do in your spare time?

I love doing some hiking with my wife and kids and being “lost” in nature. I also practice martial arts, snowboarding and scubadiving..

I’ve always been a sports related person.

What’s the most rewarding thing you’ve done or achieved in your life?

I’m a proud father of four amazing kids and the most rewarding thing is to see them growing into beautiful, honest and great human beings.

If you could have a super power what would it be?