Sung Min Cho, also known by his nickname Mini Cho, is a Mozambican surfer. He is the first-ever professional surfer from Mozambique. He is also the country director for Surfers Not Street Children and the coordinator of the Tofo Surf Club.
Biography Cho was born on September 9, 1999 in Inhambane, Mozambique to a Mozambican mother and a South Korean father. He has stated that he moved to South Africa when he was young and grew up in Johannesburg, but his family returned to Mozambique after the May 2008 South Africa riots. After he returned to Mozambique, he soon became interested in surfing, frequently watching tourists, but he was unable to afford the surfboard or lessons.
In 2014, when he was 14, he was gifted a surfboard by a tourist. He has stated that he started with no idea what he was doing and received no training, both due to money and due to the Mozambique surfing community being very small at that point. However, the moment he got on the water, he was "immediately addicted".
He continued to grow as a surfer, though. He has since become Mozambique's first professional surfer, and has participated in several international competitions. He has also served as the coordinator of the Tofo Surf Club, which focuses on supporting kids by teaching them surfing and other water-focused sports. His goal is using it to ensure kids go to school and diverting them from drugs and other such things. In this capacity, he serves as the country's director for the nonprofit Surfers not Street Children.
Among his competitions, he has competed four times in World Surf League qualifiers, including the Ballito Pro, the longest-running surfing program in Africa. After winning the Croyde Surf Club competition in the UK, he became the first Mozambican to win a surf contest in Europe. He led the Mozambique surf team in the 2025 African Games, where they placed second.
He has stated his goal is to qualify for the Olympics as Mozambique's surfing entry, and claims that surfing is an "escape from reality" for him. He also dreams of setting up a national surfing federation for Mozambique. He has also voiced his support for the 2024–2025 Mozambican protests.
He is co-subject of the documentary Chasing the Unicorn, on surfing in Mozambique. The movie was rated favorably.
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