[1] Pereira was introduced to skateboarding while working as a motorcycle courier in São Bernardo do Campo in 1998.

Initially focused on street style riding, Edgard was introduced to mini-ramp skateboarding in 1999 by "the crowd", a group of skateboarders in the Jordanopolis neighborhood.

Pereira is most known for his competition in Mega Ramp contests.

During the next years he was invited to participate at X Games around the world and was always a top finisher.

In 2014, Vovo achieved 3rd place finishes in both the Brazilian Skate Circuit Vertical and X Games Austin Big Air where his run consisted of a backflip and a huge backside 540 heelflip flip, a never before seen trick.