The Moment
Gisele Bundchen is out here living her coastal grandma fantasy – except she’s 35, on a jet ski, and her boyfriend is an MMA trainer with abs of granite.
New paparazzi photos from Surfside, Florida, show Gisele and her boyfriend, Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach Joaquim Valente, spending a sunny Saturday riding separate jet skis, staying close to each other on the water and looking very much like a settled, happy couple.
She’s in a white one-piece under a life vest, hair pulled back in a ponytail, sunglasses on, full catalog of “I really do wake up like this” energy. He’s in simple black swim trunks, also in a life vest, doing that low-key athletic guy thing.
According to the photo set, the pair were near their home in Surfside, where they’ve been spending a lot of time as a family. The two welcomed a baby boy together in February and have kept him mostly off-camera, only occasionally letting him appear in carefully chosen moments.
Recently, they were photographed taking the baby on a boat ride, with Gisele cradling him while Joaquim drove, and later, he was spotted holding their 10-month-old as she looked on. Gisele also shared a rare peek at the baby alongside her 16-year-old son Benjamin in October, when big brother was playing the piano with the little one in his arms.
On land, of course, there’s the Brady chapter. Gisele shares Benjamin and daughter Vivian, 13, with ex-husband Tom Brady, whom she divorced in 2022 after more than a decade of marriage. Brady also has an older son, Jack, from a previous relationship.
The Take
I’ll say it: this is not just a jet ski date – it’s a thesis statement.
We’re watching a woman who was once half of America’s most dissected power couple settle into something that looks suspiciously like normal. Ocean, boyfriend, kids, blended family, no obvious glam squad trailing behind. It’s the anti-red carpet, and that’s the point.
For years, Gisele’s public image was “supermodel married to the GOAT.” The schedule, the Super Bowls, the constant speculation over who sacrificed more for whose career – it all lived in that old frame. Now the frame is: barefoot mom in Florida who just happens to look like a sketched-by-an-angel version of herself, dating the guy who used to teach her kids martial arts.
If the Brady marriage was a high-production action movie, this phase is a really well-shot indie beach film. Smaller budget, fewer explosions, way more heart.
There’s also something quietly radical about how she and Joaquim are handling their baby. No name releases, no face-forward baby photos, no brand rollout. Just occasional glimpses: boating, piano time with big brother, now Mom and Dad taking an adult day on the water while the kids presumably stay home with help. It’s almost old-fashioned.
And the jet skis themselves? They read like a couple that’s comfortable. Separate vehicles, staying close, each in their lane but moving in sync. That’s a far cry from the performative “look at us clinging on one jet ski” photo op. It says: we’re a team, we’re equal, we’re having fun, and we’re not trying that hard to sell it.
Is it glamorous? Of course. If most of us tried this, we’d look like wet laundry on a rental from the marina. But the vibe is surprisingly low-drama. For someone who once lived at the center of the NFL soap opera, that calm might be the biggest flex of all.
Receipts
Confirmed:
- Paparazzi photos distributed by agency Backgrid in mid-December 2025 show Gisele Bundchen and Joaquim Valente riding jet skis near Surfside, Florida, wearing life vests and casual swimwear.
- Public records from Florida confirm Gisele’s divorce from former NFL quarterback Tom Brady was finalized in 2022 after a marriage that began in 2009.
- In past public interviews and social posts before 2025, Gisele has described herself as focused on health, wellness, and a simpler family-centered lifestyle after stepping back from full-time runway modeling.
- Recent publicly available photos from the same December 2025 set, and earlier fall 2025 images, show Gisele and Joaquim with their infant son on a boat, and her older son Benjamin holding his baby brother at a piano.
Unverified / Reported:
- Exact details of Gisele and Joaquim’s day-to-day living arrangements in Surfside, beyond what’s visible in public photos.
- The specific parenting schedule and division of time between Gisele, Tom Brady, and their children, which has not been fully outlined in public statements.
Sources (human-readable): Backgrid photo agency sets from Surfside, Florida (mid-December 2025); Florida divorce filings for Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady (2022); Gisele’s past on-record interviews and published memoir discussing her shift toward family and wellness (pre-2024).
Backstory (For Casual Readers)
If you haven’t been following every twist: Gisele Bundchen is one of the most famous models in the world, best known for her runway dominance in the 2000s and her long run with a major lingerie brand. She married Tom Brady in 2009, they had two children together, and became a sort of sports-fashion royal couple.
By 2022, the marriage ended, reportedly after years of tension over Brady’s football career and family priorities. Around 2023, Gisele began being photographed more often with Joaquim Valente, a Miami-based Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor who had previously trained her and her kids. The relationship slowly moved from “just friends and trainer” rumors to clearly romantic, especially as they were seen traveling and spending time together with her children.
In early 2025, the pair quietly welcomed a baby boy. They have kept him mostly out of the spotlight, while co-parenting Gisele’s older kids alongside Brady in what, from the outside, looks like a carefully managed blended-family setup.
What’s Next
Where does it go from here? Probably not into a reality show, if Gisele has anything to say about it.
Expect more of this slow, controlled visibility: a paparazzi jet ski moment here, a rare social media peek of the kids there, maybe an interview down the line where she packages this era as her “second act” – more spiritual, less stadium lights. Joaquim seems comfortable in the background, which is exactly the kind of man a famous woman with three kids and a full life tends to gravitate toward when she’s done performing a perfect marriage for the cameras.
On the Brady side, the real story to watch is how this modern family balances graduations, holidays, and milestones – especially as the older kids move into late teens and college years. If they keep doing what they’ve done so far, we’ll see curated harmony in public, and very little real drama leaking out.
Until then, we’ve got the visual: Gisele on the water, tan, relaxed, on her own jet ski, not racing anyone anymore – just cruising.
Your turn: When you look at Gisele’s post-divorce life, does it read more like genuine peace to you, or just a better-managed version of the same celebrity machine?
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