Gabriel Medina

Road To The Rip Curl WSL Finals: The Brilliant Dominance Of Gabriel Medina

Medina put in the most dominant season of his career, and along the way looked like he was enjoying it more than ever.

Rip Curl WSL Finals runs from September 9-17, 2021 in San Clemente, California. A historic, one-day, winner-take-all race for the 2021 World Title, don't miss a second of the action over on YouTube.

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The Very Best Of The 2021 Championship Tour

The 2021 CT season was a wild ride and through it all the world's best surfers were able to keep their eyes on the prize and put in some truly inspiring performances.

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ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS Corona Open Mexico presented by Quiksilver

After a week of flawless surf at Barra De La Cruz, Australians Stephanie Gilmore and Jack Robinson have swept the Corona Open Mexico presented by Quiksilver.

For seven-time World Champion Gilmore, it's her first victory of the 2021 season and the 32nd of her career. The win also solidifies her spot in the WSL Final 5 and gives her a clear path to winning a record-setting eighth World Title.

"Best feeling ever! I haven't won a contest in a long time," Gilmore smiled back on the beach.

For rookie Robinson, this marks the first CT victory of his much-heralded young career and the first win for a rookie since 2018. It's the only Tour win for an Australian male this season, and for the effort, Robinson moves up to 12th on the WSL Leaderboard and will now safely requalify for the 2022 season.

Letting out a howl of relief in his post heat interview, all week long Robinson had done a remarkable job of staying within himself and taking it one wave at a time. He finally let himself smile and soak in the moment when it was all done.

"I don't even know where to start...it's the feeling I got when I qualified," Robinson said. "I was trying to carry this energy all week and stay to myself. I felt like I was in the zone."

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The Fight For the WSL Final 5 Hits the Corona Open Mexico pres by Quiksilver

With just two events remaining, the Championship Tour makes its much-anticipated return to Mexico and the famed Barra De La Cruz. All eyes are on the WSL Final 5. Gabriel Medina and Carissa Moore have clinched their spot, while Italo Ferreira and Johanne Defay hope to follow suit at one of the most perfect point breaks on Earth. Watch the Corona Open Mexico presented by Quiksilver live August 10-19 on worldsurfleague.com.

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And then there were 8... the men’s path to Gold 🥇.

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Source: @isasurfing

(Un)Official Olympic Surfing Preview

This coming weekend, Olympic Surfing becomes a thing. Can anyone stop Gabriel or Carissa from winning Gold? Will it all makes sense? Will Roy and HG call it? (hope so). Anyway, it turns out I have footage of nearly all Olympic Surfers, so I put them all together for a preview.
The first Olympic Surfers are

Men
Leandro Usuna (ARG) Rio Waida (INA) Ramzi Boukhiam (MAR) Billy Stairmand (NZL) Frederico Morais (POR) Italo Ferreira (BRA) Gabriel Medina (BRA) Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) Kolohe Andino (USA) Kanoa Igarashi (JPN) John John Florence (USA) Owen Wright (AUS) Jeremy Flores (FRA) Julian Wilson (AUS) Michel Bourez (FRA) Leon Glatzer (GER) Miguel Tudela (PER) Lucca Mesinas (PER) Manuel Selman (CHI) Hiroto Ohhara (JPN)

Women
Dominic Barona (ECU) Bianca Buitendag (RSA) Sofia Mulanovich (PER) Ella Williams (NZL) Anat Lelior (ISR) Carissa Moore (USA) Caroline Marks (USA) Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA) Silvana Lima (BRA) Johanne Defay (FRA) Brisa Hennessy (CRI) Yolanda Sequeira (POR) Teresa Bonvalot (POR) Daniella Rosas (PER) Leilani McGonagle (CRC) Mahina Maeda (JPN) Amuro Tsuzuki (JPN) Pauline Ado (FRA)