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Who is Gabriel Medina?
Author: SurferToday.com
His first relevant title was the 6-Star WQS in Florianopolis, when he was only 15. Medina set a new mark as the youngest male winner of an open age pro competition by taking out the Maresia Surf International in Brazil.
Medina says Tom Curren is his favourite old school surfer and his overall pick is Mick Fanning. The Brazilian prodigy loves all aerial moves, but barrels are also a great moment in his flexible surf. Gabriel is a goofy-footer and prefers left-handers.
Medina's favourite wave is Macaronis, in the Mentawai Islands. He loves orange juice, roast beef, beans and rice and has already broken an arm while skateboarding.
His first ASP Tour victory was the Quiksilver Pro France, but he added the Rip Curl Pro San Francisco, in less than a month. The young gun is the founder of the famous Medina Airlines, a brand that is currently producing impossible aerial tricks.
In 2011, also took the SuperSurf Internacional Prime, Airwalk Lacanau Pro Junior, Sooruz Lacanau Pro and the San Miguel Pro Zarautz 2011. The question is quite simple: when will he clinch the first ASP World Tour title?
Gabriel Medina was born on the 22nd December, 1993, in Maresias, São Paulo, Brazil. He started surfing when he was only eight years old. His first relevant title was the 6-Star WQS in Florianopolis, when he was only 15. Medina set a new mark as the youngest male winner of an open age pro competition by taking out the Maresia Surf International in Brazil. Medina says Tom Curren is his favourite old school surfer and his overall pick is Mick Fanning. The Brazilian prodigy loves all aerial...
SurferToday.com has turned four years old. It all started in a sunny esplanade, where a few saltwater ideas got into a world surfing information project. When SurferToday.com went online in November 2007, the layout was completely different from what it is in 2011. Our first pageviews were celebrated and we started to dream of getting it bigger, for you. SurferToday.com is growing more than ever, at more than 120% in the fourth year. For the first time in a year, we've reached the one...
When a kiteboarder hits Manhattan, in New York City, he's violating one of the basic kiteboarding rules: do not kite near large building or in urban environments. Mitchell Incoll, the "City Kiter", is not worried and he was not arrested by the NYPD. The kite was launched in Times Square between tourists, taxis and huge skyscrapers. The collection of photographs is quite impressive. The concept represents "a departure from the soft sand and breaking waves that kitesurfers are accustomed to"....
Fans judge the best kiteboarders in the world
Monday, 07 November 2011
Kiteboarding fans will have the opportunity to judge their favourite riders' tricks during the next 2011 People's Choice Special Event. In the end of the PKRA New Caledonia, the organization will open the judging panel to the online viewers so that they can see the heat of their dreams at the end of the contest. The fans themselves will judge this special heat, first via the live webcast and then on a video that will be published with a split-screen showing the entire heat of both riders.
Jamie Hancock won the 2011 Cornwall Wave Classic, in epic conditions. With a record breaking 81 windsurfers, the event say many new faces. Ben Proffitt is the new 2011 BWA champion. The standard was at an all time high in the Women's fleet, as the twelve ladies gave it everything they had got in the tough conditions. Lucy Robson was on fine form all day ripping the waves to pieces to secure her first place finish in the final. Pura Vida and Simmer Rider, Sarah Bibby pulled out all the stops...
Hannes Louet-Feisser has taken the Irish Slalom Series 2011, in the final stage of the season held in Tracht Beach, Kinvara, Co Galway. Several new racers joined the fleet and winds blew up to the 20 knots. The youngest competitor and new to the series was Cathal Breathnach. His aggressive and skilful windsurfing did not go unnoticed and it was widely agreed this kid could be a future champion. Hannes Louet-Feisser was back in Kinvara to sustain his Number 1 position in the overall Irish...
Damian King has taken the 2011 IBA Drop Knee World Tour title, at the Encanto Pro Puerto Rico. The Australian rider only needed to beat Canary Islander Ardiel Jimenez in the quarterfinals to become the champion, but Jimenez led the heat until 30 seconds before the siren. King, who was chasing a 6.8, paddled into his heat winning wave with literally seconds left on the clock, got up backside, bottom turned into the bowl of the wave and did a massive snap, throwing a solid chunk of water over...
Isabela Sousa and Eder Luciano have been crowned winners of the 2011 Bodyboard Pro Festival, held in Parguito Beach, Isla Margarita. The Brazilians fought difficult three-foot waves to leave Venezuela with important trophies. Isabela won her first Grand Slam this year and, after three events, she is in the battle for her second consecutive IBA world title. "I'm so stocked with this victory here. This place will always in my mind. I was latin champ here in 2006 and world champ last year....
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