In the fifth heat of the day, Brazilian three-time world champion Gabriel Medina rode through a huge wave ... who’s worked for the AFP for several years, is a surfer himself and moved to Tahiti about ...

In 2009, he earned the title of the youngest surfer to win a major Qualifying ... professional surfers like Gabriel Medina to try and stake their claim on Olympic gold. Gabriel is a Brazilian ...

And so, we picked the brains of the SURFER ... a gold medal. Related: Olympic Qualifier Vahine Fierro Talks Going for Gold on Her Home Turf August Howell: What can be said about Gabriel Medina ...

Gabriel Medina is the most dominant surfer of all time at Teahupo’o. Since his first WSL Championship Tour win at cartoonish, 8- to- 10 foot Chopes back in 2014, his worst finish in Tahiti is ...

ARECIBO, Puerto Rico >> Top surfers Gabriel Medina of Brazil and ... fields including engineering and teaching. The win was especially sweet for Medina, a three-time world champion who announced ...

Brazilian surfer Italo Ferreira became the first Olympic gold medalist in surfing ... In the bronze medal match, Australian surfer Owen Wright edged out Brazil's Gabriel Medina. Wright, who sustained ...

TEAHUPO'O, Tahiti (Reuters) - Gabriel Medina ... where gold was won by Tahitian local hero Kauli Vaast. Still, Hawaiian Florence leads the professional world tour and is on course to win his ...

Australian surfer ... gold. Ferreira beat Japan's Kanoa Igarashi in the final with a score of 15.14. In his bronze medal match, Wright defeated two-time world champion Gabriel Medina with a ...

A combination of schedule changes at the WSL, sponsorship shifts, permitting and more have ended Hawaii's Triple Crown of Surfing. And we're all lesser for it.