Gabriel Medina rode a wave to history on Monday. The 30-year-old Brazilian surfer recorded the best single-wave score in Olympic history during the third round of the men's surfing event in the 2024 ...
There’s a recent Stephen King novella, Elevation, which chronicles a man who mysteriously loses weight, despite looking physically the same on the outside. The fantastical condition leads him to ...
Gabriel Medina is perhaps the most high-profile surfer currently in the game, oft equated to the Justin Bieber of Brazil, in terms of his public persona fame. By the metrics, Medina holds a whopping ...
Gabriel Medina was notably absent from the 2025 World Surf League Championship Tour season, due to a pectoral injury he sustained prior to the kickoff to the calendar. And while his pro surfing life ...
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On his second wave, Medina nearly posted a perfect score with a 9.90 in waters off the coast of Teahupo'o, Tahiti. And following his near-perfect ride, Medina celebrated by holding up one finger as he ...