Its not more power, its Slater's tiny board doesn't throw spray like a bigger board! It's frustrating to watch and if you don't believe it go back to contests when Slater was on regular size boards!
if you watched this years billabong pipe pro same thing happened. i think they are judging based on "we need to keep investing in the future of surfing w the younger guys" than who's actually ripping the hardest or most technical.
@@wolf-yw9wk Its all a straight race for money now, while humanity heads into oblivion. Same thing is happening across all sports/interests that rely on a point system presided over by judges, most notably surfing, skating and mma
I have been surfing for 30 years.Have watched 100,s of contests and surfed top level amateur events in my young er days.Finishing 3rd in 1988 in the junior men's east coast championships to winner Kelly Slater..He surfed this heat as perfect as ever.Touched every box in the criteria that the judges ask.Speed,power,flow,.A 4.83 on wave 1 are you kidding me that was clearly at least a 6.50 am wave 2 6.33 an obvious 7.5 c at least wtf the judges know it's his last year so they b don't want to be blamed for over scoring him and pushing him through.This is a travesty Medina surfed good but was repetitious on every wave not changing it up difference in maneuvers no point of difference.I swear if I see this scoring again like this I am done with this dream tour bs.Jordy Smith,s firstcwave c against Ezekiel 8.5 3 gauges,as superman air straight to air reverse are you kidding me and a tube in the middle.What do these judges see out there?Get b it right this was clearly a rip off of the greatest surfer of all time.He was clearly surfing to there criteria and they fucked him f or doing what they demand. wtf wsl this c was so wrong
Totally agree with you Mark (i'm an Aussie) Kelly won this heat, I have a similar background as yourself. Kelly has been under scored consistently in recent years. He is surfing with so much speed, variety, and just plain genius creativity - I even whinge to my wife about the scoring, I just don't get it. An example of over scoring was Parko, beautiful surfing but gets 8.5's for sweeping carves and reo''s - circa 1990's. The crazy thing about this heat is that Slater was more than a point ahead, so even if we say Medina's wave was a whole point better, Slater still wins!!! The best surfing was done by Kelly, John John and Owen. A comment on Backhand / forehand: I think there was a trend to reward backhand this comp as the surfer can appear to be more committed to their wave, whereas forehand can look more tricks orientated and therefore less committed. For mine though, kelly transcends this with his almost reckless speed and creativity. Cheers
Thanks for the reply Tom.I have studied this heat closely.Not only did Kelly get underscored obviously but that chandelier Medina caused on one of Kelly's first rides I don't know if it was purposely done but Medina had no reason to even paddle for it.Kelly had priority and we have all seen him make sections way bigger than that before.This year at pipe for instance.Judges need to look at in the future that you can create chandler,s on waves to bother surfers from getting through sections.Medina 9.1 on his last so Kelly's wave was not better than an 8.1 realtor wow.I hope this doesn't deter him from his goal of claiming #12 and riding into the sunset.
Where are you from Mark? I had a long successful run in the ams when I did full seasons but started just a little bit later, although I did surf a couple AM events in Jr mens with Slater in '87-'88 here in the ESA-CFL (Central-Florida) division. One of my closest surfing buddies for decades is Justin Carver, IMO one of the best surfers I've ever seen.
It's like the commentator said. There had to be 1 point difference on the last exchange... both waves in the final exchange were 8+ in my opinion. Sure you could argue that Medina's final wave was better, but Slater was underscored for sure, it should've been much closer.
No one said kelly got robed on his first heat altough the very same thing happened: his style was really good but due to the lack of spray his scores were really low. Kelly himself said that this board isn't good becouse it doesn't give much power and spray on the maneuvers, despite being really fast and easy to control.
Watch closely at 19 sec. when they first cut to Kelly's Deep tube. Medina is looking straight back at Kelly who is perfectly placed and fully committed to that wave. THERE"S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY Medina should have paddled for that wave. Anybody that knows shit about tube riding knows you're gonna push over a chandelier on the guy. You do that to the wrong person freesurfing your gonna get punched. Like someone else said that was interference.
Aint that swell Podcast from Margs give it a listen on Itunes Kelly and Vaughan talk about this wave its quite funny... but Kelly also called Gabriel Medina the best contest surfer of all time. I agree with the 11 time champ
Medina is a monster has already won the living legend Kelly Slater several times to turn the drums on the last wave with a straight shower on Slater is sensational history !!!!
I think this one is close. Gabriel was throwing vertical buckets on the last wave, and kelly's last wave had sprays that were going wide. The thing is, if you've ever had someone squash a lip like medina did on kelly's opening ride, you know you could have made that wave. Kelly was perfectly placed to pump and beat the section, which stays completely open if medina doesn't poop on it. minus one, kelly wins. especially because his opening wave could have been a ten, which changes the dynamic of the entire heat.
slater surfed way better in this heat with more variation and better surfing overall. Medina had one good wave, his last one. total botching by the judges.
Comically, the tour started overscoring backside turns in 2015 or 2016 as if half-pipe skaters in transition always do frontside turns because its easier!
It was a 50/50 call, could have gone either way. They both surfed great and it was fun to watch, cant be too gutted. Interesting to note though, did you see that first barrel kelly went for? Medina paddled and made an unintentional crumble on the lip that could have sold kelly. It would be good to see an into the tube vision of that...Peace
Também amo o mar! Mas é sem dúvida de se ter respeito pelo mar. É perigoso e mortal. Muitos já perderam a vida nele. Mas mesmo assim, a gente ama as ondas, o sol, a areia, as montanhas, tudo de bom que o mar oferece e tem.
The wave god's and judges have turned their backs on Kelly. 7.5! Wtf? His wave was clearly excellent by the standards of the day. Backside has been overscored the whole contest to the point it's getting boring and predictable to watch.
Medina's wave was definitely better. I thought Medina was scored correctly. Great wave. But Kelly's wave should have been at the least an 8.25 or an 8.5. I didn't see such a stark contrast between the two waves. When watching Slater out the back, the waves looked comparable.
Pls come with some good argument. The goofys are already in disadvantage on tour,if you think there are only two truly left brakes on tour. Even Pipe,backdoor lately is way better than the left
Loosing interest in surfing cuz of this kind of BS!!! I'm not a pro but kelly slater was ROBBED big time, nothing against medina, but when business is behind sports, wins new and the big market (brasil). judges are being pay big bucks by corporate surfing. the sport is dying cuz of this.
Slater got robbed and should be pissed -- how was that chandelier not an interference? WSL Rules 149.02b -- The violating Surfer obviously causes a section to break down in front of the inside Surfer which would not normally have done so causing loss of scoring potential.
Interference??????????????? He pull out as soon he saw kelly paddling, he was at least 15 yards behind,see it again.Now that was a good one,it changed the wave could break..
markriobr I don't know how long you've been surfing dumbass but when you pull back from a wave it causes the lip to fall onto the face of the wave instead of throw straight out causing a barrel you should surf more often it would probably help you
Whatching now, for sure it was a close heat. E liked more The surf slater presented. But Medina was powerfull, leak of variation thought. However Kelly did some safe turns, should go more vertical at those turns. Great surfing From the boys
They both got 8 waves each, they did aprox 35 maneuvers a head, Medina had one bigger wave, but Kelly had more variety and better maneuvers: so according to me kelly should have won. (if you also consider that medina did a little interference creating the chandelier and did the spray in the face of Kelly, well that could be a further reason to make Slater the real winner of the heat). Peace!
Maybe has something about the interference on the first wave of the heat...Medina is too far way from KS...but we can clearly see that lip has changed because of his paddling ...really I don't know. But in my opinion Medina got it...lats wave was sick... Those things make this sport super fun to watch...both amazing surfers!
If he goes to the air is the same, if he does not and keep slashing the face and doing floaters is the same,and when he gets those big barrels is because was a easy one. When some,not some most of you US will admit that the guy is way above average. What else he got to do?
oh and, I'm a big fan of slater but everyone is saying he got robbed. i disagree with this because medina's last wave i believe was the best wave of the heat because he went vertical, and variety, and how a nice bowly section.
Usually you can see when someone had a better wave. And - if it was close, then the scores are close too. But this time - although I like Medina and his style, I have to admit - he was over scored on that wave, by a lot. And, in all fairness, he should have got interference slapped as well. Kelly went to judges immediately after the scores dropped - and he is not the kind of guy to do that out of passion but out of pure math. If anyone has a sense for scores, that's Kelly. Also, on a smaller note - WSL should get those judges in order. And - once Kelly is out of CT, I know I will not watch it as much as I do now. Just because Kelly is not there. So...
Totally agree with micheal s comment. How is the not a interference? Same as the medina v wright heat. Medina interference. Good tactics but medina because he gets away with it , stops the rhythm of the the other competitors and kills a scoring wave.
People on this comment section are so salty. Personality-wise I prefer Kelly, but that last wave by Medina was AMAZING! I knew he was going to win the competition with that wave as soon as he made his first turn!
Maior roubo do circuito,o cara com uma prancha que parece uma 9,9, com uma base arreganhada, que parece que vai abrir escala, acabou o verdadeiro surf por conta desse surf horrível desses panelas do circuito.
@@GTB86 You bet , is us against you haters and now envy people . Not saying all non Brazilians , I know most real surfers respect and see how special and talented he is . Some just like you that run out of arguments , can only think and say such sorrow lousy bs. With so many others claiming way more and nothing to show , not a single word . Sure some and you know who , are from the same country.
Hard to make sense of all this hate towards Medina. People still are saying if not one thing is the other,first one was.This kid is all about airs, and will never be good on charging big shallow waves. Barrels he is not good,besides he is a kook,moron and you name it .Why is that? Is because he is a Brazilian and has an abnormal talent,cause he is shy and his english is not perfect. Kelly is the best ever,and will never or in the near future a surfer even close to him,now you all saying he was robbed when clear he got out surfed by Gabriel.Just look at his accomplishments that he already achieved being so young . Not even JJ imo the only one who could, did not . Kelly if you really pay attention is not the same competitor as he was,still remember that epic final against Gabriel on Teahupoo. Was coming out of the best and bigger barrel of the heat and suddenly stumble,simple . Age matters,even if he can still defy that, the brain orders but the body does not answer as fast as it did five years ago . Was watching the heat live, it was over and Gabriel got the wave, he was destroying and thought, he got it. That was when they open the camera lense and saw Kelly shredding the wave behind. Said fuck,Kojak will win. They showed the replay before the notes and i was sure that Medina had won,was 9 something,bit to high.Now an eight plus for sure,and was enough, because Kelly last one was not close. Anyway after he wins his second or third WC, you haters will run out of arguments. After saying interference how much deep can some of you go .
That was the sickest end to a heat I’ve ever seen and to have two of the best ever to end it is perfect
Most comments are spot on. Having said that, Slater got jobbed...
close heat, but I do think that the backside repetitive turns of GM are over scored.
GM had just a little more power, but lacked the variety IMO.
Its not more power, its Slater's tiny board doesn't throw spray like a bigger board! It's frustrating to watch and if you don't believe it go back to contests when Slater was on regular size boards!
I think we all know Kelly won that heat!
Are you joking????? Kelly buried him. I'm beyond tired of seeing Slater skunked.
if you watched this years billabong pipe pro same thing happened. i think they are judging based on "we need to keep investing in the future of surfing w the younger guys" than who's actually ripping the hardest or most technical.
@@wolf-yw9wk Its all a straight race for money now, while humanity heads into oblivion. Same thing is happening across all sports/interests that rely on a point system presided over by judges, most notably surfing, skating and mma
Medina toppled that section so hard and messed up kellys barrel wtf, no interference????
right...
I also noticed
I have been surfing for 30 years.Have watched 100,s of contests and surfed top level amateur events in my young er days.Finishing 3rd in 1988 in the junior men's east coast championships to winner Kelly Slater..He surfed this heat as perfect as ever.Touched every box in the criteria that the judges ask.Speed,power,flow,.A 4.83 on wave 1 are you kidding me that was clearly at least a 6.50 am wave 2 6.33 an obvious 7.5 c at least wtf the judges know it's his last year so they b don't want to be blamed for over scoring him and pushing him through.This is a travesty Medina surfed good but was repetitious on every wave not changing it up difference in maneuvers no point of difference.I swear if I see this scoring again like this I am done with this dream tour bs.Jordy Smith,s firstcwave c against Ezekiel 8.5 3 gauges,as superman air straight to air reverse are you kidding me and a tube in the middle.What do these judges see out there?Get b it right this was clearly a rip off of the greatest surfer of all time.He was clearly surfing to there criteria and they fucked him f or doing what they demand. wtf wsl this c was so wrong
Totally agree with you Mark (i'm an Aussie) Kelly won this heat, I have a similar background as yourself. Kelly has been under scored consistently in recent years. He is surfing with so much speed, variety, and just plain genius creativity - I even whinge to my wife about the scoring, I just don't get it. An example of over scoring was Parko, beautiful surfing but gets 8.5's for sweeping carves and reo''s - circa 1990's. The crazy thing about this heat is that Slater was more than a point ahead, so even if we say Medina's wave was a whole point better, Slater still wins!!! The best surfing was done by Kelly, John John and Owen. A comment on Backhand / forehand: I think there was a trend to reward backhand this comp as the surfer can appear to be more committed to their wave, whereas forehand can look more tricks orientated and therefore less committed. For mine though, kelly transcends this with his almost reckless speed and creativity. Cheers
Thanks for the reply Tom.I have studied this heat closely.Not only did Kelly get underscored obviously but that chandelier Medina caused on one of Kelly's first rides I don't know if it was purposely done but Medina had no reason to even paddle for it.Kelly had priority and we have all seen him make sections way bigger than that before.This year at pipe for instance.Judges need to look at in the future that you can create chandler,s on waves to bother surfers from getting through sections.Medina 9.1 on his last so Kelly's wave was not better than an 8.1 realtor wow.I hope this doesn't deter him from his goal of claiming #12 and riding into the sunset.
Where are you from Mark? I had a long successful run in the ams when I did full seasons but started just a little bit later, although I did surf a couple AM events in Jr mens with Slater in '87-'88 here in the ESA-CFL (Central-Florida) division. One of my closest surfing buddies for decades is Justin Carver, IMO one of the best surfers I've ever seen.
u r right
@@tommurray-white73154:24
It's like the commentator said. There had to be 1 point difference on the last exchange... both waves in the final exchange were 8+ in my opinion. Sure you could argue that Medina's final wave was better, but Slater was underscored for sure, it should've been much closer.
exactly.
Misha Doumnov medinas last wave was better than slaters, but I'm not some crazy fan who defends medina I'm just being honest
No one said kelly got robed on his first heat altough the very same thing happened: his style was really good but due to the lack of spray his scores were really low.
Kelly himself said that this board isn't good becouse it doesn't give much power and spray on the maneuvers, despite being really fast and easy to control.
Watch closely at 19 sec. when they first cut to Kelly's Deep tube. Medina is looking straight back at Kelly who is perfectly placed and fully committed to that wave. THERE"S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY Medina should have paddled for that wave. Anybody that knows shit about tube riding knows you're gonna push over a chandelier on the guy. You do that to the wrong person freesurfing your gonna get punched. Like someone else said that was interference.
100% so wrong Mediner G
Mans woke up and chose to speak fax
Aint that swell Podcast from Margs give it a listen on Itunes Kelly and Vaughan talk about this wave its quite funny... but Kelly also called Gabriel Medina the best contest surfer of all time. I agree with the 11 time champ
Medina is a monster has already won the living legend Kelly Slater several times to turn the drums on the last wave with a straight shower on Slater is sensational history !!!!
@@BarbarraBay for those who always had to surf to fight against bad judgments of points during their entire career in the stages ...
9:53 best moment in surf history
fantastic battle,surf wins no matter who wins!!
this is probably the best and most exciting surf heat ive ever seen
I think this one is close. Gabriel was throwing vertical buckets on the last wave, and kelly's last wave had sprays that were going wide. The thing is, if you've ever had someone squash a lip like medina did on kelly's opening ride, you know you could have made that wave. Kelly was perfectly placed to pump and beat the section, which stays completely open if medina doesn't poop on it. minus one, kelly wins. especially because his opening wave could have been a ten, which changes the dynamic of the entire heat.
slater surfed way better in this heat with more variation and better surfing overall. Medina had one good wave, his last one. total botching by the judges.
Comically, the tour started overscoring backside turns in 2015 or 2016 as if half-pipe skaters in transition always do frontside turns because its easier!
It was a 50/50 call, could have gone either way. They both surfed great and it was fun to watch, cant be too gutted. Interesting to note though, did you see that first barrel kelly went for? Medina paddled and made an unintentional crumble on the lip that could have sold kelly. It would be good to see an into the tube vision of that...Peace
Increibes Slater Medina Son Ellos y nadie mas en el mar .Sin palabras no alcanzan .
Também amo o mar! Mas é sem dúvida de se ter respeito pelo mar. É perigoso e mortal. Muitos já perderam a vida nele. Mas mesmo assim, a gente ama as ondas, o sol, a areia, as montanhas, tudo de bom que o mar oferece e tem.
The wave god's and judges have turned their backs on Kelly. 7.5! Wtf? His wave was clearly excellent by the standards of the day. Backside has been overscored the whole contest to the point it's getting boring and predictable to watch.
Paul D I don't think Kelly got underscored nothing interesting just raw surfing nothing critical, just got a bit cleaner but shorter wave
Vova Korotkikh
You're right, as much as I want Kellie to win Medina had the bigger better longer better trick wave
Medina's wave was definitely better. I thought Medina was scored correctly. Great wave. But Kelly's wave should have been at the least an 8.25 or an 8.5. I didn't see such a stark contrast between the two waves. When watching Slater out the back, the waves looked comparable.
If you do not understand surfing, do not take nonsense
Pls come with some good argument. The goofys are already in disadvantage on tour,if you think there are only two truly left brakes on tour. Even Pipe,backdoor lately is way better than the left
Loosing interest in surfing cuz of this kind of BS!!!
I'm not a pro but kelly slater was ROBBED big time, nothing against medina, but when business is behind sports, wins new and the big market (brasil).
judges are being pay big bucks by corporate surfing.
the sport is dying cuz of this.
so much shit you are saying..
What a epic ending! Hats off to both of you!
The GOAT
GREATEST OF ALL TIME...
And we know who that is....his name is Slater!!🌊🌊🌊🌊🏄♂️
Great Attitude and Truly a wave master....👍🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄
Okay done logicaly if Sater had a 6.3 and a 5.17 and was ahead why at the end does the board show a 6.33 and 4.90? Why isn’t it a 6.33 and a 5.17?
Slater got robbed and should be pissed -- how was that chandelier not an interference? WSL Rules 149.02b -- The violating Surfer obviously causes a section to break down in front of the inside Surfer which would not normally have done so
causing loss of scoring potential.
Interference??????????????? He pull out as soon he saw kelly paddling, he was at least 15 yards behind,see it again.Now that was a good one,it changed the wave could break..
They were not scoring the tube well in this event, if that wave was only tube he would have gotten a 6.5. Hardly worth clamoring about.
They score deep tubes, Zeke got a 10. Kelly was way deep you have to admit...
markriobr I don't know how long you've been surfing dumbass but when you pull back from a wave it causes the lip to fall onto the face of the wave instead of throw straight out causing a barrel you should surf more often it would probably help you
I think I saw Don King standing behind the judges on that last wave!
hahahahahaha
Eu me divirto. Quem me olha deve morrer de rir do meu besterol assistindo as competiões ahahaha
Surfa muito o medina
Power demais a ultima onda das feras
#showdesurf
Whatching now, for sure it was a close heat. E liked more The surf slater presented. But Medina was powerfull, leak of variation thought. However Kelly did some safe turns, should go more vertical at those turns. Great surfing From the boys
watched the heat 5 times and kelly was robbed by the judges mediner surfed like an NSSA jr bro
Marcelo Q
Kelly all day!!!!! REWIND!
Kelly won that...
They both got 8 waves each, they did aprox 35 maneuvers a head, Medina had one bigger wave, but Kelly had more variety and better maneuvers: so according to me kelly should have won. (if you also consider that medina did a little interference creating the chandelier and did the spray in the face of Kelly, well that could be a further reason to make Slater the real winner of the heat). Peace!
Awesomeness
Maybe has something about the interference on the first wave of the heat...Medina is too far way from KS...but we can clearly see that lip has changed because of his paddling ...really I don't know.
But in my opinion Medina got it...lats wave was sick...
Those things make this sport super fun to watch...both amazing surfers!
Kelly was absolutely robbed! As he said, someone gave Medina a 9.8!?!?!
Fantastic really congratulations
I know they are in Australia, but Madina hop hop hop every fuckn wave gets old. And he does it every comp.
Jettylocal1502
They don't care about style in Brazil
If he goes to the air is the same, if he does not and keep slashing the face and doing floaters is the same,and when he gets those big barrels is because was a easy one. When some,not some most of you US will admit that the guy is way above average. What else he got to do?
oh and, I'm a big fan of slater but everyone is saying he got robbed. i disagree with this because medina's last wave i believe was the best wave of the heat because he went vertical, and variety, and how a nice bowly section.
Chora maaaaaais gringaiada!
#GoMedina10
medina.... showwwwww
Usually you can see when someone had a better wave. And - if it was close, then the scores are close too. But this time - although I like Medina and his style, I have to admit - he was over scored on that wave, by a lot. And, in all fairness, he should have got interference slapped as well. Kelly went to judges immediately after the scores dropped - and he is not the kind of guy to do that out of passion but out of pure math. If anyone has a sense for scores, that's Kelly.
Also, on a smaller note - WSL should get those judges in order. And - once Kelly is out of CT, I know I will not watch it as much as I do now. Just because Kelly is not there. So...
Judges should've taken a point off GM just for that dumb-ass claim. Think I saw him claim on a 4.6 once .. ..
Gabriel dabs at 1:51
Medina e o melhor!!!
madina👍Kelly👍
lol wtf at 10:44 listen to the innuendo from commentator.
Very exciting end of heat! Medina last wave was excellent!
I’m a big Medina fan but feel Kelly edged him on this one
Burkhard pulled his leash!
The king was robbed.
What happen? Got robbed in the parking,they took all his money and passport ? Goes to show that wherever you are is not safe anymore.
Tee hee.
Totally agree with micheal s comment. How is the not a interference? Same as the medina v wright heat. Medina interference. Good tactics but medina because he gets away with it , stops the rhythm of the the other competitors and kills a scoring wave.
kelly got robbbed.
yes he did
interference on the first wave of the heat big time medina f him slater would have possibly made that tube fun heat to watch though
But i liked the bald guy with the sticky stuff on his feet
For me it's Kelly. Superior style Vs GM techniques.
Why do you hate the brazilian claims?? Wtf?! hahaha
Because it is lame to claim. It is arrogant.
@@SabrinaDacosta Say that to Julian and Jordy
Slater won that
Medina was the best
lichen wave. Slater rules..
Medina é pica mano
Jugdes.....
Looked like Kelly got robbed
medina always cheats
The cry is free! GO MEDINA
Slater won. His last wave stronger than medinas
absolutely absurd. Slater had that.
Medina won,period
People on this comment section are so salty. Personality-wise I prefer Kelly, but that last wave by Medina was AMAZING! I knew he was going to win the competition with that wave as soon as he made his first turn!
hell yeah medina
NO ME HE ENTERADO DE NADA
eh.... noissss!!!!!
Kelly won.
A whole point better??? Seriously
Vertical surfing wins heats
Slater won
pangita pug balod sa Gold Coast oi
total b.s.
Medina é o cara, mas Kelly é tipo Poseidon de prancha.
SICK
Bought medinas boarded wore them while I was watching... brought him luck
Maior roubo do circuito,o cara com uma prancha que parece uma 9,9, com uma base arreganhada, que parece que vai abrir escala, acabou o verdadeiro surf por conta desse surf horrível desses panelas do circuito.
So boring to see the waves repeated,rather watch paint dry.
Until brazilian people don’t like gabriel
Robbed
fu
Kelly should have won
go medina
Dont cry. Medina surfed better..
BS Slater won that hands down .
Dirty Medina
Kelly totally robbed again brutal 👎🏻🇨🇦
it's so good to see you all crying out hahaaha you agreeing or not Medina won that heat
Brazilians and they're claims....
Brazilians can`t claim,now Jordy the King of claim can, is that OK by you ?
@@markriobr brazilian die hard fan
@@GTB86 OK Jordy is an example to be follow . Acts like a lord , never once claimed .
@@GTB86 You bet , is us against you haters and now envy people . Not saying all non Brazilians , I know most real surfers respect and see how special and talented he is . Some just like you that run out of arguments , can only think and say such sorrow lousy bs. With so many others claiming way more and nothing to show , not a single word . Sure some and you know who , are from the same country.
@@markriobr how does jordy act like a lord, just curious?
waves on the Gold Coast are not that great
Bodyboard is better than surf!
Kelly had control over this heat and was robbed for two waves. Gabriel claimed and should have lost this heat for spraying Kelly.
Medina is a kook
Hard to make sense of all this hate towards Medina. People still are saying if not one thing is the other,first one was.This kid is all about airs, and will never be good on charging big shallow waves. Barrels he is not good,besides he is a kook,moron and you name it .Why is that? Is because he is a Brazilian and has an abnormal talent,cause he is shy and his english is not perfect. Kelly is the best ever,and will never or in the near future a surfer even close to him,now you all saying he was robbed when clear he got out surfed by Gabriel.Just look at his accomplishments that he already achieved being so young . Not even JJ imo the only one who could, did not . Kelly if you really pay attention is not the same competitor as he was,still remember that epic final against Gabriel on Teahupoo. Was coming out of the best and bigger barrel of the heat and suddenly stumble,simple . Age matters,even if he can still defy that, the brain orders but the body does not answer as fast as it did five years ago . Was watching the heat live, it was over and Gabriel got the wave, he was destroying and thought, he got it. That was when they open the camera lense and saw Kelly shredding the wave behind. Said fuck,Kojak will win. They showed the replay before the notes and i was sure that Medina had won,was 9 something,bit to high.Now an eight plus for sure,and was enough, because Kelly last one was not close. Anyway after he wins his second or third WC, you haters will run out of arguments. After saying interference how much deep can some of you go .
One question only, besides Medina who are the Brazzos you think are arrogants.
yo kelly last wave better than gabes