Watch: Gabs warming up at Newcastle
Dark skies, brown water, sloppy waves, dreamy conditions they ain't, but for Gabriel Medina anything's better than another damn game of Playstation.
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Comments
Painful. As unappealing to watch as ever.
Why?
Told ya they should have held it at Middleton! At least its a "point break". Plus the water is a better shade of brown.
Inspirational stuff! So pumped.
Though it's still a while off, the opening days of the Newy Pro aren't looking too flash on the forey either.
Though, hopefully, the rain may stop before then.
I’m sometimes more impressed by what they can do in these kinda waves than at a perfect 6ft point break
looks like a qu-ey comp coming up.
Reactions to that turn at 1:05 :
1981 and previous- FBI would kidnap the surfer and subject them to invasive tests under the logical assumption that they were an alien life form capable of impossible feats.
1991- People would be stunned. News would feature clip on endless rotation. Immediately granted the title of undisputed best surfer in world history.
2001-Finishing move in the starring role in a surf movie.
2011- Head turning but a dozen people in the world can complete so not outrageous.
2021- Meh. Literally hasn’t rated a mention from the commentariat on a throwaway internet clip. Crew more likely to remark on colour of the water.
Reaction to the clip 2021.
I made it about a minute and a half in before switching off and I'm a massive Medina fan.
Same. That’s my point.
Great article on BG btw. Completely agree on his "wave of truth," comment being a particularly beautiful translation. The fact that it came from someone who always steps up and absolutely charges when it gets seriously heavy made it even more poetic. A company man he is not, which makes him all the more enigmatic. Good luck to him I say, gonna be an interesting year.
Who is BG?
Bill Gates?
Beachgrit. An article by Freeride on Beachgrit.
Funny - I went through and the only turn I immediately re-watched was the cutback / s turn directly after that turn. I thought it was more interesting than the air - and it just looked 'nice.'
I was down there watching him from the carpark and left....
Ahhh, takes me back to whatever it was called in the '80's before they realised the waves at a surf comp were actually important
Is that another dance floor filler from DJ Tim Bonython?
Jeez - hard crowd - wish I could surf like that in those conditions.
Agreed. Tough crowd. Tore that shitty beachy to pieces.
Fair call. Just a little sama sama. Not enough tidak sama.
They are all jealous, so it’s easy to whinge.
Was great surfing but after the diet of JJF in Hawaii and Josh in Indo, was all a bit pump, pump turn, air, paddle in. Waves were awful and that water needs to be tested for ecoli.
To be fair as above, Medina is bloody good at creating something out of nothing.
Haha memla. If we're going test the water in Newcastle for ecoli, we might as well check the rest of NSW while we're at it!
If the stars would just align...
Agreed. I was think the average surfing in NSW just went up a notch. That's condition I'd pass on every day - great to see him out in it and ripping.
2 weeks in quarantine with his new missus hasn't slowed him up too much :)
No Aussie will come close to worrying him in the next few years.
Not if the WSL have anything to do with it...
Wow, captain poo stance right at home in Australia's Rio. That was a whole lot of nothing, an incomplete hail mary is just that. Better to watch the groms at Dbah every morning...
Incredibly good surfer. Incredible lack of style. The poo stance continues...
wake me up when they get to the box or north point
I only made it as far as the comment section...
That was as possibly the most uninspiring surfing I have ever seen from ol' Gabs. The waves were really bad, but he usually does something to make you go wow rather than turn off or fall asleep.
Weeze been spoiled by Dane Reynolds clips who surfs twice as fast and thrice as flash.
JJF spotted on Northern beaches yesterday practising that off the top Hack .
Looks like first week of the WSL Newcastle pro will be 1 foot and pumping.
A bit of a step down for the pros after the Pipe event.
Sure ain't Bells
The still shot on the video link is a great capture of his new patented "inverted reverse squat poo" move. Perfected in the less than sanitary beach bogs of Brazil when he forgets his thongs. Run in, do the move, hope the emission drops in the hole and out again without touching the unclean floor.
I think if the clip included some of the locals there would be a comparison to judge his surfing...
He bloody rips and there is no one on this thread that could even come close.