Meet the man who "baptized" Gab Medina!
Heroes aren’t born they are made. They are made one hammer swing at a time. One CPR chest compression. One throw, one catch, one epic splash.
Oh you saw.
You saw Gabriel Medina one Saturday morning in San Clemente dropping in on a strong-jawed man. You saw the strong jawed man not give up but rather race down the line trying to catch up. You saw Gabriel’s air reverse and then you saw the splash. Maybe even felt the splash.
It was epic.
But let us speak with John from San Clemente. Let us ask him how it felt.
“Yeah, it was a pretty crowded day. Saturday morning just piled out. I was messing around on my log. Gab paddled out after I caught about three waves and just sat right behind me. I went and then he dropped in. I could tell he saw me. At first I thought I could catch up and spear him off his board. I’m kind of half back then he did that stupid air reverse and we both went down. When we popped up I laid into him. Checked him. He didn’t react at all when I shoved him and I was saying stuff in his face too. No reaction though.
“I lost my board and had to go in and get it. Had a feeling people were filming so when I paddled back out I thought I’ve got to blast him. I have lived in San Clemente my whole life. Everybody thought that clip was at Lowers but I never surf there. It was at T-Street. I was surfing the log that day but primarily I’m a bodyboarder. Funny, huh. I used to compete and still do from time to time. And with that whole thing… the shove and splash… I would never do that to one of the local guys. To the Gudangs or anyone. But you can’t just blow in and do that. Gabby’s got a reputation you know? You gotta baptize the savages.”
Shortly after the interview, John texted the following bullet points.
1.) I can’t believe the responses on social media!
2.) I identify mostly as a bodyboarder and resort to surfing as another challenge when the waves are too small to drag.
3.) I was purposely trying to catch up with him to go for the tackle, kinda bummed I didn’t…the clip would have been way cooler!
4.) When I kicked out and he didn’t land the rev, I shoved him and wrote him off, lost my board then paddled back out for the splash.
5.) Gabe played dumb the whole time. Said he thought I was going left.
6.) Surfing sucks.
Now, watch as Gabriel runs over a surfer at Lowers.
Watch Gabriel do air on man!
John. A hero from through eternity.
John. My favorite surfer.
YOU are such a fucking kook ‘hero’ wannabe!.
The guy is a 2X world champ, fuckin’ rips, you’re a piece of shit next to him and on top of that, he was not having fun in the water that day asshole, he was WORKING!!!.
Shut your ass once and for all with this bullshit !!!.
You should’ve been proud for having a surfer of his magnitude training at your shitty spot!!. https://media2.giphy.com/me…
I’m soooooo jealous of you! Private contractor?!! Omg! I wish I was you! All the degrees I’ve earned and places I’ve lived and traveled just couldn’t show me the “World” you know so well! Oh well, I’ll just keep living my “commoner” life! So common!
You haven’t traveled any where, and art degrees are not education.
“When I’m in the water, it’s all about making punks like you, my bitch!!” I wonder where you learned to talk? It’s an interesting mix of bombastic idiocy interwoven with repressed homosexuality. Who is this magical person that keeps asking to give you a blow job? Very strange. My unclinical analysis would say you probably want a BJ from a guy, or did get one and want another one? Nothing wrong with that. I’m glad you joined the military and served America, eradicating other “peoples problems.” Someone has to keep the war machine going. What would the world be like without trained killers killing each other? All my family and friends who served/ing are very respectful, intelligent, nice people . . . but . . . you sound like . . . a Russian bot! That’s it! Beachgrit is being attacked by idiotic Russian bots!! Take cover!!
You got lawyers! Ah man, you win the comment fight! I tap! Oweeeee! But. . . anyone who brags about being arrested can’t also be educated; and anyone who who has multiple lawyers must be wealthy; and wealthy people generally have educations, and don’t say thing like “fuck off you big mouth pussy!” It’s hilarious imagining someone actually saying that. I’m guessing you’re a a 20 something, wanna be surfer kook. Nothing wrong with that, but only a mis-educated fool would say what you said. Hopefully you’ll grow out of it; if not, have fun running into other like minded individuals; it makes for fun YouTube videos!
Ugghhh…. Beach Grit’s lawyers will be in touch if you keep on like that.
If you’re going to insult someone at least make it vaguely amusing.
You’re a moderator on Bitchgrit. Go fuck yourself! Everybody who agrees upvote.
It’s not a democracy fella. If you’re going to troll, do it well. If you’re going to insult someone, do it intelligently and with a sense of humor. Maybe they love the “your momma” shit over at STAB but we aim slightly higher here.
Sing a song of sixpence the Ape misplaced his bonr. 4 & twenty black birds backed in a Vonr.
Goodluck indeed. Your xray shows a murder of crows. 4 & twenty Goiny you are. haha.
TheVoiceOfReason.
I heard US public debt officially passed $20T today or $60K per person. Printed paper money earning interest for those money-lenders. Yet the Seppos believe they are rich. California Dreaming
Jon Livingston Eagle, Voiny.
I think John the Baptist just earned a pole position in the Lowers lineup no matter what he rides.
no way – the only guys who ride bodyboards now are legit tough guys who give no fucks. survival of the fittest
He wouldn’t do it if he was surfing in Brazil & the champ dropped in on him. The champ has to practice cuz he brings $$$ to California each year..
john, the baptist…
Man, that bodyboarder’s reaction was very extreme: imagine if you’re girlfriend, little brother, nephew, etc. dropped in on him and he did that? I think it’s ok to lightly heckle corrupt politicians at a baseball game but definitely not ok to physically assault a pro surfer. If I was there, I would’ve stepped in on Gabby’s side. Fuck that chest bumping water splashing pussy. You can get your point across without violence.
please tell me you’re being ironic.
I’m not being ironic, sorry. In that situation, the bodyboarder completely overreacted by shoving Medina, getting in his face, and then splashing him. I am definitely a stickler for the rules but to me, that was a complete dork move by the bodyboarder. He thinks he’s cool but he’s a huge kook.
You step in and get your ass beat too. Your choice hero.
You attack and you get a broken jaw and arrested. Your choice tough guy.
Bodyboard is girl thing
I love bodyboarding girls. Drop knee cockRoach style. Maybe you prone to being ridden., gettin’ Stab’d too much.
That air video where he lands on man its bullshit common, any kinda of surfer doesnt know where they gonna landed, u guys always complaning about everything from the bralizians, stupid video explicit
Does auto-correct not make a Stab clown brazzo to English version or something? Is typing English as a second language gonna become some new norm excuse for Stab rejects ways?
what you trying to say with that?
New low for bitchgrit… riding the wave of racism.
More lows in the future I reckon with all you Stab rejects being all homeless and shit showing your faces around here more often.
Guess all those Stab rejects are starting to feel at home at bitchgrit, hell some surfing life rejects even call it “around here” now…
You mean riding the wave of ‘shaming those deserving of shame’ or ‘splashing those deserving of splashing’. Also it can’t be racism, maybe xenophobia, but BG loves Filipe! Maybe, just maybe, gabe is a wave hog…
What the Fuck are u talking about, Slater, Fanning?,Parko, Wilko, Mason, Wilson, Kerr, Ace…? Did someone ever baptise those “savages”????? For fucks sake, they’re all wave hogs, priviliged, highly competitive who feel entitled to more waves than u, me or fat boy dick dragger! But last time Parko dropped in live and got slapped after telling a local to fuck off (not defusing like Medina) the fucking Surf Media even tried to make it as the guy snaked Parko (BS) and that locals should give away their local for pros to practise as well.
The guy refers to Medina as being a “savage” that needs to be baptised and you all pretend BG not riding the obvious racist tone?
Have a heart or eyes and read the fucking comments here and on instagram. Fuck you BG
Dude. Gabriel Medina has a tattoo of his family coat of arms on his arm. He’s from european descent and by the look of things very caucasian. It’s not racist, now stop being such a cry baby. It’s only banter.
Do you even know what the (legal) definition of racism is? (it includes xenophobia btw) Look it up. Banter doesn’t cut it in these cases it’s just a lame justification.
this ain’t a court of law, it’s a surf website.
in this context, racism is very much about skin color/socio-ethnic background, and gabriel medina is as white as leo fioravanti.
Nationality? Being from South America?
Leo is fucking iItalian (Europe if u know where that is), absolutely not the same as if you didn’t realise.
You and the BG staff should read this:
http://www.humanrights.gov….
You’re a racist.
It’s not racism. Gabriel Medina behaved like a naughty little kid and got shamed for it. It’s called justice.
I see your point, and while I agree that odds are the middle aged white guy from Orange County probably meant that – it ain’t the fault of the Grit.
Are u kidding me? Is this your or BG’s first rodeo?
A (wannabe) (surf) media outlet not only let’s some “middle age guy from OC” air his racist rants but also states:
“John. A hero from (?) to eternity
John. My favourite surfer”
And adding fuel to fire:
“Watch Medina do (an) air on a man”.
Hope it was worth the clicks and website/social media traffic you pricks because you sure as hell didn’t contribute anything to the betterment of humanity.
Parko got slapped by a bb in an actual lid… just saying.
T Street? One, being a dick dragger dropped your claim to fame by a decent margin. Secondly, surfing T Street is essentially surfing with a 50% children. I’m sure the local logger/sponger cussing out Gabby made those bright wetsuit wearing 10 year olds really fist pump like a brazzo themselves.
You’re not as rad as I originally thought John, but hell, you still got to splash Medina I suppose.