"Medina is as good a villain as he is a rider of waves and the sport is infinitely better for his presence."
Earlier today, Brazil’s Gabriel Medina, two-time world champ, seeker of no-one’s approval, loosed the trailer for his upcoming bio film.
I’m a sucker for believable, beautifully made epics about brave people in the middle of the ocean battling overwhelming odds against nature to stay alive, and feel this might fit the bill.
As Matt Warshaw opined in December, “The WSL’s Wall of Positive Noise is a vanilla-scented scourge upon pro surfing, and Medina’s Dark Arts no-fucks-given approach to the game is attractive by comparison, and thus becomes my own cudgel, my own counternarrative, against the WSL’s endlessly vapid presentation. Surfing, like all forms of entertainment, need villains, and because Medina is as good a villain as he is a rider of waves and the sport is infinitely better for his presence. Second, Medina, for my money, is simply the best all-around surfer in the world.”
“Everyone knows Gabriel Medina today, but few know the things I went through to get here,” wrote Gabriel, in Portuguese, to his eight-million-plus Instagram followers, a number seven-times greater than John John and four times more than Kelly Slater.
See trailer here.
Film premieres Jan 31 on Globoplay, the Brazilian subscription video-on-demand service.
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is there any other way to watch the film?other than subscribing to globo play..?
Clinching his first title while in the water, paddling in, celebrating with the crowd, doing an interview and then paddling back out to his heat that was already half way over and winning it was pretty fucking bad ass.
Maybe is a language barrier, but, if Medina is the Villain, the giant corporation (wls) is the hero in your narrative?
he is the zen warrior
Fuuuuuck poo stance Medina is about as hard as Stewart Bedford Brown and that’s saying something, by the way you missed fatal shark attack at Esperance on a diver couple of weeks ago and two spearfisher men menaced by 4m great white last week at Rotto.
I remember sitting at a Maresias beach bar just after sept11 01.
My namorada and I were contemplating an offer of a foursome with a Dutch couple who’d pulled up on a Harley and were seducing us within minutes of their arrival.
Such uncertain times,but one thing I knew was certain.
This little grom about 8 or so, just out the front, ripping the bag out of a fun little shorey. Poppin air, pullin in,
This kid was a future world champ
This kid was Gabriel fukin Medina.
get the pecker out for the 4 some Bexy?
Of course not.
If I’m within 5 yards of another erect penis I get the dry heaves.
Miss Brazil woulda been up.
But she’s done things that would shock even Derek.
Derek would go.
Red Bull owning the surf content game with this:
https://youtu.be/7kgyCc-Ijao
They just completely out-Sound-Wavesed Sound Waves.
But not one Medina moment. Not even a snivel
I’m with Warsaw, pro surfing would be boring without Gabby and his Machiavellian approach.
Pro surfing is boring with Gabby and his Machiavellian approach regardless so what’s your point?
If you’re not interested in pro surfing then why are you reading an article about a two time world champ on a site that’s 30% devoted to pro surfing analysis / gossip, 50% shark news and 20% cocaine.
Sharks, I’m just hanging for the next shark attack story.
Watching two guys in the ocean. Bob up and down waiting for the wining wave that will than be subjectived scored as per sponsor wishes isn’t as exciting as longtom and others make it out to be in real life.
Reason why the surf industry gone broke if U haven’t been paying attention?
If Mick and co are broke I’ll have some of that.
You’d have to raise the capital before you can make coin in the brewery industry bex. Sponsor or prize money won’t be enough
because its fun to laugh at people who take it serious.
Medina is surfings biggest clown not villian.
True, but I find it disappointing that said Machiavellian approach is driven by a sense of entitlement and not a sense of hunger or necessity
Only the entitled get disapointed.
Everyone’s entitled to eat
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
more exciting than a virus …
Your Warshaw comment reminded me of this dippy sport that autoplayed for me the other day
That makes surfing wave pools look like an ok spectator sport.
*..would be even more boring..
Your both right, kinda
you can say all this shit but he’s a grown man who listens to his step dad yelling at him from the beach for fucks sake
Daddy wasn’t around to help you?
Every professional athlete, team sport or individual, from Golf to soccer to motorsport, have managers, coaches, analysts giving advice, direction, support, strategy. The fact that Charlie is Medina’s stepdad and manager is almost incidental. They have a relationship that works. The fact that you are a grown man who who doesn’t get it is a little bit worse.
Relationship didn’t seem to work that well last year when he lost?
If one wave from the title is a loss
I’ll get lost.
He fucked that up all by hisself.
True.
Gabby, I thought you didn’t visit BG anymore.
Is this the dude who came last , last year?
Lo clip
Fuck yeah,about time Gabe gave us a hint to that unknown world of his.
Amazing how the fucking WSL let this one slip but obviously no positive wall can stop this one.