After three world crowns, time to make babies, says Gabriel Medina.
Only hours after marrying dancer Isabella Arantes, Gabriel Medina, who is thirty two and often feted for his raw sensuality, well-knit straight thighs and bouncing buttocks that rival even Ethan Ewing and John John Florence, is reportedly planning to step away from next year’s tour as he plans a family with his new wife.
But, first, a few new clips from his gorgeous wedding which also included BFF Neymar Jr.
Bailing from the 2027 tour is a decision, apparently, that could complicate his path to a fourth Olympic appearance in Los Angeles in 2028.
Qualification for the 2028 Games is determined primarily through the WSL rankings over a period running from August 2027 to July 2028, meaning a full season away from competition would strip him of most of the events used to determine qualifiers.
Two alternate routes for the three-time champ and Olympic bronzie.
Medina could qualify through this year’s ISA World Surfing Games in Peru, provided Brazil wins the men’s team title and he is the top-placed Brazilian. Failing that, the 2028 ISA Games will allocate seven Olympic berths to individual athletes, requiring a top-seven finish and, again, being Brazil’s highest scorer.
Medina is also said to be planning a move to São Paulo and intends to expand business investments during the time off.
The break would come after a season in which Medina remains a contender for a fourth world title.
He sits fourth in the current standings, trailing leader Leonardo Fioravanti of Italy by roughly 6,300 points, with several tuberiding events, the mighty Teahupoo and diff but just as sexy Cloudbnreak, a strength of his, and stops at venues where he has previously won still remaining on the 2026 calendar.
Medina has not publicly confirmed the sabbatical plans.
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but could still surf better than you!
Olympic surfing is so gay
Maybe he can learn to turn ?
He’s from Kingy so he will be back stronger and better than ever
You had me at “bouncy buttocks” as they sound oh so delicious.
Noooo! He can make babies on lay days (pun intended).
Imagine the strike missions. Imagine him at Skeleton Bay.
Xox
It’s funny you bring this up. I don’t think of Medina as a strike mission guy. I think we will see even less of that from him as time goes on. I kinda don’t even think of Medina as a surfer. He’s way more of an athlete than anything else. If the sport of surfing never existed I doubt Medina would have ended up a successful free surfer. Not for lack of talent obviously but for lack of desire. He seems driven only by competition to me. Could be wrong but my read is we watch him put on some weight over the 10 years and he truly settles into Brazilian celebrity. I hope he reads this and proves me wrong
100%- he don’t do free surfing missions.
happy to lord it over Mariesas, now São Paulo.
Kid wants to make proper money and keep his new bride in the fashion she is accustomed to.
I won’t miss him. Does he even do strike missions? For a bloke who was on Rip Curl for 10 plus years, he didn’t do much searching.
In bigger and brighter news though
Jessie-Myley Dyer has recently been spotted looking stylish at trendy Bondi beach, finally smiling after leaving the WSL under a cloud that was potentially not dissimilar to the one that rained on Eric ‘Eee-Low’ Logans parade.
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Was she in town for a fashion show (and keys in the bowl party) at Derek’s ?
Or has the local bakery got a special on pies this week ?
She shouldn’t be looked at as women who broke boundaries but as one that was complicit in the unraveling of professional surfing as we know it.
She Box-blocked us thrice. For that alone she deserve to be struck from the annals.
Box blocked. 7 points
Combo’ed with ‘annals’ – surely a high seven?
So with no Jon Jon and no Gabe we now have a tour with either of the current 2 best surfers in the world on it? Is there any point with it carrying on Derek? Do we all rejoice on marvelling at Sheilas across the planet showing how average they still are after years of equal pay? Do we as Jack suggests just keep not watching and keeping our opinions to ourselves? I am just numb to it all now brother
Yeah exactly.
Shut the fuck up and keep watching.
“At first ya don’t succeed…
Shut the fuck up and try again! (try again!)”
SC you ask that Q that matters. I used to go to the HB Open regularly and that hasn’t been the case for 4 years as I struggle to support inferior entertainment products. YES, the WSL, as a play toy investment for its addled owner, only serves to generates loss carryforwards to offset his advisors’ gains is no way to grow a sport. BUT Derek forces us dear readers to finish the article with bangers like “bouncy buttocks.”
Still a distant 2nd to EE in that department
Just what the world needs, more mexicans…
better than racist, pea-brained, entitled Americanos!
You realize this guy is an aussie right?
*better than racist, pea- brained, entitled Australianos!
We’re all just peas in a pod.
Exactly! Thats why there’s no room for shit-cunts!