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Brazilian World Champs Decimate Bukit

Italo + Gabe trade blows.

elsewhere // Sep 15, 2024
Words by Ethan Davis
Reading Time: < 1 minute

“It was just a normal level of attention for us Brazilian surfers as young amateurs,” Challenger Series surfer Mateus Herdy recalled in a recent Stab interview.

“Then Gabriel Medina came along…” 

Here’s two Brazilian World Champs decimating Bukit in their off-season. Gabby looks like the best surfer in the world. How he didn’t get a Final 5 finish is mind-boggling. Italo… he looks rabid.

Ferreira is 7-4 to Gabe in head to heads on the CT — How would you tip the scales based on this freesurfing footy?

Rhetorical question.

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