Stab Magazine | Heat Redux: De Souza vs Medina (episode 1)
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Heat Redux: De Souza vs Medina (episode 1)

Red Bull’s new series, Heat Redux, deconstructs the best heats of the year with much detail from the surfers, their coaches, their team managers and the commentators. The heats might be old news by internet standards, but it’s a fresh angle. This series gives you the chance to re-watch and reform your opinions on who […]

cinema // Mar 8, 2016
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Red Bull’s new series, Heat Redux, deconstructs the best heats of the year with much detail from the surfers, their coaches, their team managers and the commentators. The heats might be old news by internet standards, but it’s a fresh angle. This series gives you the chance to re-watch and reform your opinions on who should’ve come out on top.

Today we look at the the Billabong Pro, Rio semifinal that starred Adriano De Souza and Gabriel Medina. The question is… who should’ve won this heat? Wethinks the goofyfooter with the brill air game, but who are we to make the call?

 

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