{"id":26358,"date":"2011-11-07T13:58:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T21:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=26358"},"modified":"2011-11-08T11:44:47","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T19:44:47","slug":"gabriel-medina-finds-a-win-at-rip-curl-search-sf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=26358","title":{"rendered":"Gabriel Medina Finds A Win At Rip Curl Search SF"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"110711<\/a>
\nClick here for our Rip Curl Pro Search SF Photo Gallery<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Gabriel Medina<\/strong>, 17, kicked the canes out from under some of the oldest guys on the ASP tour on Monday, November 7, 2011 at the Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco<\/a><\/strong>. He took Kelly Slater<\/strong> in the Quarterfinals, knocked out Taylor Knox<\/strong> in the Semifinals, and dominated Joel Parkinson<\/strong> in the Finals in front of a beach filled with NorCal surf fans. When the youngest Brazilian was done there wasn’t a tour vet left standing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been incredible,\u201d Medina said. \u201cThis is my second World Tour win and it has been great. I\u2019m having fun on the Tour. I don\u2019t know what I did out there, I just try to go big and it was great to have a final with Parko (Joel Parkinson). He is one of my favorite surfers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We’re guessing there will be many more wins in Medina’s future. Click here for the photo gallery<\/a><\/strong>, or follow the jump for the official word from the ASP.\"110711<\/a><\/p>\n

OCEAN BEACH, San Francisco\/California (Monday, November 7, 2011) \u2013 Gabriel Medina (BRA), 17, has won the Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco, defeating Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, in firing three-to-five foot waves at Ocean Beach to secure his second elite ASP World Tour victory this season.<\/p>\n

Stop No. 10 of 11 on the men\u2019s ASP World Title Race, the Rip Curl Pro Search saw Kelly Slater (USA), 39, officially secure his 11th ASP World Title yesterday while several surfers looking to secure a result prior to the ASP Top 34 end of year rotation put in stellar performances.<\/p>\n

Medina, who joined the ASP Top 34 after the midyear rotation, has been in amazing form thus far, winning two events after competing in just four as an official member of the 2011 roster. The highly-touted Brazilian wasted little time in his Final campaign against Parkinson, belting a 7.50 and a 9.00, both out of 10, in the opening minutes with critical backhand blasts and controlled the heat throughout its entirety.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been incredible,\u201d Medina said. \u201cThis is my second World Tour win and it has been great. I\u2019m having fun on the Tour. I don\u2019t know what I did out there, I just try to go big and it was great to have a final with Parko (Joel Parkinson). He is one of my favorite surfers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Medina\u2019s run on the Final day of competition was nothing short of amazing, as he took the day\u2019s highest heat total of 17.33, out of 20, while defeating freshly crowned 11-Time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 39, and Taylor Knox (USA), 40, before topping the Stylish Australian in the Final.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel good and confident and I\u2019m really happy,\u201d Medina said after his Semifinals heat win. \u201cIt was hard with Taylor (Knox) and Kelly (Slater) and I\u2019m just stoked. That was a tough heat and I knew it\u2019d be hard. I just got my last wave and it saved me. Conditions are kind of fun, it\u2019s cold, but it\u2019s really fun and I just tried my best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parkinson quietly navigated through the opening rounds of competition, but lit up the high-performance beachbreak conditions on the final day, threading several technical barrels and unloading his patented carves en route to the Final, but was unable to put a stop to Medina and finished runner-up overall.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would have been nice to have won that won but I couldn\u2019t find a wave out there,\u201d Parkinson said. \u201cGabriel (Medina) has been absolutely ripping this whole event and congratulations to him. He\u2019s got a huge future and I\u2019m excited to watch him over the next few years. I just want to thank everyone here in San Francisco, it\u2019s been amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor Knox (USA), 40, was impressive in the powerful beachbreak conditions on offer at Ocean Beach, besting high-flying Brazilian Miguel Pupo (BRA), 19, veteran Australian Kieren Perrow (AUS), 34, and Bede Durbidge (AUS), 28, to match his season-best result of an equal 3rd place finish after he fell to Medina in the Semifinals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy to be in the Semifinals and be one of the last four standing,\u201d Knox said. \u201cI\u2019ve really felt like my consistency finally came around, at age 40. I\u2019ve been finding my zone and having fun and been enjoying the city and surfing as well and enjoying the culture a little.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alejo Muniz (BRA), 21, 2011 ASP Dream Tour rookie, matched his best result of the year today, cracking the Semifinals for the third time this season. The young South American blitzed an in-form Brett Simpson (USA), 26, in the Quarterfinals before going down to Parkinson in the Semifinals despite vaulting some solid aerials.<\/p>\n

“I’m frustrated to not make the Final again,” Muniz said. “I feel like my surfing is there and I’m ready but it didn’t happen again. It’s okay. This is another good result for me and Joel (Parkinson) was surfing very well. I still have a lot to learn but I know I will keep improving.”<\/p>\n

Slater fought hard in his Quarterfinals matchup against young Brazilian Gabriel Medina, but was unable to find the score needed to advance out of the heat and is now changing his focus towards the final stop on the ASP World Tour at the iconic Banzai Pipeline.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point I\u2019m just going to be focused on Pipe,\u201d Slater said. \u201cI\u2019d love to win Pipe. Every year Phil Roberts makes an amazing trophy. Gerry Lopez shapes it and Jeff Divine puts a photo on it and Phil Roberts paints it up. In my eyes that\u2019s the prized possession in surfing. It\u2019s really a piece of surf history. I won three years ago, but two years ago Taj (Burrow) got me and last year I gave Jeremy (Flores) that wave and I didn\u2019t get the chance to make that Final. It\u2019s exciting to have that chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco highlights can be found at www.live.ripcurl.com<\/p>\n

The next and final stop on the 2011 ASP World Tour will be the Billabong Pipe Masters, which unfolds from December 8 through 20, 2011. For additional ASP information log on to www.aspworldtour.com<\/p>\n

RIP CURL PRO SEARCH SAN FRANCISCO FINAL RESULTS:
\n1 \u2013 Gabriel Medina (BRA) 16.50
\n2 \u2013 Joel Parkinson (AUS) 10.90<\/p>\n

RIP CURL PRO SEARCH SAN FRANCISCO SEMIFINALS RESULTS:
\nSF 1: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 17.33 def. Taylor Knox (USA) 14.27
\nSF 2: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 14.97 def. Alejo Muniz (BRA) 14.34<\/p>\n

RIP CURL PRO SEARCH SAN FRANCISCO QUARTERFINALS RESULTS:
\nQF 1: Taylor Knox (USA) 14.96 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 12.83
\nQF 2: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 14.50 def. Kelly Slater (USA) 11.10
\nQF 3: Alejo Muniz (BRA) 13.83 def. Brett Simpson (USA) 11.83
\nQF 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 16.76 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 10.93<\/p>\n

RIP CURL PRO SEARCH SAN FRANCISCO ROUND 5 RESULTS:
\nHeat 1: Taylor Knox (USA) 14.67 def. Miguel Pupo (BRA) 12.83
\nHeat 2: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 13.93 def. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 13.70
\nHeat 3: Brett Simpson (USA) adv. Patrick Gudauskas (USA) *Gudauskas withdraws due to injury
\nHeat 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 11.60 def. Owen Wright (AUS) 6.40<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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