While Gabriel Medina was always going to be a technical aerial genius, his fearlessness and precision at some of the tour’s heaviest waves like Teahupoo or Pipeline is what has always set him apart. Gabe won the Tahiti Pro for the first time in 2014, at 20, against Kelly Slater, the winningest surfer ever at Teahupo’o. The win established Gabe as one of his generation’s most gifted all conditions surfers, and smoothly paved the way to his first World Title that year. The 3x WSL World Champion has been a perennially consistent standout at Teahupoo, making the final in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023, and winning the event again in 2018. #OlympicSurfing