Julian Wilson Wins Rip Curl Pro Portugal, Parkinson Retains ASP WCT Lead
Julian Wilson (AUS), 23, claimed his maiden ASP WCT win today at the Rip Curl Pro Portugal.
SUPERTUBOS, Peniche/Portugal (Friday, October 19, 2012) – Julian Wilson (AUS), 23, has claimed his maiden ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) victory today, besting a rampaging Gabriel Medina (BRA), 18, in the dying seconds of the Rip Curl Pro Portugal.
Stop No. 8 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Portugal played host to pivotal moments in the hunt for the 2012 ASP World Title as well as today’s dramatic culmination between two rising superstars.
In a re-match of the surfers’ Final bout from France last season, Medina and Wilson went blow-for-blow in today’s Final in front of a capacity crowd at Supertubos. While Medina favored a more technical approach to the heat, executing a number of progressive maneuvers, it was Wilson’s barrel sense and combination ability that ultimately tipped the heat in the final moments.
“I’m overwhelmed,” Wilson said. “I lost to Gabriel (Medina) on the buzzer last year in France and to beat him back again on the buzzer, I don’t even know how to describe the feeling. He was trying to hold onto the lead in the end there, he pretty much did what I did in the Final last year in France. He was too busy worrying about me, and that wave came in the dying moments and that was the scorer. I don’t know what to say, I’m just so happy.”
Wilson’s final wave, a multi-section barrel followed by a number of turns, came in at an 8.43 and gave the Australian the edge with no time left on the clock. Both surfers arrived to the shoreline without knowing who had won the Final.
“I felt like I got the score,” Wilson said. “Especially after my other wave that I got a 7 on, but at the same time the crowd was pretty quiet. I think there are a lot of Portuguese supporters out there. I didn’t feel that confident walking up the beach; Wilko (Matt Wilkinson) had my back but he wasn’t 100% sure. Then they just read the score out and I was so happy.”
Today’s win vaults Wilson from No. 12 to No. 6 on the ASP WCT rankings and sets him amongst the very best surfers in the world for the final leg of the 2012 season.
“My number one goal this year was to win one of these World Championship Tour events,” Wilson said. “I won Huntington, which was pretty big but it wasn’t a ‘CT so there was definitely a space left in there for me to accomplish. To win here is just unbelievable.”
Medina, who had been in devastating form throughout the entire event, held a commanding lead for the bulk of the hard-fought Final, but was unable to close the door on Wilson. The Australian’s final ride narrowly edged Medina out of collecting a third elite tour win and the young Brazilian was brief in post-event interviews.
“That was a tough heat against Julian (Wilson),” Medina said. “Unfortunately he got the score on that last wave. I had a fun run through this event and the waves were really really good.”
Today’s Runner-Up finish moves Medina from 9th to 8th on the ASP WCT rankings.
Adriano de Souza (BRA), 25, 2011 Rip Curl Pro Portugal winner, smashed through Jeremy Flores (FRA), 24, in the Quarterfinals this morning but was unable to fight back from Wilson’s early-heat blitzkrieg in the Semifinal battle.
“I feel good,” De Souza said. “A third place is an amazing result and to be in the Top 3 guys in an event is an unbelievable feeling. I’m really happy to see Medina in the Final and representing Brazil, and I’m sure our whole country is proud to see him out there. It would have been amazing to have two Brazilians in the Final but Julian (Wilson), I really have to respect him, he’s surfing amazing and he did so well in that Semifinal. Everything has connected for me these last two weeks. I was under pressure because France was not a good event for me and then to come here as the defending champ, it’s a lot of pressure.. A third is a really good result towards my goal to finish in the Top 5 in the world. Brazil and Portugal have a great connection and we’re friendly countries, the food and everything is very similar so I do feel like in my second home here.”
Today’s Equal 3rd place finish bumps De Souza from 6th to 5th on the ASP WCT rankings heading into the final two events of the season.
Joel Parkinson (AUS) 31, continued his standout performances at Supertubos this morning, besting lethal rookie John John Florence (HAW), 20, in the Quarterfinals. After a midday hold to allow the tide to readjust, Parkinson was unable to find a rhythm against Medina in the Semifinals and would have to settle for Equal 3rd at the Rip Curl Pro Portugal.
“Conditions were just terrible then,” Parkinson said. ‘This one rip went through and kind of messed it for a while and that was it. When we watched it earlier, there were barrels out there, it was kind of like before, but it seemed as soon as the tide started pushing it just turned bad. It’s a bummer, but that happens sometimes and you just have to roll with it. An Equal 3rd is good. I’m really enjoying myself. If you had told me six weeks ago that between Trestles and now, I’d have two second places and a third, I would have probably taken it instead of a 9th and all that so bring on Santa Cruz.”
Parkinson’s Equal 3rd in Peniche further solidifies his frontrunner status on the ASP WCT rankings.
Highlights from the Rip Curl Pro Portugal will be available via http://live.ripcurl.com
The next stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour will be the O’Neill Cold Water Classic in Santa Cruz, California from November 1 – 11, 2012.
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com
RIP CURL PRO PORTUGAL FINAL RESULTS:
1 – Julian Wilson (AUS) 16.26
2 – Gabriel Medina (BRA) 15.37
RIP CURL PRO PORTUGAL SEMIFINAL RESULTS:
SF 1: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 13.80 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 5.27
SF 2: Julian Wilson (AUS) 19.27 vs. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 5.90
RIP CURL PRO PORTUGAL QUARTERFINAL RESULTS:
QF 1: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 15.60 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 10.67
QF 2: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 15.07 def. John John Florence (HAW) 11.23
QF 3: Julian Wilson (AUS) 15.13 def. Owen Wright (AUS) 14.34
QF 4: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 15.57 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 9.80
RIP CURL PRO PORTUGAL REMAINING ROUND 5 RESULT:
Heat 4: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 7.34 def. Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 3.34
ASP WCT TOP 5 (After Rip Curl Pro Portugal):
1. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 52,700 pts
2. Kelly Slater (USA) 47,200 pts
3. Mick Fanning (AUS) 47,000 pts
4. John John Florence (HAW) 44,350 pts
5. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 37,650 pts
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dont you have SHAME ASP??? It’s dont matter anymore, now everybody knows that medina won!!
Acompanhei esta bateria desde seu início e imaginava que seria bateria acirrada, mas justa. Mas não foi o que ocorreu. A última onda do Julian Wilson foi realmente “valorizada”, principalmente quando comparada com as ondas de média mais altas do Gabriel. Ainda não dá para saber realmente o que aconteceu, nem quais serão as consequências disto para o futuro dos eventos da ASP. Ela deve e precisa adotar uma postura mais séria em relação ao critério de julgamento, como ocorre no futebol por exemplo, com árbitros afastados quando se envolvem em situações duvidosas, até que se opte pela culpabilidade ou inocência. Também é assim em muitos outros esportes, porque não com o surf? Se nenhuma providência for tomada, perderá a ASP, perderá o surf, além de fazer aumentar a desconfiança por parte de patrocinadores, mídia, etc. O surf não precisa passar por isto. Estamos vivendo numa era de alta tecnologia, onde é possivel a implantação de meios eficazes de controle e julgamento, amparados na realidade do surf atual. Somente assim vislumbaremos um futuro melhor para todos. O surf evolouiu muito, cabe portanto suporte digno e confiável por parte desta entidade global e que é responsável por sua condução, a ASP. Não é possivel continuar mais do jeito que está. A imagem desta entidade precisa fazer jus à sua magnífica importãncia para o esporte. Peço que tenham mais respeito com atletas, patrocinadores e todos que acompanham apaixonadamente seus eventos pelo mundo afora.
Aloha!
Jorge Jojó
Marataízes, E.S.
Wow, what a response from the surfing community. I’ve been reading the comments since JW won and at least we can say that there’s a lot of passionate surfers out there.
Some of the comments were around JW surfing an all-round better performance across the whole comp (not necessarily the last final heat).
So ASP, why not change the competition structure?
Make it almost like golf: The competition still goes over a period of 3-4 days. Each surfer surfs 2-3 sessions a day(40 mins say) to accumalate points (still top 2 waves per session). Surfers will telly up each days highest scores till the end of the comp and in the end the surfer with the most points win!!
Advantages:
1.) Less stress on judges as the times of the comp coming down to one waves is improbable
2.) More chances for the surfers so they can really give it there best shot
3.) More viewing for viewers! You can watch your favorite surfers more often!!
Can it work?
Lekka bru!
I’ve been thinking the same thing. There must be a way to score the whole event instead of elimination heats. Still, people need to cut the conspiracy stuff. It was a close heat either way. And like an judged sport, there’s a human factor. So in that sense, displaying poor sportsmanship amounts this a weak spot in your overall strategy.
No it can’t work – changing conditions will mean that different guys get different scores over a period of a couple of hours – you might get barreling waves now and in half an hour onshore slop or small surf….. it has to be judged as to who is in the heat with you at that time surfing the same conditions (tides change conditions so fast as we saw in Peniche).
What about doing it like snowboarding differnt judges for differnt criteria – and that is all they have to concentrate on……. one for style, one for degree of difficulty, one for size-qualirt and length of ride – you get my drift?
my two cents
I like your thinking BTW – rather throw possible solutions in the pot than make more of a stink……constructive!!
Well i’ve had a close look after reading all of the comments. It was very curious on the scoring so i looked at all the heats and compared all the barrels from the QF’s and what i see is that Gabriele got overscored a bit on his barrel. Joel had a similar barrel that was bigger in the heat against John John, left, and his nose kept poking out on the wave, it was so similar that i think everyone should have a look. Joel got a 6 on that wave, but Gabrielle got a 7.43 and they had the same finishing manuver. Gabby’s wave with the air reverse, 7.9 had more points added to it then his wave from Joe’s heat which was also very similar and scored at 6.80 so that score looked really good for a wave with an air which i agree with, was close to an 8.
All i can say is, that it was a very close heat and the 3 turns that Julian got after his last barrel added the extra points, but i agree not sure if it was worth an 8.4. But it was at least a 7.5. The score Julian got on the first wave i couldnt see any problem with because if you look at the barrel that Gabrielle got against Joel in the semi-finals, that was a 7.0 and it wasent that deep or big, but Julians wave in the final was big and he made it out of that close out section which was crazy. So i think that Julian won the final in any event…
What i did find though is that when i went looking back through the heats, Owen Wright got underscored on his first wave. Only a 6.17 for that barrel with a nice turn to cap it off, should have been in the 7.5 range at least? but its the first wave so maybe hard to set the scale..
anyways looked like judging was as accurate as it could be, even if you take away the overscoring and underscoring bits. Btw, Gabby’s waves were scored on the same scales as they were in the last heat.
Its a barrel contest, you get more points for the barrels. Looks like Julian won.
And if the ASP thinks that we should pay to watch this stuff next year they are smoking cr@ck… surfing should be able to be enjoyed by everyone, especially the youger generation (who have no credit cards).
The score’s criteria are different from heat to heat, you need to compare the waves in the same heat.
Yes well now they should stop saying that desouza is the claimer its julian he does it all the time.And i sound like a broken record but so does everyone else after every event its the judging system that is the let down of the tour.Example if a 10 is scored in the first minute and then the other guy gets a wave that was alot better and gets a 10 too it means that the overall scores a not realistic thats why the 2 top scores of each surfer has to be evaluated after the heat is finished.Give the surfers in the water an idea of the progress of the heat not with OFFICIAL scores during the heat but with another system.
Journalists and professionals surfers of all world are talking about this “ridiculous” fact that occurred and ASP not said nothing?! This silence is to show that a mistake was yours? The minimum was put a post of apology to the athlete! This is a international association representing professional athletes or something local that represents boys and girls?
Some very poor sportsmanship being shown by Medina and his fans regarding this contest. Once again you need to look at the history of competetive surfing, this stuff happens at every contest at some stage. Grow up Brazzo’s you are like little boys and not like men at all. Perhaps you should drop the soccer and take up rugby, it might help you become real men. Go the Wallabies!
so… to be a MAN you should lie? and do things on the wrong way?
rsrsrssrsrsrsrsrsrssr, that comment are really funny, and stupid, looks like you don’t have brain, or maybe your brain is a rugby ball, rsrsrsrsrsrssr, see you TIM, maybe in a better world, rsrsrsrssr
No Fabricio, you should take what life dishes you up like a man, and always remember that every day on planet earth 20,000+ people die of starvation!!!!!!!!!
SHAME….
While happens wrongs like that, i think we should to boycot some ASP events and also some sponsors, not just given protest. But we get it just in case of ASP not solve this shame situation. As I said before, the surf will lost, the sponsors will lost, in credibility and more. Also ASP lost too. This is i guess.
Despite my bad english, i will try to say my opinion about it. I saw a full event, mainly this final where Julian wins on hard controversy final. The last wave of Julian really was not better than anothers of Gabriel, as we can see in videos. I believe that is time to ASP looking for this problems about judgement, because will get serious problems with sponsors, midia and credibility around the world. Nowadays the surf lives best times in evolution. There are a great generation surfers now, that needs to suport by ASP. But they need a real suport, not wrongs like that in events. Not just brazilians, but even most part of the peoples from anothers countries are waiting for new days for our surfers, and all they believe in ASP. I hope ASP can to looking and pay atention in judges system, in name of sponsors and this new generation. This is only way to get better days for surf. No more shame, no more wrong! Please, Thanks!
With much respect.
Jorge Jojó
Marataízes city,
Brazil.
The professional surfers… GABS WON!!!
Twitter- joelcenteio @BrettSimpo I thought Julian’s first wave was a 6 and his last 7 points max. Gabby’s scores were on point. I thought Gabriel clearly won:)
What’s this? What a shame … Medina stole the championship. They are making the WT discredited, it’s a shame. thieves
Hey ASP!!! Are you crazy??? Gabbs won the contest…
THE FINAL WAS A BIG LOSS
LOST GABRIEL, WHO SAW THE RESULT OF A VERY GOOD JOB BEEN STOLEN FROM HIS HANDS,
LOST JULES, WHO IS A GREAT SURFER AND DOESNT REALLY NEED SUCH A HELP TO GET THERE
LOST THE SPORT, WITH THIS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DISGUSTED OF HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN ( Fred Patacchia, Ross Williams, Joel Centeio, Nate Yeomans, Kala Alexander complained about the result via tt) AND TILL NOW ANY EXPLANANTIONS FROM THE ASSOCIATION
LOST THE TOP BRANDS, LIKE FORD AND RIP CURL WHO BORROWED THE NAME FOR THIS JOKE CONTEST.
SURF NEVER GONNA BE SPORT WHILE THE ASP MONOPOLY KEEP UP.
Perfect comment!
Seems closer and closer the day that surfers will abandon the ASP tournaments and found a new association…which’s gonna be very bad for the sport…
Shame ASP, shame…
Julian Wilson is an excellent surfer. Julian Wilson is talented. Julian Wilson has stamp heartthrob. Julian Wilson supports worthy causes.
The market has clinical eye: there are many reasons to see him as a strong candidate for the idol, a vending machine. And Australians are not wrong to work to see it at the top.
Every so often, a candidate for idol takes to confirm your post. Sometimes, for one reason or another, never gets there. Imagine how many ex-future retirees by myths were not overwhelming dominance Kelly Slater in the last two decades?
It is too early to say whether Julian will become an idol, but it’s the right time to remind the world of surfing a wise phrase from Chico Science: “let the facts are facts naturally, without being forged to happen.”
The victory of Julian, on Friday, in Portugal, is the defeat of surfing competition.
The ASP has built a trap for herself. Pressed, generated a scenario so distorted around the boy Julian – and that’s not today – did not realize, at the end of yesterday, the gulf between the trial and the real world.
That battery, all lost.
Lost in the first place, Gabriel Medina, who had usurped the title unkindly. Gabriel’s reaction, on the podium, can be interpreted as a sign of immaturity, as if to say “get used to losing form questionable, so is the ASP.”
But his sincerity juvenile, naive, and is a weapon both against this fragile house of cards. The organization, sponsors, nobody expected that Medina would appear, on the podium, their dissatisfaction with the result. The surf need sincericidas.
Julian Wilson also lost. Although he left with the cup, he consolidates unwittingly athlete’s image with notes grossly turbocharged by the market. And, between us, the Australian does not need it. Is still capable, yes, to be the idol that the market expects.
But the successive “overscores” have done evil to the Australian. Although it is capable of high-risk maneuvers, he has taken a notably conservative stance on some key waves, as the last of Portugal, relying on trial benevolent.
Lost also the sport. The boundaries of the surf are not always bounded by clipping countries. The boy Medina, for example, is an idol world, especially for new generations uncontaminated by vice prejudice. Small fans of all languages - not just English – twisted nose for the champion.
A significant portion of Americans, Europeans, Australians and even lamented in websites and social networks, the path taken by the surfing competition. Until journalists aussies, as the renowned Tim Baker, went public on Twitter: “I can not explain why, but Gab was stolen. The two waves of it are clearly better than those of JW. ”
Lost, and much, ASP. The results conclusively exposes trends and weaknesses of the organization, besides playing excessive spotlight on judges, who are prone to error and, until proven otherwise, try to be correct. I sincerely believe that they try to hit.
When constructing a scenario so unfavorable to Brazil, before an Australian, the organization still sees the rebirth idea of prejudice and unwittingly encourages the rift between the world’s dominant surf and the “brazzos” without really knowing what it loses with it.
Should not move forward with this strategy. Brazil is already today one of the most important markets in the world of surf. A growing country, a scenario redesign of the global economy. What this market, with its invisible hand regulator, should take this into account when balancing their weights.
On Friday, the ASP sites like Surfline and suffered an avalanche of outrage Brazil and other countries with the result. The demonstrators came to create, on Facebook, a page of protest called “Gabriel Medina stolen by ASP”, which until Saturday afternoon had more than four thousand followers.
The protests also spread among surfers. “I just vomit. I am disgusted, “wrote Fred Patacchia on Twitter shortly after the final. Ross Williams, Joel Rye, Nate Yeomans, Kala Alexander, among others, also publicly disagreed with the outcome.
Many people, however, noticed the deafening silence of some tops, especially those that manifest themselves as heralds of justice in similar occasions.
What the world – or at least most of it – whether it is simple: there is a fair game, great stories, real idols, real disputes.
In the end, no matter the country, sponsorship, color, race. Just surfing.
He spoke all … the only culprit is the ASP judges and found no explanation so far. As for Julian he need not even that, just the victories on the circuit will happen naturally. As for Medina, sinned on the podium but it sure will be the number 1.
Get a life dude! Surfing has always had biased judging, just look at much of Kelly’s history with many heats he should have lost. The big companies pay everybodies wages and so want their surfers to be represented, its called business.Stop whining Brazilians, this has been going on for years. Any of you ever heard of Cheyne Horan, the 4 times runner up and too progressive to be given the title?
So Tim, what u saying is that surfing is not about surf, its about business and u r used to that. And us who love surfing should dont care about this shits happening at a surf world tour… Its really sad my friend…
What I am saying is that professional surfing provides an income to a tiny percentage of the surfers out there and it is controlled by the big 3, known among those who have studied this stuff as “surfing capital”. My point is that its a sport, and thats all, a professional sport, so the dollar rules. I am not that keen on professional surfing as it has led to a massive increase in numbers in the waves over the last 30 years that i have witnessed. And more importantly it has changed the culture of surfing. Now we have the highly paid privelidged few carrying on like idiots over a 30 minute surfing contest heat. how lame! Once upon a time we were all mates hanging on the beach and going surfing together…..Hardly progress, I wish surfing was not so fashionable.
I have no problem with the outcome of that final. Scores could have been closer, even to Medina’s advantage, but no problem for mé.
I do think that there is a problem in the way some surfer’s + their fans are trying to put pressure on the judges and asp through claims and mail/comment s**tstorms. There should be sanctions for that. Medina’s post final behavior was not ok.
Unfortunatelly for our sport – in some events the guy elected by the judges (or ASP) will be the winner ( money, sponsor?) despite what happen in the heat. I saw in the past some stolen results (not mistakes) – We saw in the past – Occy, Kelly, Mick, Desouza (in the Brazillians contest) won heats only for the judges. It is terrible for the contenders. It is terrible for the winner and it is terrible for us who love watching too. I dont know who is the responsible for this but what they are doing is destroying surf competition. If I was a event sponsor I quit sponsorship. Maybe Rob Machado, Dane, Fabio Silva among others are in the right way.
Agree or disagree with the ASP judges, there is no room in professional sports for poor sportsmanship. Gabriel should publicly congratulate Julian, and then publicly apologize to Julian, Rip Curl, the ASP, and surf fans all over the world for his behavior post Rip Curl Pro Portugal. True champions do not behave the way Gabriel did.
After reviewing the valid waves of the heat, it is obvious there was at least a mistake in the criteria used for the finals. it is very very obvious that JW’s last wave was not worth more than 8 points. However, was it worth a 7.55 ? maybe. something went very very wrong. if this all has some sort of greater agenda behind is not up to us to say. what is very strange to see is how ASP press release streches and distorts what we really see. JW’s wave was definitly not a multi section tube. And his efforts to build up his score once he was out of the tube were very weak. Don’t forget that the world is seeing this happen, live action, transmitted all around the planet. we can review the entire heat days after the event. there is no more space for this type of misjudgement or misinformation. there can be a misinterpretation on the size of a wave or on the quality of a manouever. maybe one judge misinterprets a wave (reason why there were 5 judges). However not like what we saw in Peniche. I truly do not believe JW would have wanted this type of victory in his biography. it is a demerit to the quality of his surfing and nor does JW nor does GM deserve such a blatant error to their careers. ASP must open their eyes to what is happening. Something does not smell very good in the surfing world today. When judges lose track of what their responsability is, what their significance is to this sport, what being a JUDGE means, all is placed at risk. I just hope the whole entity does not go berzerk with these parallel realities and polarization. The argument around the subjectivity of evaluating surfing goes only so far. When even laymen can see something isn’t quite right, that is the time to call a stop to it all.
“Eu estava assistindo a um campeonato diferente? Tenho certeza de que Medina venceu. Julian Wilson deveria dar seu troféu a Medina”, escreveu o havaiano Kala Alexander no Twitter.
“Gabriel Medina derrotou Julian Wilson por uns dois pontos”, criticou o ex-top da elite mundial Ross Williams.
“7.47 para Gabriel está errado. Foi o melhor tubo e a melhor onda da bateria. Deveria ter sido um 8.50 ou mais, na minha opinião”, escreveu o top Fred Patacchia.
“Acho que a primeira onda de Julian era um 6 e sua última 7, no máximo. As notas de Gabby (Medina) estavam corretas. Gabriel claramente venceu”, opinou Joel Centeio, campeão do ISA Junior no Brasil, em 2002.
“Concordo em relação à primeira onda de Juian. Não era mais que 6.5. Eles adoram um fim heróico”, respondeu o top Brett Simpson a Joel.
“Gabriel foi roubado”, disparou o jornalista australiano Tim Baker.
“7.47 para Gabriel está errado. Foi o melhor tubo e a melhor onda da bateria. Deveria ter sido um 8.50 ou mais, na minha opinião”, escreveu o top Fred Patacchia.
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poorsports- If you cry like a little b**ch you should be banned from surfing. I am glad they finally stop giving 9 points for a dumb ass overated reverse air. Lets ses some big straight air tweeked out stalefish or rail grabs. What, What, What
Don´t you Know ?
Now “THE” big thing are foamed Barrels … and save “clicks” on the wave … yeawwww
Crap.
Ask Kelly Slater (the best of all time) about his dumb ass overated airs…. u are just a stupid gringo with no hope.
Mate, how about the 9 something, for the very same manouver on the semi, for Julian?
Why air reverse, deserves 9 when they are from an aussie, and gets a 7 if is a brasilian guy? Can you explain this?
In my humble opinion what we saw today at the final in Peniche was a huge mistake by the judges … ok, they are humans and can fail sometimes, but like it was today it´s at least unprofessional and unaccetable for an event watched through the web by hundreds of people (90% surfers) all over the world. I rather think that that was just a human fail… and that´s part of the game… for an ASP, a shame anyway… congratulations Medina, you were the champion today, no doubt about it.
The bad sportsmanship from the Brazzo supporters is breathtaking, the guy lost, you morons get caught up in Medina’s tricks, thinking any air trick has to be a massive score. Shows what kooks you are. At the end of the day the Harlem Globe Trotters will not beat the LA Lakers.
As a brazilian I am ashamed of how many of us are reacting to this. Although I didn´t agree with the results.
Thinking that we are all idiots who only care about brazilian surfers winning is also arrogant from you.
Some fans are really competitive and care a lot about the surfers nationality.
I´d rather cheer for a surfer whose surf and personality I like, coming from place A or B doensn´t make you better or worse.
My vote is for all asp Brasilian surfers to boycot the rest of the years asp events in protest to the poor judging, that may leave the door wide open for parko go parko
Point 1: Julian Wilson did not judge the heat.
Point 2: DeSouza & Medina did not shake Wilsons hand after the heat when he offered it. SHAME..
Conclusion: Brazillians are happy when it goes there way ( such as DeSouza in Rio ) then cry like babies and hate on everyone when it doesn’t go there way.
It was a close heat it could have gone either way.
Hey … don´t lie boy.
Watch the review … even before the podium, Adriano and Medina´s Dad congrats Julian.
And one more thing….Maybe the Brazilians got short changed for claiming every single wave and having a riot on the beach every time one of their countrymen make a heat.
You guys ever hear about a little thing called humility or grace?
I find it highly annoying that every time any of these guys pull out of a wave, they are pointing at the judges, self-congratulating themselves, or just acting like a bunch of thirteen year olds out there in the water….really outrageous and obnoxious.
Hey “not so smart boy”
Check the STAB forum or SURFER mag … 95% of the americans and australians nows.
By the way … Adriano now have a serius competitor in the “claim contest” … Julian 8,43 – He claim after a small foamed barrel and a huge “give that” after a soft and save click to finish the wave.
Problably the worst claim of the year.
You people can bitch and complain all you want. The fact is, people get robbed in the ASP contests from time to time….Case in point: Kelly vs. Mick at Bell’s. Kelly pulled out of his move and earned, I believe, an eight-something, while Mick attempted to do the same finishing maneuver, fell off, and was awarded with a nine-something.
Quit crying about Medina getting jacked, realize it is part of the game, and let’s see Kelly stomp Medina’s and every one else’s tail at Pipeline for a 2012 championship.
Stop crying Brazil, it’s not like Julian got an 8 for a floater.
You’re right, it’s worse: he got an 8 for nothing…
MEDINA WON
ASP Politricks
Great job to both surfers! It was a very close final, although Julian Wilson’s last wave had a critical drop, a solid barrel, a lip smack, a man carve, and a finishing off-the-lip. If you look at the history of the sport, an wide array of combination maneuvers adds up the points.
I am completely over how badly the Brazilian surfers are all acting about Medina losing. It just makes people from your country look like total kooks. If a Brazilian wins you all freak out claiming, “Brazil number one!!!.” If a Brazilian loses you all cry like little babies and use foul language. Do you see Americans or Australians claiming their country is #1? We all from the same ocean. The way you are acting is retarded, arrogant and racist.
Solid barrel??? Man carve??? Man, what have you been smoking?
Oh, OK…”Hi, my name is Andre:)…and I am cool!”
8.4 for a little shampoo and a couple of clicks to the beach that even my little sister is able to do. This is what you expect us to pay to watch next year?? I predict it’s the end of ASP and competitive surfing… too bad.
I never thought I could feel ashamed to be a surfer… today I felt that because the sport I love is a real mess run by people who have no shame!!! SHAME!!!!!!!!!
CONGRATS MEDINA !! YOU WON !!
don’t surf then too many people surf these days anyway so one less would be great
I´m gonna surf more and more, I live 100m of a perfect wave… What I´m gonna do is not see any more this fake competition and lose my time!! Nice waves for you too!!
You are a bunch of crooks with no shame on you faces, this rip off was the proof that you have no credibility. Prejudice is a crime!
Perry Hatchet was the bext judge they ever had and they sacked hi, At least he controlled the judges and would not allow a mistake like that
Unbelivable ! I have no words tão describe what happened.
Yeah I thought Gabriel won. Julian’s waves overscored IMO especially his last wave.
I Think the best surfer won, Congrats Julian. Sure it was close however if you are claiming it was rigged or that Medina was robbed you are either just sore losers or you don’t understand the subtleties of the judging criteria. They stopped throwing 8′s at any old air reverse at the beginning of the year and are instead now dissecting the airs for there power and degree of difficulty and are also rewarding power and old school rail work which is the way it should be. I’m guessing none of you whingers are professional judges so stick to your day jobs and get over it. Julian won.
I also think that Medina won, but I don’t think that Julian’s second wave was over scored, I think the first one was. A 7.8 on that bull**** barrel!! He only got that because it was in the beginning of the heat and until then we hadn’t seen any barrels. But to me Medina won. I don’t think that is nothing to do with nike or judges favoring anyone, I just think is hard to judge surfing. Some like what Slater does and others like what Mick does. Is that simple. ASP please whatch out for those first wave scores, you can not start with a top score because you just don’t know what is coming next, unless it is a great barrel or a out of this world air. Those that Julian did against Adriano diserved those scores. Whatch out also with overscoring Kelly and John John. Don’t take me wrong, Kelly is my favorite surfer, but he does gets sverscored on the first waves. Congrats to both Medina and Julian. But I will repeat “Medina is the winner”!!!!!!
Well Done Julian. That was a close final. Calm down everyone, the judges took their time and got it right. Medina bad luck and I’m sure you learnt a bit about priority in the last few minutes of a heat. Slater is the master of how to surf a heat.
don’t shame us and our intelligence ASP!
Completely stolen, I will never watch this event !!!!!!
stop crying Brz’s!! he lost the final. just cause he was the stand out of the event, doesn’t mean he is the best in the final. happens all the time. take on the chin!!!
First: I´m not brazilian. And you: Are you blind? Or you started to surf 1 year ago? Or you are from Julian´s family?
I GOT TO SAY
THE LAST WAVE FROM JULIAN WAS TOO OVERRATED!!!!
ASP criteria SUCKS!!!
althoght both surfers have an amazing talent!!
hahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahah. Good On you Julian congratulations on your first win on the WCT don’t let anyone tell you other wise, the hooter has blown your were the stand out surfer of the event worked hard and came away with the win! well done
So sick of all the crybaby poor losers (Portuguese)….and they wonder why they arent liked in the surf world.
MANINGAYSUIT, ITS NOT ABOUT FASHION….IT IS ABOUT SURFING. GET LOST YOU KOOK.
Bernardo you say fashion??? I didn’t mention anything about fashion, and go look in the mirror and you’ll see the biggest kook
SHAME ON YOU ASP. Medina won that heat you ….
NOPE
Now it’s official. Everyone talks about the king of the claim being Adriano. But it’s not.
It’s Julian Wilson. Every wave is claimed by this guy. And you can’t claim your way to victory, or
apparently you can. That last wasv was a 5.0 at best!! Medina, whether you like the Brazzo or not got
robbed at gunpoint folks. Plain & simple. Personally I don’t care for either of the kooks.
But he got robbed! Look at Jordy’s tweet. Says it ALL!!!!!!
and what Medina looks to the beach or judges tower everytime he finishes a wave!! is this not a claim????
Just ask desouza. He got an 8 for a floater in the final at brazil! or was it for the claim????
MEDINA, keep calm… You were the real winner!
Medina won that heat. His waves were by far better. Julian’s barrels were not as pretty nor as critical. It must be a tough job judging surfing, but the majority would agree that Gabriel should have won that heat. He was the better surfer in my opinion.
Shame on you !!!!! Renato Hickel , you should protest !!!!!!!!!!! SHAME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s pretty sad to see racial undertones emerging here – Brazilians vs Americans/Australians or latinos vs gringos. Don’t go down that negative racist road. That final was a hard one to call, both surfers are exceptional and just as progressive and as talented as each other. Sometimes judges get it wrong, but that’s sport, the refs are human and make mistakes in every sport so no point whinging about it. As for whether the ASP have a political agenda to keep Brazilians from winning, well that’s a while different argument, personally I don’t think they’re that paranoid about the Brazilians taking over. Hopefully they just want to see the best surfer crowned world champ. I would ask the question, if Slater wins four events this year and still comes runner up to Parkinson who wins none (this is possible), has the best surfer won the title?
WCT TOUR’s Judges failed with Medina!! It is a shame for your tour!
Last wave of Julian’s score was for 6.70 !! What’s up ASP?? Money? Sponsor??
Congratulations Medina !!
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Medina acted like a spoiled rich kid when he lost. He needs to know how to lose gracefully. I just watched the final again and it was quite close. I would have had Medina winning but not by much. I’ve seen much worse results handed out by adjudicators in sport. Move on.