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Brazil: Gabriel Medina and Caio Ibelli go to the European final!!!

2009-05-06
15:09

Brazil: Gabriel Medina and Caio Ibelli go to the European final!!!

 
Stop 1 of Quiksilver King of the Groms Brazil/South America finished this Sunday May 3rd with waves around 2'to 4' at Arpoador Beach in a beautiful sunny day and excellent crowd watching the finals.Quik ISA 09 U16 runner up Gabriel Medina beat Jesse Mendes (Quik ISA 09 U16 4th place) at man-a-man Final.  Both surfers had outstanding performances before getting to the final.Medina had the best wave (9,70) and best score (18,40) of the event at previous rounds, while Mendes had 2nd best wave (9,50) and 2nd best score (16,75).


Results :
1. Gabriel Medina
2. Jesse Mendes
3. Sudney Guimaraes / Joao Paulo Zampier

 

Stop 2 of Quiksilver King of the Groms Brazil/South America finished this Sunday May 31st at Itamambuca Beach in excellent waves around 4'to 5', high performance surfing and beautiful sunny day.
Caio Ibelli beat Jesse Mendes at man-a-man Final. Both surfers were ripping through the event, and Caio took the best offered in the final, taking early lead with 7,75 wave. Jesse answered with 7,50. Ibelli's surfing was really fitting to the conditions and he scored a 7,90 wave in the middle of 30 minute final. Mendes tried to hit back, but his 7,05 wasn't enough. Caio had the best wave (9,90) and best score (16,15) of the event at semi final, while Mendes had 2nd best wave (9,50).

 

Results :
1. Caio Ibelli
2. Jesse Mendes
3. Victor Valentim / Filipe Toledo