Watch: Gabs warming up at Newcastle

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Dark skies, brown water, sloppy waves, dreamy conditions they ain't, but for Gabriel Medina anything's better than another damn game of Playstation.

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walkar Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 9:24am

Painful. As unappealing to watch as ever.

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david de Figueiredo Sunday, 28 Mar 2021 at 7:11pm

Why?

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hoody Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 9:25am

Told ya they should have held it at Middleton! At least its a "point break". Plus the water is a better shade of brown.

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spaceman Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 9:27am

Inspirational stuff! So pumped.

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stunet Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 9:28am

Though it's still a while off, the opening days of the Newy Pro aren't looking too flash on the forey either.

Though, hopefully, the rain may stop before then.

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Barrel Daithwaite Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 9:52am

I’m sometimes more impressed by what they can do in these kinda waves than at a perfect 6ft point break

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freeride76 Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 10:01am

looks like a qu-ey comp coming up.

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Blowin Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 10:32am

Reactions to that turn at 1:05 :

1981 and previous- FBI would kidnap the surfer and subject them to invasive tests under the logical assumption that they were an alien life form capable of impossible feats.

1991- People would be stunned. News would feature clip on endless rotation. Immediately granted the title of undisputed best surfer in world history.

2001-Finishing move in the starring role in a surf movie.

2011- Head turning but a dozen people in the world can complete so not outrageous.

2021- Meh. Literally hasn’t rated a mention from the commentariat on a throwaway internet clip. Crew more likely to remark on colour of the water.

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freeride76 Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 10:51am

Reaction to the clip 2021.

I made it about a minute and a half in before switching off and I'm a massive Medina fan.

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Blowin Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 10:53am

Same. That’s my point.

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Ben Harding Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 2:33pm

Great article on BG btw. Completely agree on his "wave of truth," comment being a particularly beautiful translation. The fact that it came from someone who always steps up and absolutely charges when it gets seriously heavy made it even more poetic. A company man he is not, which makes him all the more enigmatic. Good luck to him I say, gonna be an interesting year.

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wbat Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 11:24pm

Who is BG?

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zenagain Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 11:57pm

Bill Gates?

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Ben Harding Wednesday, 24 Mar 2021 at 12:01am

Beachgrit. An article by Freeride on Beachgrit.

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icandig Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 10:58am

Funny - I went through and the only turn I immediately re-watched was the cutback / s turn directly after that turn. I thought it was more interesting than the air - and it just looked 'nice.'

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Bustard Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 11:14am

I was down there watching him from the carpark and left....

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Fatso Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 10:39am

Ahhh, takes me back to whatever it was called in the '80's before they realised the waves at a surf comp were actually important

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savanova Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 10:58am

Is that another dance floor filler from DJ Tim Bonython?

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OHV500 Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 11:43am

Jeez - hard crowd - wish I could surf like that in those conditions.

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zenagain Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 12:34pm

Agreed. Tough crowd. Tore that shitty beachy to pieces.

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icandig Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 12:56pm

Fair call. Just a little sama sama. Not enough tidak sama.

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Roadkill Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 1:35pm

They are all jealous, so it’s easy to whinge.

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memlasurf Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 2:28pm

Was great surfing but after the diet of JJF in Hawaii and Josh in Indo, was all a bit pump, pump turn, air, paddle in. Waves were awful and that water needs to be tested for ecoli.

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Westofthelake Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 6:23pm

To be fair as above, Medina is bloody good at creating something out of nothing.
Haha memla. If we're going test the water in Newcastle for ecoli, we might as well check the rest of NSW while we're at it!

If the stars would just align...

mbay87

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lost Wednesday, 24 Mar 2021 at 11:20am

Agreed. I was think the average surfing in NSW just went up a notch. That's condition I'd pass on every day - great to see him out in it and ripping.

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Sheep go to heaven Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 12:07pm

2 weeks in quarantine with his new missus hasn't slowed him up too much :)

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Roadkill Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 1:37pm

No Aussie will come close to worrying him in the next few years.

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Surfalot67 Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 6:17pm

Not if the WSL have anything to do with it...

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Surfalot67 Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 5:00pm

Wow, captain poo stance right at home in Australia's Rio. That was a whole lot of nothing, an incomplete hail mary is just that. Better to watch the groms at Dbah every morning...

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Sprout Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 6:04pm

Incredibly good surfer. Incredible lack of style. The poo stance continues...

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t-diddy Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 7:29pm

wake me up when they get to the box or north point

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.cylinders Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021 at 9:24pm

I only made it as far as the comment section...

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lilas Wednesday, 24 Mar 2021 at 6:03am

That was as possibly the most uninspiring surfing I have ever seen from ol' Gabs. The waves were really bad, but he usually does something to make you go wow rather than turn off or fall asleep.

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frog Wednesday, 24 Mar 2021 at 6:50am

Weeze been spoiled by Dane Reynolds clips who surfs twice as fast and thrice as flash.

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udo Wednesday, 24 Mar 2021 at 9:33am

JJF spotted on Northern beaches yesterday practising that off the top Hack .

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sneakerset Wednesday, 24 Mar 2021 at 10:53am

Looks like first week of the WSL Newcastle pro will be 1 foot and pumping.
A bit of a step down for the pros after the Pipe event.

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Hoodie Wednesday, 24 Mar 2021 at 7:10pm

Sure ain't Bells

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frog Thursday, 25 Mar 2021 at 12:29pm

The still shot on the video link is a great capture of his new patented "inverted reverse squat poo" move. Perfected in the less than sanitary beach bogs of Brazil when he forgets his thongs. Run in, do the move, hope the emission drops in the hole and out again without touching the unclean floor.

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OHBILLY Thursday, 25 Mar 2021 at 5:24pm

I think if the clip included some of the locals there would be a comparison to judge his surfing...

He bloody rips and there is no one on this thread that could even come close.