Gabriel Medina's champagne shower. Photo: ASP/Cestari
Gabriel Medina defeated Joel Parkinson at the Rip Curl Pro Search in San Francisco today. His win at Ocean Beach is his second elite ASP World Tour victory this season.
In three to five foot waves, Medina dispatched Parkinson with two early scores of 7.50 and 9.00. In his heat with Kelly Slater, the newly crowned ASP World Champion, Medina worked his way to the day’s highest heat total, a 17.33.
Medina took out a number of the old guard on his way to the win, including Parko, Slater, and Taylor Knox.
The event saw Kelly Slater crowned World Champion, then due to a mathematical error, it was stripped, only to be replaced after one more heat win.
RIP CURL PRO SEARCH SAN FRANCISCO FINAL RESULTS:
1 – Gabriel Medina (BRA) 16.50
2 – Joel Parkinson (AUS) 10.90
RIP CURL PRO SEARCH SAN FRANCISCO SEMIFINALS RESULTS:
SF 1: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 17.33 def. Taylor Knox (USA) 14.27
SF 2: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 14.97 def. Alejo Muniz (BRA) 14.34
RIP CURL PRO SEARCH SAN FRANCISCO QUARTERFINALS RESULTS:
QF 1: Taylor Knox (USA) 14.96 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 12.83
QF 2: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 14.50 def. Kelly Slater (USA) 11.10
QF 3: Alejo Muniz (BRA) 13.83 def. Brett Simpson (USA) 11.83
QF 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 16.76 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 10.93
RIP CURL PRO SEARCH SAN FRANCISCO ROUND 5 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Taylor Knox (USA) 14.67 def. Miguel Pupo (BRA) 12.83
Heat 2: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 13.93 def. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 13.70
Heat 3: Brett Simpson (USA) adv. Patrick Gudauskas (USA) *Gudauskas withdraws due to injury
Heat 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 11.60 def. Owen Wright (AUS) 6.40
