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Since the morning of this Sunday (23), the main problem in the streets of São Sebastião (SP) was the arrival of Gabriel Medina, 25, who would return to his hometown after winning his second title of World Surfing Circuit.
At lunchtime, some people were already waiting to go to Surfe Square, where the parade of the medina would end in an open car and a party scene.
His Sunday journey became a subject of discussion. . "He goes down by helicopter and comes from Boiçucanga to go to Maresias," said one of them. "He only goes by the beach," replied another, who was completed by a third who remembered the feast of his first world title in 2014: "He goes first to the square, then go to the end of the beach. " [19659002] This year, Medina decided to repeat the commemoration in the city that introduced it to surfing.
His grandmother, Aurora, has an on-site restaurant, called Badauê, located next to the Gabriel Medina Institute, just meters from Surfe Square. inaugurated in 2005.
From its childhood, the sand in front of the square was the second house of Medina. Hugo, 41, remembers the first waves surfed by Gabriel.
"I was older, but the kid was a phenomenon.
Medina had as great supporters his friend Cauê and his stepfather and coach until today, Charles.
" We have always put hope "As he overfed very well, the stepfather always had a vision of him," said Hugo.
Iara Moura, 74, a family friend, says that he knows Medina "from her mother's belly" and that he's been surfing with his daughter Patricia.
"To this day, we get on well with his family: mother, aunt, grandmother … They have not changed anything, they are continuing the same thing, only now, as it comes from the media, it is only safe to go in.
The fisherman Daniel spent his 69 years on the beaches of the city and remembers the young boy, Medina, who has been drinking since childhood with his friends. "It's our pride," says Laura Agnes, 17, a Maresias native and athlete from the Institute.
"It's our pride," says Laura Agnes, 17. 19659002] Murilo Moura has already come from São José to Maresias at the invitation of the Institute and declares that being able to surf next to the idol "inspires"
Lucas Oliveira, 14, is Originally from São Paulo and dream one day to compete in the World Tour.
The event, originally scheduled in the afternoon of Sunday, has been delayed.
At approximately 19:20, shortly before the arrival of Medina, who began his career in the beach near Boiçucanga, a light fall disrupted the presentation of the group Koala Joe, who entertained the audience who was waiting for the surfer.
The situation is resolved and, 15 minutes later, Medina arrives on the surf square with a rain.
The surfer was met by a human runner, made up of dozens of people, mostly young people and children. From the top of a fire truck, accompanied by the family, he heard the cries of "double champion" and "is, Gabriel", as well as requests for the triple champion in 2019.
On stage , the ceremony included statements by Sebastião; the mother of Medina, Simone, who remembered the mothers' struggle;
"It's very gratifying to be received in this way, especially in the presence of the faithful," he said. because it is there that I have always lived. I spend all year traveling, but that 's where I always come back. It's here that it all began where I have friends and family. My workouts are all here, in Maresias and Paúba are the waves on which I have most surfed.
Returning to the beach where he took his first waves, in front of the Surfing Plaza, Medina recalled, "I am only another boy from Maresias who has dreamed a lot." 19659002]
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