After the world title, Medina closes the year with an unprecedented victory in Hawaii: "It's different from everything" | surfing world

– Masters Pipe is different from everything. I worked very hard to achieve it. I am really happy. It was a nice final. Julian is a very difficult competitor. In the final, we were going to beat who was the best and me and he did a "freesurf". He had already won me here before, and now I have won from him. The sensation is very good. said Gabriel.

The first wave of the final was a modest 3.17 by Julian Wilson, the enemy of Medina in the 2014 decision. The yellow jersey, in turn, responded to his best style. Taking advantage of a tube left, he found a wave of 8.43, followed by a 6.17, which gave him the advantage.

Unshakeable, the Australian performs a spectacular aerial and returns to the dispute with a 7.93. Shortly thereafter, Wilson advanced thanks to a wave of 8.77. Without losing his confidence, Gabriel went to his best wave on the drums, the same 8.77 from the Australian. Needing 8.43, Julian still lives Gabriel sounding a wave of 9.57. It does not even matter to the world number one, who was once again behind the Paulista de Maresias.

Round 4
1. Conner Coffin (United States) 9.43 x Jordy Smith (AFS) 11.50 x Ryan Callinan (AUS) 7.93
2. Michel Bourez (TAH) 6.57x Sebastian Zietz (HAV) 11.93 x Gabriel Medina (Bra) 16.90
3. Yago Dora (BRA) 15.97 x Julian Wilson (AUS) 12.44 x Joel Parkinson (AUS) 7.77
4. Jesse Mendes (BRA) 7.00 x Joan Duru (FRA) 10.80 x Kelly Slater (USA) 9.20

Quarter-Finals
1. Jordy Smith (AFS) 13.16 x Sebastian Zietz (HAV) 6.93
2. Gabriel Medina (BRA) 19.43 x Conner Coffin (United States) 14.26
3. Yago Dora (BRA) 10.17 x Kelly Slater (United States) 15.53
4. Julian Wilson (AUS) 13.50 x Joan Duru (FRA) 10.07

Semi-final
1. Jordy Smith (AFS) 15.83x Gabriel Medina (BRA) 16.27
2. Kelly Slater (USA) 11.17 x Julian Wilson (AUS) 14.20