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Another contest in perfect anonymity for Gabriel Medina–a (bad) habit for the Brazilian this year who only passed beyond the third round once at Rio (3rd). The worst part is that at Tahiti, he was not unworthy. The surfer from Maresias came out unhurt from an ultra-tight first round against Kerr and Muniz. He then delivered a big battle in the third round against Patacchia despite a nice total (16.16) and a few good barrels. In the rankings, Medina lost two spots and is now ranked 18th. Time to be careful, Gabi.
Surfagram co-founder Nykola Duma.
Journalist Vincent Martin.
Not included in the Top 34 analysis: Owen Wright (AUS), Tiago Pires (PRT), Dusty Payne (HAW) and Glenn Hall (IRL) who was wounded and missing in Teahupoo, Raoni Monteiro (BRA) who was unable to finance his trip to Tahiti lacking sponsors. Their replacements were Yadin Nicol (AUS), Pat Gudauskas (USA), Jocelyn Poulou (PYF), Nathan Hedge (AUS) and Ian Walsh (HAW) and the two wildcards from the trials: Alain Riou (PYF) and Anthony Walsh (AUS).
Editor’s Note: This article is a collaborative work between Vincent Martin and the Surfagram team (Nykola Duma & Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot). Vincent is a journalist and runs the popular French surf website Planète Surf. Nykola is a graphic designer and art director and Pierre-Arnaud is a software engineer. Together, they created Surfagram–a fun and visual way to look at ASP World Tour results and statistics on contests and surfers.