Gabriel Medina wins the 2014 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast. Photo ASP/ Kirstin Scholtz
Gabriel Medina of Maresias, Brasil won the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast defeating Coolangatta’s Joel Parkinson in the final late this afternoon on the Gold Coast.
Medina came from behind to post the score he needed in the dying seconds, winning the heat with 16.33 to Parkinson’s 16.27 (out of 20.00).
Joel Parkinson at the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast this afternoon. Photo ASP/ Kirstin Scholtz
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