Gabriel Medina (Brazil) put on a stunning display of futuristic surfing – The 16 year old Brazil surfer scored a perfect 10 point ride along with an outstanding 9.57 defeating Australia’s Dean Bowen

Owen Wright (AUS) 15.17, Ryan Callinan (AUS) 12.24, Clay Marzo (HAW) 10.93 in Heat 9 Round 1

Jadson Andre (BRA) 15.06 def. Gabriel Medina (BRA) 14.77

Aussies Mick Fanning and Stephanie Gilmore may be the toast of the surfing world having wrapped up the men’s and women’s World Titles in Hawaii, but now the focus shifts to Australia’s fledgling junior stars to see if they can make history by claiming the world’s premier junior surfing event – the 2009 Billabong ASP World Junior Championships fuelled by Monster Energy – due to take place at Sydney’s North Narrabeen beach over eight days beginning January 9th.

Gabriel Medina (BRA) 19.57 def. Dean Bowen (AUS) 9.83