Le air parfait de Gabriel Medina ! 10/10 !

Day 3 of the Quiksilver Pro France wrapped up Round 1 of the Mens with some awesome barrels coming through to nail the last 3 heats of the round. Some of the stand out performances came from Jordy Smith, in heat 1, Kieren Perrow, heat 2 and Gabriel Medina in the final heat. Then giving way to the King of the Groms, the young guns were charging in front of huge crowds, pulling in to some heavy waves in their fight for this year's crown.

Le Quicksilver Pro France 2011 comme si vous y étiez! Les backstages, les interviews, les highlights...que des images exclusives!

Du surf à Rio avec Alejo Muniz, Filipe Toledo, Gabriel Medina & Miguel Pupo. Musique : Num é só ver (feat. Rael da Rima) - Emicida Une vidéo de Luis Bachmann & Miguel Pupo Habillage : Fabio Mozart

Hossegor, France, October 2011 - Gabriel Medina (BRA), 17, just impressed with his epic & aerial surf. Medina, a newcomer to the elite ASP Top 34 after the September's rotation, won his inaugural ASP World Title Tour victory in France. Behind the contest, some good freesurf... Action!

At the 2011 edition of the Quiksilver Pro France, Marc Lacomare holds one of the 2 wildcards to compete alongside the list of 34 surfers. Check out this clip and see why he holds the wildcard!

Gabriel Medina was born on December 22nd, 1993 in Maresias, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Medina may very well be Brazil's next big thing, if he isn't already!

Hit the road with Owen Wright, Matt Wilkinson, Dillon Perillo and Gabriel Medina as they journey to find sand bottom point break perfection on The Search for waves through Mozambique, Africa. #SurfingIsEverything Footage: Jon Frank / Paul Daniel Music: Thee Lexington Arrows Track: We're Not Welcome Here Source: Getty Images

The holidays of Hugo Prins, 8 years old from Soorts Hossegor in France. A summer full of fun little..., some bigger waves and endless sessions in the Capbreton and Zao skatepark. Images are shot by Greg Menager, Stephane Becret and Wilco Prins. The music is by The Dead Krazukies (merci pour la chanson!)