Photo Gallery: Brazilian, American take top spots at Freshwater Pro

Sunday, September 22, 2019 - 1:40pm By The Leader Staff

After two years of the Freshwater Pro, held at Lemoore’s Surf Ranch, Brazil continues to dominate the men’s division as Gabriel Medina, who usually excels in the ocean, proved that he could manage just as well in a body of water free from sharks and other saltwater foils.

  • Brazil's Gabriel Medina, shown here on Day 1 of the Freshwater Pro eventually won his second straight Surf Ranch event. He also won the inaugural event in 2018.
  • Lakey Peterson, of Santa Barbara, won the women's championship.
  • The world's top surfers, including Surf Ranch founder, Kelly Slater, were on hand Wednesday for a press conference.
  • Gabriel Medina, shown here at Wednesday's press conference.
  • Surf Ranch founder, Kelly Slater, put on a good show, but failed to make the finals of the Freshwater Pro.
  • A surfer finds his wave at Surf Ranch.
  • Kelly Slater in the early rounds riding a wave.
  • Gabriel Medina rides a wave in an early round.
  • American surfer Griffin Colopinto watches from the sidelines.
  • A surfer practices earlier in the week.
  • A wave crashes into the Surf Ranch west wall on Wednesday.

American Lakey Peterson brought home the gold for the United States winning the women’s division as she outlasted several challengers in the finals. She scored well on the final day, picking up 18.03 points in the finals.

For the second straight year, Brazil’s best surfer took the top prize Saturday at Surf Ranch’s Freshwater pro. He defeated yet another Brazilian, Filipe Toledo, in Saturday’s final. Medina enjoys Surf Ranch and its mechanical waves. He won the inaugural Surf Ranch event a year ago.

Medina is a two-time world champion, and Saturday’s victory gives him two World Surf League titles in the last three outings.

Medina confirmed his second Lemoore win in a row by riding the waves nearly perfectly. He earned a two-wave total of 18.86 points to outdistance his challengers.

Freshwater Pro Finals

Men

  1. Gabriel Medina (Brazil)
  2. Filipe Toledo (Brazil)
  3. Owen Wright (AUS)
  4. Griffin Colapinto (USA)

Women

  1. Lakey Peterson (USA)
  2. Johanne Defay (France)
  3. Carissa Moore (Hawaii)
  4. Caroline Marks (USA

Photos by Gary Feinstein/Feinsteinfotos

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