Strawberry of Love: Gabriel Medina & Kelly Slater’s Secret Wave Pool Session

Gabriel Medina & Kelly Slater’s Wave Pool Session

Kelly Slater ditches the business suits for boardshorts in São Paulo. A soon-to-open Wavegarden pool sets the scene.

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“Let’s see if baldie can still get barreled,” Medina jokes. “Is he deserving of the Strawberry of Love?”

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Slater delivers: tubes, seamless spins, and a huge frontside air. Age? Irrelevant. Flow? Untouchable.

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Beyond – The Club crowned Slater guest of honor. He also gets first dibs at the luxury hotel next door.

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