John John Florence vs. Gabriel Medina - Semifinals, Heat 2 - Quiksilver Pro France 2017

John John Florence and Gabriel Medina battle in Heat 2 of the Semifinals at the 2017 Quiksilver Pro France. #WSL

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[daviddefigueiredo]

These two kids do the best surfing I've seen in all conditions!!

[billaddison]

One of the most entertaining heats I've ever watched! Thanks guys!!!

[douglasgreenberg]

This was the real final. Both surfed incredibly well and were the real top 2 contenders. Great contest. Thanks WSL for more sensible scoring, based more on actual difficulty than old school style (maybe they've taken a que from street league skateboarding lately?). Also nice to see these contests at an unpredictable beach break, like a Hossegor or an Ocean Beach, SF. Much more entertaining than a monotonous point break.

[LaraTang]

5:06 how did he not fall off! Amazing!

[marcosassoon]

Did Medina carve through it at a certain point?

[peacepuffz]

Does he "Carve Thru it" ? Like to hear that one more time for confirmation.

[coisasdeeros]

9 para aquela onda de JJF foi uma nota acima da realidade. Medina fez uma manobra de altíssima dificuldade que foi realizada apenas uma ou duas vezes em baterias e deram nota 8, 57. Critérios estranhos!

[davidc]

A great battle. Such close scores and awesome surfing from two Legends!

[sethgold]

Thank u for posting.
Here U K 2020 🇬🇧
LOVE SURF
THE BEST NOW ARE THE BRAZILIANS 🇧🇷. 🇧🇷

[dudueduardo]

Medina voando mto alto, parabéns pela a etapa da França

[thelastdanceclips]

5:04 Esse momento você percebe a conexão dele com o mar!

[miroperuibe]

A parte ruim de ver esses videos é o tanto de replay da mesma onda, podia ser 1 só.

[KKMaverick]

Looks like the wave put him back on the board.. hahaha sweet mahn

[dishsoap]

It was really cool to see them embrace after that epic battle. Personally I think John has better style, way more fluent, but this was fucking historic.

[jeanfurtado]

Teve juiz se coçando todo pra dar a virada pro JJF naquela última onda... ainda ganhou 9 pontos, uma nota surreal pra uma onda sem nenhuma manobra realmente boa.

[AndrewCooperr]

Two of the best surfers in the world. Insane heat.

[yonatanromm]

What did they score Jon on the last wave?

[Captain-wcvj]

EPIC battle. What a landing by Medina... He was the better surfer today!

[junior]

Inacreditável os juízes darem 9 naquela última onda.

[caiotompa]

Dude, john is an absolute freak, but Medina´s strategy was way better. John was the standart of the event and Medina took this one in surfing better and solid, as well as John took it last year with that upside down drop in the barrel. These battles between both are going to be the most incredible of the new generation. I´m a HUGE fan of john´s surfing and lifestyle, but still an amazed fan of Medina´s competitiveness and surfing too, and this one was won by Medina´s frigity, the same way the last one was won by John´s unbelieable skill. We are about to see some matchups that are gonna shine forever in surfing history.