Here’s How Stunning Viral Image of Olympic Surfer Gabriel Medina Celebrating Mid-Air Was Taken (2024)

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Here’s How Stunning Viral Image of Olympic Surfer Gabriel Medina Celebrating Mid-Air Was Taken? ›

The story behind Gabriel Medina's stunning mid-air photo

The image captured by the 39-year-old French photographer looked so unreal that some people thought it might have been edited with Photoshop. But it wasn't - this was a real moment of Olympic magic that could be hung and displayed forever in the Louvre Museum.

Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina's viral photo is REAL and we have video proof. Although it looks like Medina is floating in mid-air thanks to Photoshop, this actually happened.

Surfer Caroline Marks, 22, is among the star-studded athletes who took home gold during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, adding another medal to Team USA's growing shelf. The goofy-footed rider joined CBS News on Friday to share more on her win.

Surfing is one of the handful of judged sports at the Olympics, so how exactly do surfers earn points during competition? Monday's conditions were so-so, but the lack of juice was a challenge in itself, and those with a champion's mindset were left to make the most of it.

Medina is celebrated as the place from which Muhammad established the Muslim community (ummah) after his flight from Mecca (622 ce) and is where his body is entombed. A pilgrimage is made to his tomb in the city's chief mosque. Pop. (2022) 1,411,599.

It is one of the oldest and most important places in Islamic history. One of the most sacred cities in Islam, the population as of 2022 is 1,411,599, making it the fourth-most populous city in the country. Around 58.5% of the population are Saudi citizens and 41.5% are foreigners.

Surfer style is casual, laid-back, and inspired by beach culture. It often includes board shorts, graphic t-shirts, tank tops, flip-flops, and accessories like hats and sunglasses.

Surfer hair is a tousled type of hairstyle, popularized by surfers from the 1950s onwards, traditionally long, thick and naturally bleached from high exposure to the sun and salt water of the sea.

Kauai surfer Bethany Hamilton lost her arm to a tiger shark on October 31, 2003. Twenty years ago on October 31, 13-year old surfer Bethany Hamilton was attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark resulting in the loss of her left arm.

Where will surfing be in 2028? ›

In order to receive a permanent status in the Olympics, a new sport must be included in three consecutive Olympic games. After the 2028 games in Los Angeles, those newly permanent sports will include surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing — which were all introduced at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

The men's event wrapped in magical fashion with an ending that almost seemed too perfect to be true: Tahitian native, Kauli Vaast, walked away with surfing's second Olympic gold medal, defeating Australia's Jack Robinson in the final with a stellar display of surfing only a local could pull off.

The 2028 Olympics will be the third held in Los Angeles. The city hosted its first ever Games in 1932, and then again in 1984.

Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore.

Bottom line, surfing is one of the most demanding of all activities and sports due to the broad scope of what the act necessitates. Paddle=endurance. Pop-up requires explosive strength and core stability. Simply sitting on a surfboard requires an uncanny amount of equilibrium reflexes.

Women Surfing Legends: Iconic Surfers Who Changed the Sport Forever. Head to your local lineup, and you'll see women ripping right alongside men. Although, for decades, surfing was known as a male-dominated sport. It took years of legendary female surfers breaking down barriers to pave the way for future generations.

The Prophet himself, though, is buried in Medina, the second holiest city of Islam. Moreover, the Jannat al-Baqi' cemetery of Medina was destroyed in 1925 under the then King of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud.

What is a medina? A medina is the old part of a town or city, found in many countries of North Africa, not just Morocco. It is typically walled, and contains narrow streets, fountains, palaces and mosques. Many medinas are car-free as there is not enough space in the alleyways for cars to pass.

Medina, Arabic Al-Madīnah ancient Yathrib, City (pop., 2004: 918,889), western Saudi Arabia, north of Mecca. It developed from an oasis settled by Jews c. 135 ce. In 622 the Prophet Muhammad fled from Mecca to Medina (see Hijrah).

Mecca is the most important place in the Islamic religion as the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad. The nearby Medina is the second-most important place in Islam, due to the Prophet Muhammad's temporary exile there, and is also where the prophet was laid to rest at the time of his death.