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submitted 3 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

On a distant reef 16,000km from Paris, surfer Gabriel Medina has given Olympic viewers one of the most memorable images of the Games yet, with an airborne celebration so well poised it looked too good to be true.

The Brazilian took off a thundering wave at Teahupo’o in Tahiti on Monday, emerging from a barrelling section before soaring into the air and appearing to settle on a Pacific cloud, pointing to the sky with biblical serenity, his movements mirrored precisely by his surfboard.

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[-] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Is he by any chance called Jesús?

Edit: Gabriel is close enough

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

This reminds me more of those floating devices in Dune that the baron uses

[-] another@discuss.online 2 points 3 months ago

He could be Damion, you never know.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 14 points 3 months ago

The article says very much nothing that the title doesn't. A video of the event showing how the surfer Gabriel Medina happened to strike a pose like this would be more helpful, but I suppose they don't have the expensive rights to show Olympics footage. None of the YouTube channels covering this story seem to have them, either.

[-] craigers@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago
[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago

For everyone else (encodeless rip from that video):

Gabriel Medina delivers ICONIC moment with a gorgeous barrel ride | Paris Olympics | NBC Sports (00:41-01:06)

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

It’d be region locked to hell. The International Olympic Committee sells the TV rights for each country at an exorbitant price, so the broadcasters feel the need to zealously defend their investments.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

You are right, my YouTube search results don't show videos unavailable in the Czech Republic. I can watch one with a US VPN connection.

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago
[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Which countries does the video work in? Brazil, I assume, but the VPN plan I use does not have it available.

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah Brazil, fuck I don't know why they make videos private for another country.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago

TV rights finance most of the Olympics so you can imagine they are well-guarded. Even archival footage from decades ago is expensive to licence. So I didn't ☠️

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

That was awesome to watch! Thanks for the link and country (had the same VPN issues).

[-] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

That ride was almost as great as this photo. He caught the perfect wave and nailed the ride.

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago

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[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Wonder if this should be disabled for sources scoring medium or higher…

[-] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I don't think so. In another post it scored Newsweek credibility as "High".

I don't agree with that assessment, but still appreciate seeing what the bot says.

[-] WhyFlip@lemmy.world -5 points 3 months ago

It's like Ansel Adams being this iconic photographer. Right place, right time, nothing special.

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago

It sounds like you just don't understand how hard photography was in the 1920s. Cameras were heavy, even the film was heavy. Carrying it all the way there is already an accomplishment. Plus, the film plates were glass and could break on the way back, ruining a photo.

He only had like 50 shots on a trip. He spent days or weeks setting up the exact timing and location for a specific shot. You have to get it right the first time and you can't see the end result until you develop the picture. It's like saying, "Anyone can shoot a basketball. LeBron James isn't anything special." Technically true, but obviously meaningless.

[-] WhyFlip@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago

I understand Yosemite. The subject was beautiful. Given the opportunity, so many others could easily have filled an Adams void.

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