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A surreal photo of Olympic surfer Gabriel Medina is deserving of its own gold medal.
In the image, the Brazilian athlete and his board are suspended side by side midair above the water.
Gabriel medina surf limp wrist band
He had just completed a near-perfect ride, landing a 9.90 score — the highest single-wave score in Olympic history.
It was captured moments after he emerged from the wave’s barrel. Raising his arms to gesture “10” with both hands, he soared into the air on his exit, one finger pointing up to the sky in celebration.
It was captured Monday by Jérôme Brouillet of Agence France-Presse in Teahupo’o, Tahiti, where the surf competition is taking place.
Watch footage of the moment it was captured here.
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Brouillet told the Guardian snapping the picture was all about timing.
“So he is at the back of the wave and I can’t see him and then he pops up and I took four pictures and one of them was this one,” he said.
“It was not hard to take the picture,”