Ítalo Ferreira

Unbelievable, mate.

So Colopinto is now third on the rankings behind Yago Dora and Italo Ferreira.

And the top 10 in the men's because there's the Philippines Pro to go at a place called Cloud 9, which is a beautiful right-hand tubing slab.

Waves of consequence there? No, no.

going to say Italo.

Italo Ferreira.

Oh,

I'm going Italo.

And I'd say a really good case for that is just if you look at the semifinalists, they're the ones who get Portugal.

Gabriel Medina, Italo Ferreira, Griffin Colapinto, Yogi Adora.

It doesn't really get better than that for a semifinal bracket.

And Portugal is the perfect location to be like, if you are one of those guys that you just named, you're an all-rounder.

Yeah, he's got a bit of time.

He'll go rest up.

My tier A on the men's side went Griffin Colapinto and Italo Ferreira.

I'm pretty stoked with that.

On the women's side, we have Carissa Moore, Gabrielle O'Brien, Sawyer Lindblad.

For Brazil, we have Iago Dora, Italo Ferreira, Miguel Pupo.

On the women's, Juana Silva.

What? Oh, no Medina.

Postseason Podiums for World Champions Kaitlyn Simmers and Gabriel Medina Former event victors and world champions, Gabriel Medina Bra and Caitlin Simmers USA gained momentum in the post-season with their runner-up finishes in Portugal.

Medina dispatched rival Italo Ferreira Bra in the semifinals before coming up against an unstoppable Colapinto in the final.

It's always fun to compete here, said Medina.

It's such a fun wave.

Like, I am Brazilian, so also considering surfing in Brazil, like, maybe we know a bit about, like, uh, the reputation of some of our athletes, like great athletes independently of Olympics.

But even though, like, when Italo Ferreira won the games, like, for the first time, like, this, like, made, made him, like, being even more, like, because of the different.

Like, uh, he's at, now, apart of all the other achievements, he's also a Olympic gold medal.

So it's another thing.

So I'm going Samuel as well.

All right, so whoever wins in that round will obviously advance to round two, where they have waiting for them Leo Firavanti, Gabriel Medina, Italo Ferreira, Kanoa Igarashi, Yago Dora, Ethan Ewing, Miguel Pupo, Griffin Colapinto.

Stace, so it's time for us to make some overall picks in this event.

Who's your overdog? We'll go men first.

Yep.

Italo Ferreira.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, Tier B, I went Sammy Poupaud, Kyle Hauschmann.

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the weird shit.

Um, and my times two, Italo Ferreira and Molly Picklum.

Love.

Sure

... you know, uh, Italo Ferreira or-

Yeah

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