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First backflip landed in a Surfing World Championships event

First backflip landed in a Surfing World Championships event
Who
Gabriel Medina
What
First
Where
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
When
14 May 2016

The first backflip landed in a Surfing World Championships event was achieved by Gabriel Medina (Brazil) at the Oi Rio Pro in Barra de Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 14 May 2016.

Medina received a perfect 10 for the trick, which is thought to be the first backflip landed in any surfing competition.

When he was just 18, in 2012, Medina stunned Hawaii with a backflip during warm-ups – something both Tim Curran and Flynn Novak had done before. Nearly four years later, he managed to replicate the feat in competition.