6: The World Title Comes Down to Italo Ferreira and Gabriel Medina in the Final

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Sunday, December 27, 2020

Because in 2019, as the Brazilian storm raged on, 2X world champ Gabriel Medina only had fellow countryman Italo Ferreira standing between him and a third World Title. But Ferreira, with nothing more than pure belief and a spirited fan base at his side, took it all the way to the final and - for the first time ever - a man-on-man Pipeline showdown that would also determine the world champ.

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