Finals Day at the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal was dramatic and exciting to the very end, making for an incredible day of professional surfing. The men’s final between Griffin Colapinto and Gabriel Medina was on fire from the first exchange and only got better from there. In the end, though, Griff emerged victorious in a win for the ages.

Halfway through the heat, the score was basically tied, with Gabriel just barely out front, 15.87 to Griff’s 15.74. Not one to sit idle, Gabriel upped the ante with a super deep barrel ride that didn’t seem like it would let him out. He emerged to roars from the crowd, bringing his total to 16.77.

Griff fired right back with an even deeper ride that he saw through all the way to the very inside, barely emerging from the doggy door, and the judges rewarded him with a 9.43. Griff’s jaw-dropper pushed his total to 17.6, and all the pressure was on Gabriel.…