Gabriel Medina’s world title win will be the Trojan Horse that finally cracks the USA and Australia’s long held dominance over surfing.

2015 will see at least four of the top 10 being Brazilians (Medina, Toledo, DeSouza and Dantas), and another rookie Italo Ferreira will cause real problems. Add Jadson Andre and Migel Pupo and you can see the depth in numbers.

Additionally the qualifying series is packed with hungry, talented Brazilians who travel as a pack and devour Aussie beer drinkers and USA Christians with equal measure.

It was only in 1990 that the first Brazilian surfer, Fabio Gouvia, made the WCT. They gave the rest of the world a 20 year head start, but are now sprinting down the inside lane with world domination as their target.