Maresias, round by round: the São Sebastião Pro fills the WSL's week
The Challenger Series' third stop went out live in English and Portuguese, with Sierra Kerr at No. 1 and Sophia Medina, a Brazilian wildcard, into the Round of 16.
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🔴 AO VIVO - Banco do Brasil São Sebastião Pro 2026 - Dia 3
Eleven hours old and already the quickest mover on the channel: a short of Ian Gentil's best wave, with a pack of friends going wild on the sand. It is a small clip, but the title tells you the mood in Maresias, where the World Surf League's Challenger Series has set up for the Banco do Brasil São Sebastião Pro.
Fifteen uploads went up, nearly all from that one beach. Day 3 was streamed twice, once in English and once in Portuguese as "AO VIVO," and the Portuguese feed has drawn the bigger crowd, past 60,000 views. That fits a contest staged in Brazil, with the description crediting Ryan Kainalo and Sophia Medina with carrying the Brazilian Storm into the Round of 16.
The post show reads like a results sheet with nerves. Sierra Kerr holds the No. 1 spot on the road to Championship Tour qualification, Sol Aguirre jumped into the Top 6, and Kana Nakashio's heat knocked out Alyssa Spencer and Kirra Pinkerton. Sally Fitzgibbons, a long-time CT name, is still in, and Joel Vaughan posted the best score of the men's Round of 32.
Overall, the channel ran a little below its usual daily views. That is common in its corner of sport this week: World Rugby and SnipeFlex are quieter too, while the PGA Tour is the busy one.
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Which Brazilian surfer won the World Surf League men's world title in 2014, Brazil's first?
Gabriel Medina won the 2014 world title, starting the run of Brazilian champions known as the Brazilian Storm.
