Julian Wilson Portugal WCT Champion! October 21, 2012 – Tags:

Julian Wilson has come through the Rip Curl Pro at Supertubos Portugal as the champion after taking down fast becoming finals rival Brazilian Gabriel Medina. After a near perfect semi where Julian nailed a combination score of 19.27 in the first ten minutes to easily dispose of Adriano De souza.
The final was not quite as high scoring but much more nail biting & exciting as Julian had to score a 7.55 with ten seconds to go caught one on the buzzer, then had to wait a nerve racking few minutes while the judges made there decision, fortunately for Julian & the aussies the score went the way of Julian handing him his first ever WCT win, an emotional Julian was ecstatic straight after the win when interviewed by Toby Martin on the beach, after the decision was given.
The world title race has heated up also with Parko taking a further ratings lead by getting a third place being knocked by Medina in the Semis. Fanning exited in the 5th round & Slater was taken down by Raoni Monteiro in the third round. The next two comps look mouth watering for surfing fans & we are frothing on Julians first win, i have watched both his finals now so it was good to see him finally rack one up, as we believed long ago that Julian was a CT winner & i wouldn’t be surprised if he really contests the title next year! Congrats!