Gabriel Medina – The Sports Fan Project

**^{It’s the final Fan Teaser of 2024 so why not bust out one of the most-viewed}**
**^{sports photos of the year. What’s going on in this image?}**

Imagery – sports imagery, in particular – has always been a fascination of ours. It seems somewhat apropos to use one of the most iconic images of 2024 as the final Fan Teaser of the year.

In this photo, Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina is captured by French photographer Jerome Brouillet at the precise moment the surfer is celebrating riding a big wave during the 2024 Summer Olympic surfing competition in Tahiti. Medina went on to claim a Bronze Medal. Here is the NBC Universal’s coverage of Medina’s ride.

Brazil's Gabriel Medina during the 2024 Summer Olympics — ^{Brazil’s Gabriel Medina reacts after getting a large wave in the 5th heat of the men’s surfing Round 3, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo’o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti, on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Jerome Brouillet/Agence France-Presse [AFP])}

Of course, this is but one of many fabulous sports shots captured during the 2024 calendar year. Here are links to those adjudicated by Getty Images, the Associated Press, and yahoo!sports to be some of the best from this year.

Surfer Gabriel Medina and photographer Jerome Brouillet meet in Paris — **^{The tables turned when the surfer and photographer met in Paris. At left is Medina and at right is Brouillet. (Jerome Brouillet Photo)}**

Just to review, The Fan Teaser was the creation of former Ann Arbor News Sports Editor Geoff Larcom. Longtime friend and fellow Ann Arbor News alum, Pat Schutte, took it to heights previously unknown. We aim to keep it alive here at The Sports Fan Project. The cropped photo and the accompanying clue give you an idea as to who or what the image is of. We invite you to use the Comment option to take a crack at solving the Teaser and, if you’re so inclined, participate in some good-spirited banter with your fellow sports fans. The Fan Teaser will appear each Friday morning with the reveal coming to you Sunday.