Despite the adoration Gabriel Medina justifiably received over at G-Land, outrage and controversy continue at Desert Point on the Indonesian island of Lombok.
Medina and his team reportedly tried to stop all the local videographers and photographers from shooting a single frame of him while he was surfing in their backyard, demanding an exclusive for his upcoming film.
At one point the Medina team allegedly told the local shooters to “Go ask Rip Curl for permission”.
One local shooter responded, “Permission? Permission? To shoot anyone in my waves? My Home? Fuck you, this is how I support my family.”
Heated texts were also the order of the day.
“So Medina or whoever don’t want to support the local community? That is fucked up, bro. You pros make alot of money from coming to my home. I tell you and all your all your friends the filmakers that you can’t make money off us anymore. We are ready to defend our home. And tell Medina and all his filmmakers that they can forget getting any transport to here too”.
Desert Point as Fort Apache?
