15-Year-Old Surfing Sensation Follows in the Footsteps of World Champions Gabriel Medina and Stephanie Gilmore With a ‘Surreal’ Feat

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The 15-year-old Rip Curl World GromSearch Finals champion Lucas Skinner is garnering praise from the surfing community all over the world. The child prodigy recently emerged victorious among all of the pro-U-16 surfers in Australia. Recently Lucas and his father interacted with BBC after the child prodigy's win and revealed some astonishing facts about Lucas's ambition and his idols. Check it all in the following story. [{ "selector": ".efmda-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".izlau-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(-116px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".wzfxj-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(calc(360px - 321px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Young surfer following the trail of champion surfers

Young surfing champion Lucas Skinner is following the trail of surfing champions, Stephanie Gilmore and Gabriel Medina.

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The Rip Curl World championship that Skinner won recently is famous for giving surfing champions like Stephanie and Gabriel as they won it at the age of 22 years and 11 years respectively.

Skinner's ambition after recent win

Skinner commented on the recent Rip Curl World championship win as the "start of every world champ's career" whereas, his father Ben thinks that he can make it to the 2028 Olympics.

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