Surfing champion Gabriel Medina takes a break for his mental health

(Sao Paulo) Brazilian Gabriel Medina, three-time world surfing champion, announced on Monday that he will take a break from competitions to take care of his mental health, and to recover from a hip injury. Posted at 10:19 p.m. “I have decided not to go to Hawaii, I will take time to recover physically and mentally,” Medina announced in an Instagram post. This decision, which he considers one of the "most difficult" of his life, deprives him of the first stages of the World Surf League (WSL), which begin in Hawaii on Saturday. “I hav...