Jack Robinson has claimed Australia's best-ever result in Olympic surfing, a silver medal, after falling to local Kauli Vaast in the gold medal match in Tahiti.
The Margaret River-raised surfer beat Gabriel Medina of Brazil earlier on Tuesday (AEST) to claim a place in showpiece final.
But he fell 17.67 to 7.83 in the decider to Vaast, who grew up kilometres from Teahupo'o, first riding the infamous break at age eight.
