One might think the pressure of a world title race would be getting to Jordy Smith about now. After all, the third-year pro from South Africa is already rated number two in the world, albeit in a distant second to Kelly Slater.
The pressure seems to be mounting because the “confident” Mr. Smith is being pegged as one of the only guys who really doesn’t fall for the Kelly Slater mind games.
So how’s he handling the pressure?   … Details
The 2010 ASP World Tour returned with a vengeance today, bearing witness to Day 1 of the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay and the greatest assemblage of surfing talent in history tearing into excellent four-to-six foot (2 metre) waves at the iconic pointbreak.
With clear skies, idyllic surf and the world’s greatest surfers on hand, Round 1 of the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay saw the 2010 ASP World Title Race reignited with the top seeds putting in sensational performances  … Details
…LOST REWIND – While we were digging through the thousands of tapes we have in the …Lost video studio for our upcoming movie “WARd Stories” we stumbled across this clip of Cory Lopez stomping a 360 indy grab air in France. Our video helper/intern Omar thinks this air could stand up to anything he’s seen on the web the last couple years and he’s ranked in the top 16 for skimboarding. And he assures us that he knows what he’s talking about. The video was shot during an expression session contest in 2002 or 2003 by Alex Berger