Gallery & Write Up – Finals Day Ballito Pro

As Jordy Smith stood on the podium alongside Willian Cardoso, he was addressed by the commentator and asked if he expected to take the World Title, to which he replied “Absolutely”. Cheers erupted. The champagne sprayed. While teenie bopper girls in the front row scattered because they’d never tasted that sweet fermented sparkling goodness that is victory and just like that the Ballito Pro was over. But for Jordy Smith it’s all but over – this was just a stepping stone toward a goal culminating at the end of the year on the North Shore. And we saw that world title wisdom come through via the entire event. When Mikey Wright was going bonkers, full rotations on six foot waves, death reverses into the flats, he made you feel like you could run a thousand miles without water, Jordy remained quiet. When Krystian Kymerson basically spent a whole heat flying around town tryna land an air, Jordy said nothing. And when Ramzi Boukhiam used his heavy back foot to blitz lips when any normal human would’ve curled up into the fetal position praying that the lip wouldn’t detonate on them, Jordy carried on about his business. He was probably itching […]