Changing of the Guard with Jordy Smith by Surfline
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Thursday, April 1, 2010) – Jordy Smith (ZAF), 22, current ASP World No. 2, is coming into his own this season. After a much lauded junior career and one of the most closely-followed bidding wars in surfing history, Smith has spent the last two seasons adjusting to the ASP World Tour and feeling confident in his self and his surfing. Always a threat in any conditions, it appears as though Smith has found a formula that is sending shock waves throughout the surfing world. Surfline recently caught up with Jordy to see where his head’s at and how it feels to be at the forefront of the New Guard of surfing. This…is their story…
Jordy Smith’s resume looks like it was written by some kind of pro surfing supercomputer: Stellar amateur career. ISA Open Men’s Gold Medalist and Vans Triple Crown Rookie of the Year in 2006. Billabong World Junior Champ, WQS #1 and the biggest sponsorship bidding war since Kelly Slater in 2007. Slight rookie warble in 2008, finishing two spots inside the WT bubble. Landed the most famous…
Full Report at Surfline’s ‘Changing of the Guard’
For more on JORDY SMITH, check out his ASP WORLD TOUR PROFILE
Watch Jordy and the rest of the ASP Top 45 do battle at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach (ASPWORLDTOUR:13931)
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