Is it a sin to say that someone surfs like Andy Irons? Is Alex Smith a sinner?
I’ve thought for many years that Alex Smith surfs Andy Irons-esque. That he possesses the same sort of unnecessary ferocity. That’s what always struck me about Andy’s surfing. He wouldn’t just hit the lip he would aim to blow the entire business up. Like he wanted to tear a hole in the ocean.
And watch Alex do the same in this very short clip. It runs just under 60 seconds and is this the future of the surf programming I wonder? Have our collective attention spans become Instagram length?
If so, brilliant!
Or like my great grandpappy used to say, “Long shit is boring n shit.”
Is he considered a pro surfer? I wonder if his sponsors ever consider their ROI with him.
This is the most ridiculous comment of 2017 thus far. Not an easy effort on BG!
For me at the least, the video didn’t show loads of serious charging..I see a bunch of perfect easy waves being surfed ..show some Alex Smith reckless clips and then make the comparison …everyone surfs like Andy at lowers.
you know that’s Keramas, right?
lol
He surfs more like Alex Smith than Andy Irons.
I’ve always thought comparisons of one surfer to another is more slight than compliment. While AI’s surfing is inspiring in his general approach, I would think Alex is only striving to be authentic to himself.
his frontside hack is quite similar. probably because lots of people like to engage the rail and push hard enough over the fins not to slide out like the 15 year olds though.