"Jordy Smith at Jeffreys Bay is one of surfing's greatest sights. The long, roping walls of Africa's most famous right hander allow the 6ft 3in natural footer to generate fearsome speed, which he then harnesses and turns in to the biggest carves in the game. Spray flies to the stratosphere, raining back down at the same time as his next vicious assault on the lip. It's brutal and beautiful, beastly and balletic. Big, bold and brash, there's nothing else quite like it."

"As you'll see in the latest No Contest edit above, Jordy's relationship with Jeffreys Bay goes back to his pre-teen days. On the encouragement of his father, legendary shaper Graham 'G-Force' Smith, Jordy first took to the friendly end section of J-Bay, The Point,  before quickly working his way up the line to Supertubes, at a similar rate of knots to that with which he climbed the South African, and then world, ratings."

Video c/o Red Bull Surfing