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Jordy Smith & Friends Feast On Durban’s Reverse Skeleton Bay

Back on the mend and straight into ruler-edged walls and below-sea-level kegs.

cinema // Jul 10, 2026
Words by Pedro Ramos
Reading Time: < 1 minute

“That section there is the best section there.”

Another entry for the yet-to-be-published Tao of Jordy Smith.

Absent from El Salvador and Brazil due to an injury, the ageless Stab Mic mascot reappears with what looks like a fully recharged energy bar, this time around his hometown of Durban in the company of a local crew notoriously adept at travelling through the insides of below-sea-level kegs.

South Africa’s answer to Backdoor, we’ve seen some of these waves before, particularly in Jordy’s film Plus27, but this is the extended cut.

Though it’s a Jordy edit, chances are Josh Redman’s tube inside a tube will be the image burned into your visual cortex long after you’ve closed this tab.

Is there, by chance, a water angle somewhere?

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