This year is not ending on a good note for Jordy Smith.
The young, talented South African surfer badly injured his left knee during last week’s O’Neill World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach. We’re all waiting with baited breath to see if his #25 ranking will hold up following the year-end Pipeline Masters to secure him a 2009 spot on the Dream Tour.
Just last week, Jordy was still on a roll, delivering a playful yet skillful performance at Sunset Beach. But then the unthinkable happened. ”I was bottom turning on my first wave and my foot slipped to the nose and I did the splits and I just felt my knee go. I tried to feel it out on the next wave and straight away I could tell that my knee was done.”
“I still want to surf the Pipeline Masters, but it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen,” he said.
Although his injury will eventually heal, the timing of it is really unfortunate – especially since he was on such a roll when it fell him.
We wish you a speedy recovery, Jordy!
Also read: Jordy Smith – injured and out of Pipeline.
