Watch: Italo Ferreira channeling Andy Irons

Stu Nettle (stunet)
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Earlier today, Italo Ferrieira dropped a clip - another one, the fella has been busy - and it's bound to cause deja vu in the older crew: the boatride at the start, the order of waves, the song...of course, the song, which is the key to the device. 

Says Italo: "We decided to re-make one of my favorite Andy Irons' videos. I’m not trying to compare myself to him - never - he is my inspiration to get better and better.

"The movie is called CAMPAIGN. I watch it everyday before my sessions. In Andy’s part, we tried to edit it with the same music and same manoeuvers, but I’m goofy footer - hahaha.

"I hope you guys like it and also get as inspired as I did. Thanks to all of Andy’s family for letting me do it."

Click here to make comparisons to the original.

Comments

Dazza27 Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 04:40 pm new

Definitely does justice to the original, the boy throws buckets.
How good is it to see longer boards in the AI clip? Andy was brutal!!

simba Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 05:02 pm new

yeah totally agree Dazza...pretty sure Andy would be happy with that from Italo.

amb Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 05:10 pm new

Jeez AI could do a backhand re-entry.

Ash Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 05:15 pm new

Stu's comment on Filepe not free surfing as well as his comp surfing, rang true to me especially with his J Bay comp wave, which he ripped to shreds. It made me think of Italo at the time, as his last clip was full of 10's free surfing, and now this latest one shows how unbelievably well he surfs. That's another level right there.

andy-mac Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 05:28 pm new

Fark... Ripping!!

nolocal Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 05:43 pm new

For comparison, goofies do it better

GODS QUAD Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 05:50 pm new

Sick surfing from Italo. But man, those upside-down backhand snaps AI did were a thing of beauty. Can watch those all day long.

freeride76 Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 06:43 pm new

AI for the win.

Andrew P Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 07:11 pm new

Miss watching AI surf so much. Can see the scowl on his face as he lined up those left lips. Balls to the wall

goofyfoot Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 07:34 pm new

Italo kills him in the air but for pure aggressive, fuck you, attacking style Andy is ahead of everyone.

I wonder what would of happened to him if he didn't die? Would he of got back to the competitor he was or would he just be putting out mental free surf clips?
To think he did everything he achieved by 32 is mental, he was so fucking sick.
Think he was about 5 years older than me and when you're in your twenties you just don't expect guys like that to die so young.

I'd love to see Bruce get back to what he was

crg Saturday, 12 Sep 2020 at 07:26 pm new

Sadly GF...I don't think Bruce is getting back anywhere near what he was.

goofyfoot Saturday, 12 Sep 2020 at 07:57 pm new

Too cooked you think?
Some of his insta vids he posts he doesn’t look well

crg Sunday, 13 Sep 2020 at 01:41 pm new

Stories from mates living in Hawaii don’t sound good

frog Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 08:41 pm new

Nice to see Italo in good waves for once. But Andy irons backhand hooks are amazing.

davidinindo Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 11:39 pm new

Uncrowded Maldives look nice too!!!!

sean killen Saturday, 12 Sep 2020 at 07:16 am new

Forgot how good Andy was, that backhand is so good to watch both boys surf with an aggressive style.. great clips ..pumped now to go surf crowded 2 ft shit.. yeeew

udo Saturday, 12 Sep 2020 at 08:10 am new

Unreal vids
Would A.I.have been heavily Using around that time ?

ringmaster Saturday, 12 Sep 2020 at 09:45 pm new

From a surfing perspective.......Andy Irons had it all. Close to as good a style as I've seen plus flair, aggression, guts, confidence and of course freakish ability.

Spearman Tuesday, 15 Sep 2020 at 04:13 pm new

AI tags those backhand wacks at the most critical spot all the time.