It's standard procedure for multiple surfers to paddle for the same wave at crowded Uluwatu - as was the case on the first wave in this video.
But when one of those surfers is 2019 World Champ, Italo Ferreira, you'd better bring your 'A-Game', because he doesn't miss too many waves that he paddles for.
Italo was in fine form during this session at the Racetrack. Surfing with a lot of speed and sticking almost everything he went for.
0:00 Italo Ferreira: / italoferreira
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Every ride is a masterpiece.
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Never ceases to amaze me how good the pros are! ⚡🙏💙🤙
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Italo is a great surfer to watch...thanks for the clip!
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Italo is a force of nature, I love his style. So powerful and unpredictable, much more entertaining than many pros.
Definitely, same here.
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Really puts into perspective how much faster pros paddle than the everyday surfer
No it doesn't. Not one bit
@@bh2861 wdym Italo paddled quadruple the speed of the other guy in that first clip
I've surfed with Gabriel Medina and a few other top pros and these guys can really catch waves in a crowd. Italo's fitness level is freakish.
@@adamlorden5666 yes and that therefore made him paddle way slower
If they make money surfing they better be above avg.
He's kicking so much harder and look at how low he is lying on his board before he pops up in comparison. Amazing video, thanks for sharing!
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I dunno, some of those locals that you've shown us over time absolutely rip as well 🤙🤙
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its funny how fast he goes on the wave, a regular close out wave is a perfect wave for him:)
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Man the pros have this hunger about them, they are getting speeding tickets, navigating the line up like it’s church. Italo is on fire
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( Speed € Power £ Flow ¥ Grace ₩ ) Italo Ferreira. I can only imagine what it's like to see him barrelling down the line at you in the water. What a session that'd be. It'd be so easy to score his surfing from any angle, you just drop nothing less than a 9 everytime
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The flow and grace components were not apparent to me. Maybe my score sheet has different boxes ticked.
I thought someone was going to say flow is grace and that'd be a fair statement, but after seeing Italo in his element I thought grace should added to the score card criteria when calculating scores on his surfing because his flow goes beyond flow into somthing else intirly, then he takes it to the air.
@@sunchaser9726 Isn't his element around Praia da Pipa? Brazilians don't know about flow. They surf at disjointed right angles and pop disconnected airs. Unfortunately, they missed out on the whole soul surfing era. Flow and grace never became part of their thing. It was only contest results for them. That's why you'll never see a Brazilian Machado, Rastovich or Frankreiter.
But it takes a cooking wave like J Bay for the Brazilian 🇧🇷 surfers to truly display their soul expression abilities. Do you think you can roll up there with Rasta, and Rob Mach on twinies against Ferreria,Toledo, Madina in peeling 8 to 10 J Bay Glass. A very tantalising match up I can almost see it .I m feeling sleepy 🥱 once upon a time, on a wave far far and away 😴 💤
I got feeling that he is much more better after olympic games than before.
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Herky-jerky style--now watch some Rob Machado and witness smooth, powerful ripping.
prefer Pupo than rob, but you are comparing an average todays surfer with a pro todays surfer.
He surfs like he is on cocaine
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Italo killed it, every wave 😮🤙🏼
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That guy rips I actually thought his style was too, new-school i guess,for me at first. But now this dude just mesemerizes me.
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His turns are nice but I’m with you, something about his style I just don’t like. I can’t quite put my finger on it, too aggressive maybe .. feels like he’s battling with the wave rather than flowing with it.
Appreciating that almost 360 carve he did almost as much as the near 360 pop shove out....oh and the savage back to back ariels!
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:36 That cutback was goofy foot for Made Lana! Great video! Thanks!
Our pleasure!😉
This is amazing!
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I love it when world champs go out and surf like a world champ.
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Amazing video & surfing
Thank you🙂
Best I've ever seen anyone surf Ulu's for sure
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I think the guy paddling against him realised that IF would have dropped in anyway, so he backed off… maybe
Italo clearly didn't give a single shit, so yes not cool. Even Mason Ho said something about how people easily bail against him (and other celebrities by extension)... Something that you can take advantage off being one.
@@Krylone true, you are right! but in this specific case he started paddle before was more for him the wave.
That definitely psyched him out a little for sure lol but to the other guys point, Italo was full paddling before the inside guy made any move at all but that could be because he thought he could just sling shot onto the thing cuz of his position, which turned out to be not as late as he may have thought. This analysis is also completely ridiculous yet I still feel compelled to participate
I doubt that dude would have even made it around that first section italo floated so fh lol
Holy fackNmolly generates speed and power like it's nothing. That last wave by Italo is a top scorer, showing how quickly they adapt to a new break.
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Simply the olympic gold medal! 🌊🇧🇷
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I judge them" by the way they act, out in line- ups around the world, that's what makes a great surfer, humility& kindness!
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so much energy, explosive surfing. 🌊💪
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Italo always looks like he's doing a caffeine powered Tango while the wave is Waltzing. I appreciate the incredible skills but the style reminds me of a cat escaping an ice bath...
I agree, no denying his athleticism and skills but it just looks a bit too chaotic or forced
Glorious
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When they look like they're too powerful for the wave 🤣 it really shows the level of fitness these atheletes are at
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Sparky and exciting beyond belief! 😍
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This dude is pretty decent, he should consider competitive surfing
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I " dunno" the women's division has some real" Shredders" but with practice he could go " Italo way,....
Ítalo é um folgado,espero que uma hora algum local dê um sacode nele,ele merece,a humildade anda longe desse cara.
Bem longe
Impressionante como ele se acha.
Italo is my fantasy pick for G-Land.
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That guy did well against Italo, I wouldn't even be close LOL
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That first wave !
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Control + finesse = italo
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That second ride was moneyy
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O Ítalo quebrou a vala!
It was goofy Joe, and he was too late...so he smartly played nice to italo ...what else can you anyway the man is an wild surf animal...:)
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Levels!
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Imagine you work hard for 2 years to save for that trip and you arrive exactly when the wsl is not far away 🤣
But it could be a once in a lifetime moment😉😉
Im sure that if you are going to Bali for surftrip. you know if there is wsl contest going on. that actually happened to me. I moved my trip a week after the wsl events.
@@ivanjuz9747 Yeah it s good idea to check it I was there 10 years ago without any comp but the crowd was too aggressive for my liking, I preferred the southern spots part of the island, less people more room to enjoy the ocean
If your going to indo on a surf trip you don’t really wanna stay in Bali for long any way. Way better and less crowded waves throughout the rest of the country
the crowd+ race 🤭
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He dropped in ya bellends
There is more to the drop in rule that very few know and that is the surfer first to thier feet can over rule a drop in call and take priority of the wave. Which is why you never paddle battle with pro's unless you've had a protein shake and two red bull in the last 5 minutes
Thank you. IF was actually being a dick here if we’re honest.
he's making us bali surfers look bad😅
bravo
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A huge floater
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If you look closely and stop it, you also see that Italo start paddling BEFORE the other guy, maybe just 1 second ... That is only my opinion of course and I am not an expert,, but just looking at this in very slow motion and pausing it, I noticed that knowing exactly what the wave is doing and when to start paddling seems to also be a difference in addition to paddling power.
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Anyone know what board he’s riding? Looks relatively wide for a wave like that. But of course it doesn’t matter to Italo
Surfs like he's in fast motion!
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Very very very good
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Mornin yall 😎 🤙
Good Morning!!
Wow Italo gets off his edges so fast
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Italo is insanely good surfer
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Wave Fighting Arts (WFA) demonstration. Italo is the Grand Master winning contests in hyper aggressive form, but man, painful to watch.
You beauty
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Is it coming a competition in Bali?
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Would that be considered dropping in by Italo?
I’d say no, because the guy on the inside started paddling after him / too late to make the wave.
@@williamcox7173 Ok thanks!
fiar dinkum insane
Italo already had 6 stokes in before homie started to paddle, Cause he knows wtf is up.
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I wonder if that guy on the inside had made it would Italo have pulled off!
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Aesthetically beautiful wave, aesthetically repugnant surfing.
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Agreed. Everything Tommy Curren brought to the table has been forgotten.
Totally agree. But damn he's FAST
Good morning ya'll
Good morning!
Dang. That guy has that wave in his pocket
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That Brazilian style! Or lack thereof!
Pupo and medina disagrees
Did he get hangry and storm the warungs ?
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Fastest man in the water
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Surfing used to be fun. Are the pro's still loving it. Or is it practice practice.
Some of them I would guess are not having fun, but this guy is definitely having a blast.
He's shredding everything is at 10. But it's like a contest heat.
As long as someone is progressing it has to be fun like a video game right. This dude is definitely still progressing ✅
@@Asator66 remember that time he stomped his board in half lol
Notice on his back foot moving back and forth.
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Wasnt much of a paddle battle, kook started flailing his arms and kicking way later than Italo and was never gonna catch that. Also he definitely wouldnt have been able to launch the massive floater to make that first section lol
AND he started behind the other guy
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BAGUS!!!!!!!!
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The other guy wasn't even in the wave...
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Wouldn’t of caught up to him anyways lol
Kinda silly they both thought they were just gonna paddle in last second on Italo? Na let the champ go then take your shot.
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Deeper guy should have just gone.
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Well he doesn't do anything else so I'd hope he'd out paddle everyone
Always appears rushed.