Watch: Italo Ferreira channeling Andy Irons

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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."

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Dazza27 Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 4:40pm

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!!

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simba Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 5:02pm

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

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amb Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 5:10pm

Jeez AI could do a backhand re-entry.

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Ash Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 5:15pm

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.

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andy-mac Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 5:28pm

Fark... Ripping!!

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nolocal Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 5:43pm

For comparison, goofies do it better

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GODS QUAD Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 5:50pm

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

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freeride76 Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 6:43pm

AI for the win.

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Andrew P Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 7:11pm

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

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goofyfoot Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 7:34pm

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

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crg Saturday, 12 Sep 2020 at 7:26pm

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

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goofyfoot Saturday, 12 Sep 2020 at 7:57pm

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

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crg Sunday, 13 Sep 2020 at 1:41pm

Stories from mates living in Hawaii don’t sound good

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frog Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 8:41pm

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

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davidinindo Thursday, 10 Sep 2020 at 11:39pm

Uncrowded Maldives look nice too!!!!

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sean killen Saturday, 12 Sep 2020 at 7:16am

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

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udo Saturday, 12 Sep 2020 at 8:10am

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

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ringmaster Saturday, 12 Sep 2020 at 9:45pm

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.

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Spearman Tuesday, 15 Sep 2020 at 4:13pm

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