Jordy Smith is just your average professional surfer. He travels the world to ride big waves with sponsors like Red Bull footing the bill. What a hard life he lives… Sure the sport of surfing does have its death/injury risk, but what sport doesn’t? He’s living the dream.

While filming for the Red Bull team off the Mentawai Islands in the Indian Ocean, Jordy pulls an amazing trick on his board. It’s being called a rodeo flip which is a popular snowboarding trick from the early 90’s. eHow.com has some instructions on how to complete this wicked maneuver. Looks like a blasty blast.