Beyrick sensational in Hawaii
Local surfer scores a perfect 10 point ride in his first VANS World Cup of Surfing at solid Sunset Beach.
UMHLANGA’S Beyrick de Vries, stunned the surfing world this past weekend when he posted a perfect 10 point ride on what has been described as the ‘biggest and best biggest barrel in the storied 50-year history of surfing competition at Sunset Beach’ in Hawaii.
What makes these feats truly remarkable is that De Vries, who turns 21 in a fortnight, is competing in his first event at Sunset Beach, notorious for its huge ‘playing field’ which makes wave selection difficult even for those that live there and ride the spot every time it breaks.
Competing in waves that reached 20 foot (six metres) on the face, De Vries showed supreme skills in manoeuvring his way into, and out of, a massive tube on Sunday.
“It’s pretty much a 55 hour travel here on a plane and costs you pretty much half your budget,” said De Vries after his 10 point ride yesterday. “Living here is expensive and you kind of doubt it all, but then you get one wave like that and everything’s worth it. It’s all worth it, I’m stoked.”
The uMhlanga resident humbly professed that he didn’t know how he was doing so well and that he was just having fun before going on to say that he was proud to be representing South Africa and thanking his board caddy, Jake Patterson (AUS), all his friends back in SA and the water-patrol who were a great confidence booster, particularly in the giant surf yesterday.
