During the World Grommet surf event in January 01, this youngster blew away the 14 year old division with smashing moves out of the lip that makes old codgers like me so jealous...

Ry originates from the north coast of Western Australia and thanks to his old man, he's had plenty of surfing experience. His dad swims deep for abalone shells, and due to this reason he has surfed together with his old man on many offshore islands since he could first walk.

Former top professional Barton Lynch stated that if this youngster could have a few winters on the North Shore of the Hawaiian chain he would be totally insane. This is a very high compliment from a former world champion and maybe we are seeing the new world champion of the future. However we must not be premature as Australia has produced a number of good surfers in the juniors but for some reason they do not all come through but Ry seems different to the surfers before him who have failed.

Over the past 12 months, Ry has been making a lot of people sit up and take notice. He won the Quiksilver air contest in WA a few months ago, pocketing a cool $6000 - a lot of money for a grommet

Incidentally, Ry made the cover of Surfing World, the first time a Grom had made the cover since Tom Carroll. Food for thought maybe of what is ahead for this teenager.