Billabong Pro Junior Asia at Keramas River-Day 2

Ideal offshore clean surf greeted competitors surfing the Association of Surfing Professionals Billabong Pro Junior Asia at Keramas River-mouth and all 16 round two heats were completed in the well shaped 1.25m (3 to 4 feet) surf.

Second round seeds from Indonesia, Australia and Japan were introduced in this unique duel sanctioned event and there were plenty of high scoring performances.

Highlight surfers today were international pair Guimarãres Yan (Brazil) and Beyrick De Vries (South Africa).

Both are highly rated surfers from their respective ASP Pro Junior circuits in their home countries and both saw the opportunity to surf outstanding waves in Bali and compete against many of the world's top Pro Junior surfers.

"It's a great event for me to mix it with the international surfers" said Brazil's Yan who lives in Rio.

"There's unbelievable surf everywhere here and to surf with just three others at Keramas is amazing."

Durban's 17 year-old De Vries is presently number four on the ratings in South Africa and he put on a Jordy Smith inspired performance posting the day's top scoring single ride of a 9.1 along with the highest heat tally of the day of 16.75..

"Jordy is our man in surfing and we all look up to him so I suppose his win in J'Bay and the fact he is now number one in the world has us all lifting our surfing and proud to be South African " said De Vries.

"The waves here are high performance, it's my favourite wave in the world and I just love the place -- it's paradise" added De Vries.

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