Baby child famous for outshining world surf champ at deadly Teahupoo gets regulated!
The seven-year-old surf prodigy Uriah Anchor became famous last year when he outshone Filipe Toledo at Teahupoo, riding the joint as if he was born there, a plastic helmet his only protection against the deadly reef.
Toledo, you’ll remember, was in the running for a shock gold medal at the Olympics last year, even clocking an almost perfect ride while the surf remained small. However, his hopes of glory were shattered when the surf got a little bigger and Toledo threatened to reprise his famous zero-point heat total there.
Eight months ago, Uriah Anchor released a few IG posts where he fearlessly attacks the famous left that has flummoxed two-time world champ Filipe Toledo for well over a decade. His performances drew sharp praise from a cavalcade of surf stars including the man who pioneered backside tube riding at Pipeline Johnny Boy Gomes.
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Uriah Anchor’s latest drop is a take on the 1992 film Kelly Slater in Black and White, a short film that confirmed, as if confirmation was necessary, the 21-year-old Floridian’s genius.
As he, or his daddy, explains on the channel,
This is our 1992-inspired surf edit for the Chemistry Surfboards Surf Video Challenge.
When Chemistry Surfboards raffled off four custom boards to local Osiders, 7-year-old Uriah was one of the lucky names drawn. The challenge? Film and edit a complete surf video in just one month.
Uriah took that board straight to work—stacking clips at Lowers, Trestles, Teahupoo, and more…
pushing his progression and style on every wave.
The highlight, in my book, is baby child getting regulated by a man at Teahupoo. Uriah deals calmly with the unexpected visitor from the heavens, scoots around the blade, and gets tubed out of his head.
Question to the below-the-line gang: you ever give hell to a kid in the water?
If so, what was the rationale and did it feel like a triumph of the spirit or did you go home and weep?
