A wave of shock and disappointment has swept over Hawaii and the surf world at massive, as information that Tamayo Perry, longtime Pipeline specialist, died on Sunday, June twenty third. Perry was browsing Goat Island off Oahu on the time of the assault; he was 49 years outdated.
Perry, a freesurfing standout within the North Shore scene across the new millennium, was beloved for his ever-present smile and informal poise below heaving, terrifying Pipeline barrels. The hard-charging goofy-footer was a frequent sight in surf magazines, surf flicks, and even making an look within the 2002 Hollywood hit, Blue Crush.
Within the years following, he turned a lifeguard and surf teacher.
Per a report from Hawaii News Now:
“Honolulu EMS officers say they responded to an incident involving a physique simply earlier than 1 p.m. within the Kahuku space.
“EMS officers say dispatchers stated the person’s physique appeared to have suffered a couple of potential shark chew.
“Officers say lifeguards introduced the person’s physique to shore by way of jet ski, whereas onshore, EMS paramedics assisted with the dying pronouncement.”
For extra on Perry, and his affect on the surf world, right here’s Matt Warshaw from the Encyclopedia of Surfing:
“Exhausting-charging, God-fearing Pipeline specialist from Oahu’s North Shore; named by Browsing journal in 2002 as “almost definitely to get the barrel of the 12 months.” Perry was born (1975) and raised on the East Facet of Oahu, started browsing at age 12, and shortly turned greatest associates with future pop crooner Jack Johnson, who lived in a beachfront home at Pipeline.
“Perry was recognized in his late teenage years because the quiet up-and-coming native boy who needed to borrow surfboards as a result of he had no sponsors. By 1997, the wiry goofyfooter had gone an extended option to growing a tuberiding fashion combining traits from Gerry Lopez and Tom Carroll, his two favourite old-school Pipeline surfers. He’d in the meantime turn into a religious born-again Christian: Requested by a surf journal to call the final two books he’d learn, Perry listed the Bible and The Finish: 50 Causes Why Jesus Christ Might Return Earlier than the Yr 2000.
“Perry has competed selectively, and with modest success, ending fourth within the 2000 Pipeline Masters Trials and fifth within the Billabong Professional Trials at Teahupoo. Nonetheless, by 2005 he was usually considered Pipeline’s single most dominate surfer.
“Perry has appeared in additional than a dozen surf movies, together with The Bomb (1998), Revelation (2000), All Aboard (2002), and Loaded Pipe (2004). Emila Perry, Tamayo’s Australian-born spouse, is an expert bodyboarder.”
It is a growing story. Extra to return on Tamayo’s legacy. Within the meantime, relaxation in peace to this absolute legend.
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