Sea Bass's year just keeps getting better and better. Surfline's "20 under 20" feature, which ranks the top 20 surfers in the world under 20 years old, has ranked Sea Bass #9. Here is what Surfline's Dave Prodan had to say about Sea Bass:

The Kauaian vagabond has made quite the splash in 2008 and nowhere was this more apparent than at April's Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro and Oakley Pro Junior. Seabass, along with fellow outer-island comrade Dusty Payne, dealt healthy spankings in both divisions of the event, but Zietz's paranormal rapport with the Lowers walls set him well apart from the pack. Although the young regularfooter went out in the quarterfinals of the WQS (the result of a last minute interference), he had already scalped some big names (including Nathan Yeomans and Dustin Barca) and went on to obliterate the Oakley Pro Junior a few hours later, claiming the win and qualifying for the Oakley Global Pro Junior Challenge in one fell swoop. That being said, this is Zietz's final year as a junior and we want to see the youngster make more of a dent on the 'QS - nowhere better than the upcoming U.S. Open in Huntington Beach.

To read the 20 under 20 go to: 20under20 Photo:Volcom.com