It was quite an early struggle today, with only having had around 2-3 hours sleep, a carload full of keen surfers headed to Balangan. Last night’s antics was a great deal of fun and the whole camp seem to be having a wicked time together. We danced and drank till the wee hours of the … Read More
Today the camp was divided into a few smaller groups. It was the 5.30am call again and the keen beans were up and ready because as well all know, the early bird gets the worm. For the some the 5.30am start 3 days in a row was a bit too much and so they took … Read More
The 2011 Rip Curl Cup invitational surfing competition kicked off on Sunday at Padang Padang on the Bukit peninsula in southern Bali, also home to Rapturecamps Bali. The Rip Curl Cup is Indonesia’s biggest surfing competition and lasts for 5 weeks (July 10 – August 14). This year’s cup features 32 professional surfers from across … Read More
Today we had yet another early morning with 5.30am start at Balangan. With high tide coming in at 6am we were quick to jump into the water and get started. The sun was out and the waves were cranking. We surfed a good few hours for the morning session, with some nice lefts rolling in. … Read More
Today was another early start with a few light showers and lots of clouds to start the day. We drove to Nusa Dua with 2 carloads at 5.30 this morning, the clouds parted for our arrival and we got a beautiful sunrise over the sea (todays picture). With the tide getting low the first session … Read More
Today began at 5.30am with the beginners hitting up Padang for some nice small long rolling lefts. The clouds hung around for the morning but soon disappeared for a nice hot sunny day. Despite the time of day and the unwarming weather the guys had a great early session and caught some really nice waves. … Read More
Today was another big day…and is still going for some with 2 full taxis just leaving for a night out in Kuta! Surf all day party all night for some! So today we split the group, with a very low tide and strong winds, we had a carload of beginners hit up Padang Padang and … Read More
Today was a huge day! We spend the whole day at Balangan Beach and the weather and surf was beautiful! After breakfast we loaded up TWO full cars and headed to the beach. With a drizzly start to the day the clouds disappeared by the time breakfast was over and the sun was shining! The … Read More
Today it felt good to be back at our home beach Padang Padang. We arrived after breakfast with no one out in the water and the shore rather quite too we had the whole beach to ourselves. With some newcomers to the camp this was their first Padang experience and they loved it. From the … Read More
Today the advanced boys took the first surf. 2 bright-eyed guys woke early and surfed Secrets while the rest of the camp slept. Close out death sets was the report with the tide very low. Breakfast time came around and everybody slowly woke up to another beautiful day at the camp. First surf for beginners … Read More
