Surfing is hot right now in Padang Padang and the surf competition is as hot as it can get. Last Wednesday, August 3rd, the trials for the Rip Curl Cup were held in Padang Padang, Bali. Three locals and three international surfers competed for the last three spots in the main event of the competition, … Read More
Yesterday as the sun rose there was excitement in the air with the predicted swell arriving and the probability of the Rip Curl Pro contest to be on! As the morning progressed the wind picked up and the swell just wasn’t enough, a new decision call time of 1pm was set and so we waited. … Read More
Today with high tide rising a little later in the morning we were granted with a little sleep in and an 8.30am surf call time. We had breakfast at the camp with jaffles, omelettes and French toast, the new favourite for breakfast. We loaded up the vans and with an earlier check of Padang looking … Read More
While browsing through Google News recently, I caught a couple of articles on traveling to Bali. Both are examples of travel journalism, but they could hardly be more different. Ben Groundwater writes The Backpacker column for the Sydney Morning Herald. Ben had never wanted to travel to Bali, thinking it a typical party destination full … Read More
I’ve decided to do a bit of cultural exploration lately; going to galleries, checking out articles on art exhibitions, watching art documentaries, etc. The other day I watched a video report on the Guardian website on a pretty cool exhibit in Manchester called 11 Rooms, featuring renowned artists such as Marina Abramović. You can see … 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 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
Last weekend 300 turtle hatchlings were released in Bali by human volunteers, part of Bali’si big “eco weekend”. Around 2,000 volunteers lent the sea turtle hatchlings a helping hand and also cleaned up beaches on the Kuta, just north of the Bukit peninsula. You can watch a short video report on Bali’s eco weekend and … Read More
In part 1 of Bali’s beaches: Bukit Peninsula, we briefly covered the beaches of Pandang Padang, Dreamland and Bingin. In part 2 we mixed it up with Balangan, Suluban and Nyang Nyang. Since Bukit is quite different from the rest of Bali in terms of climate and geography, it’s almost like an island itself. It … Read More
