This morning at the camp, with clients returning home from Kuta 6am, it was a little slow moving and quite. The keen intermediates were up to greet the partiers on their way out for a sunrise surf. The boys surfed Ulus while our guide Kingy tried out his single fin in Padang. Back at the … Read More
Professional surfer/eco-warrior James Pribram of Laguna Beach, California is coming to Bali to help protect the environment of world-renowned Uluwatu beach. The goal is to preserve, protect and improve Uluwatu, one of Bali’s and indeed the world’s top surf sites, and eventually have it recognized as a Surf Heritage Site. From the Laguna Beach Coastline … Read More
Today we had a busy day with 3 surf sessions happening in the camp. First starting with the beginners heading to Padang Beach, with a drive over the bridge and a quick surf check the waves looked great! We headed up to the car park, unloaded the car and headed down. Coming through the cave … Read More
Today was a full full day of surfing with 4 sessions being smashed out. This morning we had some new guys join us for breakfast so it was jaffles, pancakes and meet and greets around the breakfast table. Once we’d gotten to know each other a little better we loaded up the car and took … Read More
Today the camp had another late start with a surf time of 10am. We had our pancakes, jaffles and French toasts and watched some surf DVD’s to get everyone in the mood. By 10am the cars were all packed and we were heading to our local break Padang. Once we climbed down the stairs and … Read More
Though I mostly write about surfing in Bali, I like to mix up my blog posts with a bit of Balinese cultural news, both modern and ancient. Here are some bites from a few recent stories that have appeared in the international media. A South African artist, Tshepo Maponyane, has made waves in Indonesia where … Read More
Folks travel to Bali for all kinds of reasons. There is of course the mainstream tourist hype that exploded in the wake of the success of Eat, Pray, Love, but Bali has long been attracting nature lovers, surfers, yoga practitioners and others who were drawn to this South East Asian island paradise before the successful … Read More
It was another early start this morning, as we all awoke to some light showers and light trade winds. The van was loaded and our in-camp DJ got everyone stoked for a day in the surf. Having checked Padang Padang we decided to head to Balangan to maximise our water time. As we arrived we … Read More
Today we had our surf guides head off to Kuta for some surf training and first aid. A group headed to Balangan to surf for the day, with some beginners only taking their beach towel, awaiting tomorrows lesson with the boys. Balangan had nice 1 metre clean sets with the wind picking up in the … Read More
Today after we were one surf guide down due to a new baby arrival, (congratulations Made!), we headed off back to Balangan. With a local surf competition being held in crowded Padang Padang, we had a whole section to ourselves in Balangan. The swell was up and the waves were beautiful. Clean glassy 2 metre … Read More
