"Indonesians believe that the ocean is very, very dangerous and the sea god is going to take you away," says Bali surfing pioneer Rizal Tandjung (pictured here) of why the locals were slow to join the ...
“This is where it all started,” says Rizal Tandjung, gazing out over a sandy shoreline lapped by dying breakers. Almost 40 years old, Tandjung is one of Bali’s surfing pioneers. Picking up his first ...
While the lion’s share of Balinese surfing focuses on the Bukit Peninsula – with its storied, considerably crowded, and lengthy lefthand pointbreaks like Uluwatu, Padang Padang, and others – there’s a ...
Blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge and former pro surfer and surf writer Matt George are working together on a new surf-based feature film.
The first surfer in Bali was the handsome photographer, tennis coach, CIA agent, and natural-footer Bob Koke. Koke had learned to surf in Waikiki when he had been an assistant to the film director ...
The west side of the Bukit Peninsula is the island’s main drag. Oozing convenience with all its restaurants, bars, stores and shops, the Bukit also hosts all the marquee waves — mostly long, hollow ...
With ankle to knee high waves, this was one of the smallest sessions we've ever filmed. Even so, there were still some fun and even long rides peeling along the sand at Kuta Beach. I think you'd be ...
A tiny island chain in Indonesia has achieved mythical status in the surfing community. Here come the resorts. In 1991, an Australian named Lance Knight came upon a perfect wave. Brushed by gentle ...
Catching waves and soaking up the surf culture in Bali, one of the world’s top surfing destinations. Medicare update: New ID verification coming for seniors next year 'Plainly violates 2nd Amendment': ...