GETTING OUT Monkeys, fish, turtles, tides, ponds, emptiness, fast, slow, rocks, boulders, caves, lost, walking, rushing, reef cuts, hold downs, wipeouts, sea snakes, timing, watching, waiting, commitment, adrenalin, excitement, nervousness and scarcity are just a few words that come to mind when I recall this ‘Impossibles’ adventure. Brett and I watch the line up intensively […]
‘Spooky’ best describes this session, if you can call it a session. It was in March 2025 with perfect conditions, not a breath of wind, the water surface pure glass and a rising swell. The hurdle though was the morning low tide, which doesn’t mix well with most reefs around Bali. Nethertheless, I chose to […]
There is nothing quite like the feeling of discovering and surfing a new location. I’ve been to Bali around twenty times and still are discovering new locations. The challenge though is to score these locations with the ideal conditions to get the best waves. Sometimes easier said than done. Being an Island nicknamed ‘The land […]
I’ve been travelling to Bali since 2010 and have nearly clocked up around twenty trips but on the most recent in August 2023 I surfed some of the most perfect waves I ever had. This is just one of those sessions. You see, it’s not only knowing where the perfect waves are in Bali, you […]
Called ‘Shipwrecks’ from a wreck back in the 70’s most of the wreck had broken down over the years since. That was until a few months ago when a tug boat towing a barge ran aground causing a new wreck that was meters off destroying the whole wave. Rumors of broken tug engine, drunk or […]
It was March 2020 and we were staying on the West Coast of Bali at Keramas and Nusa Dua for 8 days. We arrived right at the beginning of Corona and only just managed to get our trip in! Keramas is a heavy, world class right hander breaking over a shallow section of reef off […]
There is nothing quite like first discovering a surf break that has been on your destination list. The adventure is even more exciting when you have to find the place first. The place I had on my radar for quite some time was ‘Nikko’ situated somewhere on the Nusa Dua coast of Bali. I had […]
I had spent many years dreaming about surfing Bali long before my first trip. I studied all the waves, the best tides, the best winds, the dangers, basically any information I could find! However, none of this seemed to help me when I had my very first surf in Bali! The excitement was at its […]
With the world climate we are experiencing now, sickness, death, pain, suffering, panic, isolation, hardship, worry, uncertainty, all due to the devastating Corona Virus, I wish to show massive gratitude for our recent Bali trip. We left just a few days before the talk was for Aussies to return from overseas & returned all ok […]
Reef cuts, monkeys, fish, boulders, tides, excitement, ponds, emptiness, fast, slow, rocks, caves, lost, nervousness, walking, rushing, more monkeys, adventure, misadventure, sea snakes, timing, watching, waiting, turtles & commitment are just a few things that come to mind when attempting to paddle out and attempting to paddle in when surfing “Impossibles” in Bali. It all […]
