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Day One Success at the Rip Curl Pro
The one thing that brought us all to Bali in the first place was the Rip Curl Pro Indonesian Surfing Tour. My boyfriend and our very good friend are both competing in the men’s longboarding division. We are taking a few weeks to rest and relax after the comp enjoying each others company and all … Read more
It’s still a long way to the finish line…
After the drama of just getting out of the village. It was a relief to finally get on the bus to Bandung. That relief didn’t last long however. The ride between the village and the next town of Pangandaran should take no longer than 45 minutes, an hour tops. Two hours and ten minutes after … Read more
thats what I’m talking about!
The weather in Batukaras has been wet and wild for the past week – Incredible storms and lighting flashes and the loudest thunder I’ve ever heard as the forks of light crack across the ocean threatening to tear the sky in two. We’ve spent nights trapped at the warungs and braving out the storm with … Read more
We wait, I write…
There has been no surf since last Tuesday, so things are getting a little antsy in the village. There is only so long we can all sit around the restro talking shit – although we do manage to do a very good job of it for at least three hours every afternoon. I’m in the … Read more
A morning surf. The day awaits.
This mornings surf was not that great. Good company though. Some new friends and I floated out on the ocean at about 6.45am waiting for the mornings surf to roll in. It’s a pretty spectacular time to be out on the water. The rising sun shoots crystals across the top of the bottle blue ocean that blind … Read more
Rain, Rain, go away.
It’s rainy season here in Java, Indonesia, and honestly, there hasn’t been that much heavy rain in the past few weeks, I think the heavens have been saving it all up for today… when I really wanted to go surfing. But I’m not skilled or daring enough to surf in a thunderstorm, not yet anyway. I’ve heard … Read more
On the board, and in the surf.
I finally did it… After some encouragement from a friend over evening Bintangs – who had read my blog and now knew that I just wasn’t doing it out of a little fear - I was convinced me to finally grow a pair and get out in the surf. I’ve been putting it off, I’m not really sure why. It’s something I … Read more
