The Mystery Surfer
He’s a quietly spoken fella from the apple isle. You’ve seen him charging 20 foot Shipsterns – airing off the step, landing in the flats, riding out on the foam ball. What you may not know is that he shreds small waves and can thread left hand tubes like nobody’s business. His name is James Holmer-Cross and he is the mystery surfer in the Rip Curl Padang Cup 2010. We found JH-C checking the waves at Uluwatu and hit him up for a lil interview… cheers to waves mag for the Story in our team rider!
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Fwd: DIVERSE at Reef Bali Pro on Kuta Beach
Fri, Jul 2 2010 11:04
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Fwd: DIVERSE at Reef Bali Pro on Kuta Beach
Hi Dave,
Nice pic of DIVERSE Board & rider....
PETER NEELY
INDO SURF & LINGO
PO Box 50 Peregian Beach Qld 4573
skype: peterneely
www.indosurf.com .au
Open Division Action Gets Underway on Day Two of Reef Bali Pro at Kuta Beach
23 June 2010, Kuta Beach-Bali: Round 1 and the first four heats of Round 2 were completed today in the Reef Bali Pro at Kuta Beach, as the highly anticipated increase in swell finally arrived resulting in glassy 3 foot waves for most of the morning.
Standouts during the morning's session included Kadek Murtika from Canggu, who found the head-high lefthanders coming in from the south very much to his liking, resulting in a Round 3 berth as his reward for taking first in his Round 1 and Round 2 heats.
The wave of the day honor belongs to a lucky Dewa Ardika from Kuta, who in the final minute of his Round 2 heat slotted into the only barrel of the morning and managed to find the doggy door, going from last place in the heat to second, thereby dodging an early exit and gaining himself a spot in the third round.
Of historical significance was the presence of Affan from the island of Sumba competing in his first ever Coca-Cola ISC event. The Rob Machado look-alike has been living and surfing in Bali for a while, but has never competed in a formal competition until today. Although he failed to advance into Round 2 with his third place finish in Round 1, he showed that he could surf with power and style so no doubt we will see more and better results from him in future Coca-Cola ISC events as his contest experience increases.
The contest organizers called a stop to the action at just after 11pm due to the low tide and strong wind conditions. Action will resume tomorrow morning at 6:30 am, with the higher tide and less wind setting things up for the remainder of Round 2 and at least the completion of Round 3. See attached heat draw for tomorrow's lineup.
You can follow the action on Facebook via Reef Indonesia and Indonesian Surfing Championship, and on the Coca-Cola ISC Tour Reef Bali Pro minisite at www.isctour.com/events/padma.
The Reef Bali Pro 2010 is sponsored by Reef Indonesia, Kawasaki, the Hard Rock Hotel and Centerstage, the Hard Rock Café, Hard Rock Radio, Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia, Heineken, Optik Seis, Waterbom Bali, FHM, Surf Time Magazine, Lines Magazine, and sanctioned by the Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Championship Tour.
Photos and text: Tim Hain – Coca-Cola ISC Tour
- The tip of Dewa Ardika's surfboard leading him out of the only barrel of the day.
- Dewa Ardika's reaction to the MC's announcement that he placed second in his heat and advances to Round 3
Fwd: DIVERSE at Reef Bali Pro on Kuta Beach
Hi Dave,
Nice pic of DIVERSE Board & rider....
PETER NEELY
INDO SURF & LINGO
PO Box 50 Peregian Beach Qld 4573
skype: peterneely
www.indosurf.com .au
Open Division Action Gets Underway on Day Two of Reef Bali Pro at Kuta Beach
23 June 2010, Kuta Beach-Bali: Round 1 and the first four heats of Round 2 were completed today in the Reef Bali Pro at Kuta Beach, as the highly anticipated increase in swell finally arrived resulting in glassy 3 foot waves for most of the morning.
Standouts during the morning's session included Kadek Murtika from Canggu, who found the head-high lefthanders coming in from the south very much to his liking, resulting in a Round 3 berth as his reward for taking first in his Round 1 and Round 2 heats.
The wave of the day honor belongs to a lucky Dewa Ardika from Kuta, who in the final minute of his Round 2 heat slotted into the only barrel of the morning and managed to find the doggy door, going from last place in the heat to second, thereby dodging an early exit and gaining himself a spot in the third round.
Of historical significance was the presence of Affan from the island of Sumba competing in his first ever Coca-Cola ISC event. The Rob Machado look-alike has been living and surfing in Bali for a while, but has never competed in a formal competition until today. Although he failed to advance into Round 2 with his third place finish in Round 1, he showed that he could surf with power and style so no doubt we will see more and better results from him in future Coca-Cola ISC events as his contest experience increases.
The contest organizers called a stop to the action at just after 11pm due to the low tide and strong wind conditions. Action will resume tomorrow morning at 6:30 am, with the higher tide and less wind setting things up for the remainder of Round 2 and at least the completion of Round 3. See attached heat draw for tomorrow's lineup.
You can follow the action on Facebook via Reef Indonesia and Indonesian Surfing Championship, and on the Coca-Cola ISC Tour Reef Bali Pro minisite at www.isctour.com/events/padma.
The Reef Bali Pro 2010 is sponsored by Reef Indonesia, Kawasaki, the Hard Rock Hotel and Centerstage, the Hard Rock Café, Hard Rock Radio, Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia, Heineken, Optik Seis, Waterbom Bali, FHM, Surf Time Magazine, Lines Magazine, and sanctioned by the Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Championship Tour.
Photos and text: Tim Hain – Coca-Cola ISC Tour
ISAAC PADDON AND ADAM GREER BALI SESSION
Fri, May 14 2010 10:51
| sg, longboarding, bali, Isaac Paddon, wave dominator, Adam Greer
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Jetstar Air lines only let us take boards up to 6'2 in length my choice was the round tail wave dominator which i rode most of the time . it worked in all conditions big and small, im glad i made the right choice. we also took the 6'2 sg which worked different but equally as good in a range of conditions.
ISAAC PADDON AND ADAM GREER BALI SESSION
Fri, May 14 2010 10:48
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ISAAC PADDON AND ADAM GREER BALI SESSION
Fri, May 14 2010 10:11
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Adam and myself scored a few rare uncrowded waves on one of the points in Bali last week. Between us we have a round tail 6'2 Wave Dominator, a 6'2 SG retro egg and a High Performance longboard. After a 6 hour session cold Bintangs and noodle soup never tasted bettter.
Diverse team rider Mattia Morri all around indo
New Teamrider Mattia Morri 1 week into a new board at Canggu
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Three of a kind?
Here is 3 of a new Quiver for slim@baliwaves.com
Jack is a 6'2 x 18 1/2" x 2 5/16" sprint,
The Queen is a 6'4" x 18 1/2" x 2 5/16" turbo sprint
With the King being a DK quad 6'1 x 19 1/2"x 2 3/8"
im holding the Ace up my sleeve... Haha.
My Sprint in Lombok
Hey Dave
How's things? Loving surfing the sprint, they seem to turn with plenty of
speed regardless of wave quality.
Here's my 6'4" on an average wave off south Lombok.
Cheers jake
Feedback on the Monster Mullet
Dave,
just some feedback on my monster mullet I purchased several months
ago. Went to Bali in March/April for the first time in 23 years & it
went unreal at Ulu in the varying conditions (2ft to 5ft) - surfed
virtually every day for 2-3 hours at Ulu & felt like I was in my teens
again not a 49 year old !
Regards,
Chris Locke
just some feedback on my monster mullet I purchased several months
ago. Went to Bali in March/April for the first time in 23 years & it
went unreal at Ulu in the varying conditions (2ft to 5ft) - surfed
virtually every day for 2-3 hours at Ulu & felt like I was in my teens
again not a 49 year old !
Regards,
Chris Locke
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Padang Padang
From: Grant Pearce
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009
Hi Dave,
Just wanted to send through a few pics of Padang Padang when I was over there last month…the board I am riding is only a 5’10 which I was riding with a twin fin setup making it loose as anything but super fun… My first time surfing padang in Indo..will be back for sure… Grant Pearce
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Kuta Reef was pumping today
Hooray for swell all over the world. Today it was pumping at Kuta Reef. Heres some great pics By Jim from Baliwaves.com shot from the channel on a boat. the Surfer is our own team rider Sima Rae. Sima is riding his new Sprint He had Delivered this week. Many thanks to Krystal Cadbury & her partner for delivering the boards. Hope you guys are getting great waves on your Diverse boards wherever you are in the ocean today.
New boards for a couple of Bali's best surfers.
The boards are our Sprint model Indonesian special. the prints are just a sample of the full graphic prints we can do...
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Sprint testing in Bali by Rusty rider Marlon Gerber
Bali Stock instores now....
Alaias for Bali
the road on the way to Caangu. Took it to a shed with a planer and a Sander
and walla... Wood for Riding. Some Tung oil from the Green tree eco store
on Sunset road sealed it up to make it waterproof! Enjoy Nature...
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Another Day In Paradise!
Ok... Sure is fun to travel to other tropical countries with waves to make boards... Here is how todays work on location in Bali went. i went to sleep last night with the knowledge the the broken part on the shaping machine had arrived and would be in operation first thing in the morning. therefore i would be able to start early and get about 10 boards shaped today. Great, i go home to Oz on friday, thats just enough time to comfortably be able to finish them all and deliver them b4 i go. zzzz zzzz Wake up at 7 am, packing all the orders forms i had completed the day before. i Opened the packet of new logos i had printed in Australia b4 i left. they are a special logo made for Indonesia to help us all know where your board is made. mmm nice new Rail logo... but lo and behold no main DIVERSE logo? what the! thats right the printing company had left them out... maybe i should have opened the packet b4 i left! but after dealing with that company for 15-20 years you kind of get a little lazy.. ok 8am the breakfast is down the hatch, im off to the printers over here to get a quick batch of make-do logos done. They are open, but the man who knows my job is not in till 9am.! right on time, he says ok, we dont have that paper here sorry. Well lets try an alternative then, so we feed it into a printer.... jam! no go. ok lets try the good laser printer it should work he says! oh sorry this computer just got formatted we have to install the drivers..... lets find the cd. mmm that guys not here yet... oh here he is... install. load paper. print... JAM! ok sir we can screen print for you. please come back toomorow morning at 10am! sheesh pretty quick for screen printing, ok sir thanks, thats the best you can do. Off to the factory thinking i can shape them all still and pick up the logos in the morning to glass them toomorow.. no biggie! get to the factory.. The parts didnt come, the guy flight comes in at 3pm this arvo now! Ok gonna be tight, i will do some shapes tonight. My family are not here to go home too, i dont mind working at night here, its cooler too! While im waiting i go to the wood factory up the road and but some timber to make an Alaia i promised the boys over here. Sweet! all good, fired up the old planer and hacked away wishing i had earmuffs and did it at night too. it was 34 degrees and 99% humidity! out with the sander and the 60 grit. nice finished in 2 hours. a bit rougher than what i make at home but nice to have some fun with! Well while im waiting for the Shaping Machine parts, i thought i better go collect some money owed to me for a board from one shop. Hello is the boss here? oh no sir he has gone to lunch, back in 30 minutes. cool ill just check my emails while im waiting in the air conditioning. oh the wireless password is? oh dont know. the guy who does that is on lunch too! ok here comes the boss, Sure we owe you x,xxx,xxxIDR. but the girl who does the money just left for the day, come back toomorow !
ok Quick email check at hotel then back to factory... parts arrived time to test it.. no go, test, no go... fiddle with wire, no go, test no go, support call at $7 per minute.. test no go, ewiggle test no go, swear turn off .. test no go etc etc. 7pm. time to go home 40 minutes of ball tearing motorcycle riding in traffic down the same road for the 6th time today... a quck shower and im writing this Email as the low battery warning is coming on on my computer and the lightning is signalling an impending storm probaly putting the power out briefly again!.. mmm better save and send real quick huh! see yas all toomorow! gonna be a good day! |
on location at the Waves board test...
Today was day 1 of the annual waves board test. This time its on location in Bali. i was on hand to see how the guys go & was really interested to see how Rusty team rider Marlon Gerber liked my Sprint model i shaped for the test. the board is a 6'2"x18 1/4x 2 3/16" ds just like we have on our shop shelf at Tugun. I was impressed how natural Marlon looked riding the board! he was digging the board too commenting how little effort it took to do anything he wanted. The waves were a fun 2-3 foot at Canggu.
Nice Day to go surfing...
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one of our great bali advisors and legends
11 May, 2009 Kuta-Bali: At just before 6:00 pm on Saturday May 9 at Kuta Beach in Bali, over 80 surfers paddled out at Kuta Beach to honor the life, spirit, and contributions of Kim “Fly” Bradley by sprinkling his ashes into the sea surrounding his beloved island. It would have been his 54th birthday.
Smaller groups performed similar paddle outs at Bradley’s favorite surfing beaches around the island: Nusa Dua, Sanur, and Padang-Padang Beach (near Uluwatu).
Later that evening in Kuta, friends and family gathered for a wake at his favorite watering hole, Tubes Bar on Poppies 2. Bradley and fellow Aussie Steve Palmer created the world famous wave at Tubes, where thousands have been photographed over the years perched atop a surfboard hovering just under the concrete lip. With food, drink, and many of Bradley’s photos and surfboards on display, stories were swapped and old times revived while “Morning of the Earth” played on the big screen, in a fitting memoriam to this Bali legend.
Bradley, an Australian expat from the Sydney area, passed away just a few weeks ago on Nyepi Day (the Balinese annual Day of Silence) March 26th at his house on the hill above Jimbaran, overlooking the airport and the reef breaks of Kuta. Though he had been battling skin cancer for many years, it was reported that a failed liver is what ended his time in Bali.
Nicknamed “Fly” by the older surfers when he was a youngster, learning to surf in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Bradley left a job at Tracks Magazine in 1974 for a trip to Bali, inspired by Albie Falzon’s classic surf film “Morning of the Earth”, a film with intriguing scenes of Bali’s epic waves. Subsequently, he spent the rest of his life living in Bali.
Bradley’s extraordinary surfing ability made him a standout out on the island’s most difficult waves, and along with both his talent for making surfboards and friends, he soon helped to organize the first surfing competition in Bali. The Indonesian surf scene as it is today owes its very existence to “Fly”.
On April 29th, 2009, Bradley received a full Balinese funeral (called a nyaben) on the sands of Kuta Beach at the Asem Celagi cemetery near the Kartika Discovery Mall. His body was cremated in the traditional Balinese manner with hundreds of local Balinese and Western friends and family attending. Bradley had converted to Balinese Hinduism with his marriage to Ni Made Ringan in 1982, and is survived daughter Dewi (25) sons Adi (20) and 18 month old Genghis.
Special thanks to Coca-Cola Bottling Indonesia for supplying Coke Zero, to Billabong Indonesia for making the T-shirts, to Mick Curley for padding out with a camera, and to everyone that came out to join in the event to show their respect for Kim “Fly” Bradley.
Photo Credit:
Tim Hain - ISC
Mick Curley - Mick Curley Photography
Jaiden |||amp; his Sprints take on Kirra |||amp; Currumbin Alley
a quick look at Jaidens surfing on his Sprints. sorry theres no music... just make your own song in your head then we dont have to worry about music copyright!
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Angie Koops in Bali
Bali Good Times for Sima Rai
One of our Balinese team riders Sima Rai showing how his new sprint model goes for us. The Shots are by Scotto at Baliwaves.com. Sima is sponsored by Billabong and has an impressive junior record. We are sure to be seing more of him soon! Dont forget to check out our collectable boards in the online store.. or deck your self out in a new Tshirt!
Bali Good Times for Dru
Dru is enjoying the Warmth of Bali's Waves and people... heres a quick couple shots from Canggu courtesy of www.baliwaves.com
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Hands up for the DK8-Kwad in Indo
Fri, Aug 1 2008 01:53
| Tech, bali, test drive, Indo, andy campbell, dave, k-wad
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Dave and I have been working on a few new concepts and testing them in the waves where I live in Bali, Indonesia. On Dave’s recent trip to Bali we worked closely on fine tuning a board design that would be suitable for a broad range of conditions. The development we have been working on from last year. The idea is to come up with a single board that is light and maneuverable in small beach break waves while maintaining integral strength and function for riding medium to large size waves over reef. We are getting close to perfecting this design and we tested a few boards at various locations on the island, trying to get a real feel for each board to discover both the positive and negative attributes. the DK8 is our result... This is a 6'2" roundtail DK at Belangan. We surfed this board in small 1-2 foot beachbreaks then right up to this day at Belangan... ALL ROUND BOARD...! 10/10.
Time to order for Indo
Thats right... Bali is back! We are currently compiling orders for shipment over the coming couple weeks. If you want a custom waiting for you when you arrive there, now is the time to order your magic board.
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nice clean waves
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Bali store
Sat, Apr 26 2008 09:08
| new board, bali, surfing bali, Indo
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of the store staff and the location map. There is a link on the right hand
side in the menu to see more info about where they are... The boards will be
sold at a very similar price to our aussie prices. They also have creatures
hardgoods and can supply you with fin solutions and future, speeed fin etc
systems. Surftravelonline is a reputable indo travel service too. They can
hook you up with great direct deals for surf locations all over indo...
Andy Campbell 5'8" Quad at Uluwatu
Fri, Apr 25 2008 08:40
| uluwatu, bali, quad, andy campbell
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Here is a nice shot i pulled from the Coastalwatch website of Andy
Campbell on one of our DQ8 Quads. this one is a 5'8"x20"x 2 5/8". its
nice action at Bali's Uluwatu. just may be the place where Ripcurl
hold thier search WCT this year. No doubt they will be queing up for
DQ8's too. get in quick and beat the rush...
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alex in bali barrel
hi dave the swell kicked today and we surfed changgu then uls in the afternoon with about 150 others + PROS FROM OZ the surf was great 4+ foot and bigger sets we also on the way back from medewei the photo is from a place north of tanna lot a small bay with pumping peaks the boards going great love the round tail getting up early and going to a new spot so ill tell you what its like talk to you alex
alex in medewi in bali
hi Dave,i competed in the ripcurl gromsearch at Medewei on sunday with 60 u 16s from all over the surf was 4foot and peeling lefts, i won my 4 heats with high scores 15 mim heat i had a 9.5 and 8.5 so it was very competive in the final with only a few mins to go i had a interferance and finished 4th with 3 place also riding a Diverse board! it was Mega's cousin,we had a great final and all enjoyed the day,i met heaps of balinese surfers and made lots of friends at Medewei. thats a quick wrap from Alex in Bali (2 comps= 1 win and one 4th ) talk later Alex
New Right Discovered in Indo
Tue, Apr 1 2008 12:01
| bali, surfing bali, Indo, waves
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![THE-right[1]](http://www.diversesurf.com.au/news/blogger_files/new-right-discovered-in-indo_1.jpg)
Bali has a new release righthand wave to enjoy! south of Keramas and north of Nusa Dua. its best in april around the 1st of the month. discovered by Alby Falzon producer of Morning of the Earth and there is a bunch of footage coming out in his new film "evening of the Photoshop" see all about it in the best guide for surfing Bali, "Indo surf & lingo" http://www.indosurf.com.au/
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Alex Swadling reporting from bali
hi the surf has been pumping at ulus 8 foot on the main peak 6+ through racetracks we been surfing 7 hours a day 40 people in the water cross shore winds ,we meat up with the wright family and have been surfing with them for the last 4 days so that been unreal it makes you really push your limints we have our last day tomorrow so were getting up early down to racetracks only 3 min drive from padang not looking forward to comming home ,my boards 5-11 and 5-10 have been unreal handling all surf conditions from ulus,balangan,kermas,chunggu,and not a crease in anythink so back to the beach breaks of coffs harbour so last report from bali tomorrow see u alex swadling
Alex Swadling reporting from bali
hi the surfs been a bit small the last few days and ive been sick the photo was taken at ulus 3 days ago we going to kermas in the morning 6am as the winds have been light and the swell is starting to rise late today so we may have some new photos the photo was of my 5,11 sprint rounded pintail that works unreal on the shallow racetracts sections i had lots of barrells this day so now that iam back online talk to latter alex swadling
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Alex reporting in bali
The Surf has picked up a bit today to 2 to 5 foot waves at canggu... its has been the best but with a lot of people out
photo at canggu on my 5'11" sprint model Diverse
alex swadling
Alex Swadling reporting from Bali
Hey, its Alex Reporting from Bali. The waves have been good for the last 4 days with 4 to 5 foot swell @ Cunggu, Uluwatu, Balangan have all been good. this photo is at Ulu's inside at Racetracks. My Diverse Sprint shape is going really good in all the conditions I have been in here. Its so good to be surfing without a wetsuit too!
Indo Pumps!
Swell hit Bali last night and Ulu is currently double overhead (plus) on the low tide. Impossibles was around 4-6 foot and super clean yesterday arvo... it looks almost twice the size this morning. The 6'2" diamond tail dru model worked absolutely epically, even if the rider was a bit fat/lazy. Pictures (of surf) to come...
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