Hey slim I am an old fart intermediate surfer (51) who has just returned from my first 2 week surfing trip to bali. I surf a 7' cundith lip hit. I had a great time i surfed every day (bar 1) at a few different locations Shipwrks, plgrnds, cennigan, kuta bb, padma bank, ulu and canngu. Ulu was a bit out of my ability (3 waves in 2 hrs) but the wave quality overall was … [Read more...]

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Hey there WDT , you are doing a fantastic job while Slim' s away doen sum R +R . Your English script is flawless. You are adding a different flavour to Baliwaves. com . I hope to meet you when I move to Bali at the end of December , ready for a few cranking rights out at Ger Ger. Keep it up , cheers, Mark. … [Read more...]

Just back from my Yearly surf trip to indo. Six weeks in Bali.,[BEST SURF] at airport left.Hit the reef at Balangan. One day at Lembongan,[FLAT SPELL]. One week at Sumbawa [SIC PIPE] but WINDY .sometimes onshore. Ten DAYS over at Rote..MASSIVE FISH MAN .........G.T...Great wave........Back in OZ since last Friday.....SORRY can't afford to give any dosh away man.. Back to … [Read more...]

Hi to all the team at Bali Waves, My first time jumping in for a chat...So first up, loving all the hard work you have all put into the Bali surf scene for the last 7 years. Have checked you almost everyday since moving here 3 years ago and many days whilst waiting to come back before that. Nice to see Balangan getting a little photo spot yesterday. Particulary loving the … [Read more...]

Hi Slim, I reckon the waves are still up. I surfed the left at KU DE TA in the early morning. Off shore there, low tide with a reasonable swell is the way to go. The sets break abour 200 m off shore. This morning the bigger sets were coming at about 12 ft faces (the way I measure). There was a bit of doubling up, so on Kuta reef I reckon there will be quite a bit of doubling … [Read more...]

Today Kuta Reef 2-3ft good waves. off-shore wind not many people. Come on !!!! Yandai. … [Read more...]

dear slim,mate, just want to say a big thanks for putting together that 1min video a the botom of your home page. Video 2 is me(alex mac) in the white shirt and nick james(red shirt).It made my trip to see that, and cant believe my luck on you getting that great footage. I love race tracks, its probably one of my favourite waves alongside bingin(when its not so crowded). The … [Read more...]

This morning at Pererenan saw perfect glassy up to shoulder hi-plus sets on both peaks, and the beach break to the south had perfect gutsy peaks for the mostly local crew who were backdooring hollow barrels. No wind all morning, and some nice looking waves on the three breaks considering the beaches - Padma, Seminyak etc were all almost unridable dribble... … [Read more...]