Archive for the ‘Surfing & SUP’ Category
A complete surfer uses all trumps to perform better, from good to great. Backside surfing is always relevant, even if you don’t enjoy it.
It has been hailed as the Achilles’ heel of many surfers. How good is your backhand in all wave conditions? Do you dedicate enough time to riding waves with your back to the wall?
For many surfers, backside surfing is … More
After an initial influx (well, it was one guy with a longboard) in the 1930s, surfers began flocking to the shores of Indonesia en masse in the mid- to early 1970s. Pioneered by the likes of Gerry Lopez and Mike Boyum, the perfect breaks of Uluwatu, G-Land, and Padang Padang were the ultimate destinations for the globetrotting surfer. By the late ’70s, surfers from around the world were spending months on end in search of Indonesia’s sacred surf. At about the same time, locals in Bali put aside their fear of the ocean (which was spawned by long-held beliefs that the sea was a dangerous place) and … More