Kandui Chronicles: Dispatch 1
We finally made it! You really gotta earn it when it comes to making the trek to Kandui Resort off the coast of Sumtara, Indonesia. We left Los Angeles Thursday afternoon, landed in Japan Friday evening after crossing the international date line, headed south down to Singapore (another seven hour flight), went to the chaotic Jakarta airport to catch a flight to Padang, Sumatra (the same city that got leveled by an earthquake last September), then got on speedboats to make the 66-mile crossing to the Kandui Resort in the Mentawais. Bad weather derailed the speedboat plan and we spent the night on some random little island resort an hour from Padang. Finally, the next morning … Details
SRI AMAN: Would you dare to be on a surfing board and battle a tidal bore in Sarawak’s Batang Lupar, famed for its crocodile-infested waters?
Dare-devils should look no further then Sri Aman, 170km from Kuching. The tidal bore here, or “benakâ€, could be a big tourism draw in which it could be known as a fantastic extreme sport.
So far only one man has dared to take up the challenge in battling the benak. He is  … Details
Red Bull rider Ian Walsh and a crew of up-and-coming big wave surfers offer an unprecedented look at Jaws
Bethany Hamilton will appear on Sunday’s ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.’
The truth is that Bethany Hamilton doesn’t look at her disability as a disability.
Hamilton, a competitive surfer, lost her left arm seven years ago after being attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark. Three months later, she was back riding the waves and competing with one arm. In the years since, she hasn’t let her physical challenges deter her; she finished … Details