What a week of surfing Bali's blue waves showed five strangers about taking risks in the water and in life.

“This is where it all started,” says Rizal Tandjung, gazing out over a sandy shoreline lapped by dying breakers. Almost 40 years old, Tandjung is one of Bali’s surfing pioneers. Picking up his first ...

Bingin was in fine form for this session the other day and among the hungry pack were a few pro surfers that were able to snag some set waves and drawing really nice lines and laying down big turns ...

I have fond memories of America’s Funniest Home Videos. Weeknights, after dinner, the family would gather on the couch in our doublewide, dad with a tallboy of Bud in hand, mom with a splash of Pinot, ...

While the lion’s share of Balinese surfing focuses on the Bukit Peninsula – with its storied, considerably crowded, and lengthy lefthand pointbreaks like Uluwatu, Padang Padang, and others – there’s a ...

When it comes to surf films, its common for them to take a certain tone—airs, punk rock, heavy surf and an all around seriousness. Nothing against that but I sure do appreciate when the creative ...

Comparisons followed. “The Bali of Europe,” some called it. “Europe’s California”. Not geographically accurate, but ...

You can see it in their eyes. The hunger these females have for progression, and the games they must play for it, here on Bali. Even though they surf better than most men, these young ladies still ...

"Indonesians believe that the ocean is very, very dangerous and the sea god is going to take you away," says Bali surfing pioneer Rizal Tandjung (pictured here) of why the locals were slow to join the ...