:: BALI SURF CONNECTION ::

The island of Bali, also known as island of one thousand temples or island of the Gods was first discovered by hippies in the 60´s and after by australian surfers in the 70´s who made it known worldwide by publishing pictures in surfing magazines and by the movie “Morning of the earth” made by the australian surfer Albert “Alby” Falzon.

Nowdays Bali is the gateway to the majority of surfers visiting Indonesia who like to venture in surf trips around the islands looking for the unmatched waves perfection.

  If in the 70´s Kuta was nothing more than a fishermen village without electricity, today the reality is completely different and there are hundreds of good hotels and restaurants for a very reasonable prices all over the area plus galleries, shopping malls, hospitals, cinemas and an endless options of bars, pubs and night clubs that make the night life of Bali famous worldwide.

  The climate in Bali is well divided in a dry (high) season (winter) that goes from april till November with the best months being july and august and the wet (low) season (summer) that goes from december till march.
During the high season the famous “Trade Winds”, winds from E.S.E., come consistently almost every day, blowing offshore conditions on the most seeked side of the island (west coast) where the waves, in majority lefts, like Uluwatu and Padang-padang are located. On the east coast this wind is straight onshore.

  With the beginning of the wet season the winds change direction and start to blow offshore on the other side of the island (onshore at Ulu´s side) making some incredible world class right handers like Sanur, Nusa Dua, Sri Lanka amongst others start to work.At this time of the year the big swells don´t come so often like in the dry season but small and medium days are very common with the occasional bigger days.

  It would be impossible to tell exactly the number of islands that are part of the indonesian archipelago as every year new islands are officially catalogued. The number of islands officially catalogued until 2005 is superior than 18.000 but is believed that the total number of islands must be way larger than that.

  From all the islands that are part of the archipelago of Indonesia, Bali is the only one where the predominant religion is hindu. The balinese believe in Karma as a main philosophy in life wich consists in the belief that everything you do to others, good or bad, will come back to you.

Another characteristic of the balinese people is their humbleness, simplicity and the smile always present in their faces. They are a very happy and helpful people even with all the difficulties they face. The economy is very poor and wages very low so the differences between social classes is huge.