G-Land 2008

The ocean hadn’t wake up yet...we were waiting for a 5 feet pulse on that day that should drop a bit on the following days picking up again with a stronger push for the 15th and 16th...We were at Ulu’s parking lot Me, Fred d’Orey and Alex talking about the conditions of that day. We ended up going down for breakfast at one of the warungs and pretty soon Rosaldo Cavalcanti was together with us. We talked for a while and the conversation ended up at G-Land and the Mentawais. To make a long story short, a few hours and a phone call later we were confirmed to leave very early the next morning by speed boat to Bobby’s camp at G-Land Me, Rosaldo and the Peruvians friends Pepe Romo and Eduardo Coquis; As Pepe joked, with the Bali Surf Connection is too easy and not even fair...

What followed was a week of good waves with good weather condition, warm water and a very positive vibe in the camp that was at almost half of its occupancy. Some Brazzos, some Aussies, some Americans and plenty of positive energy with the camp super relaxed.

During this week we had the birthday of Brazilian Freddy with a party on the best “Jungle style” with our friend Puma and the staff at Bobbys Camp organizing the surprise party.

The waves were at the small and medium range most of the time with one day a little bigger when the sets reached the 8 feet scale on the bigger ones. Besides not having any day at Speedies the Money Trees didn’t disapoint and produced a lot of quality surf for everyone in the jungle.

As always during dinner the crew had that classical “G-Land smile” stamped in the face from deep barrels and long waves rides during the day.

The treatment and the infrastructure of Bobbys camp confirmed once again its superiority and that he is always one step ahead the competition. Nowdays amongst other things its possible to seat in the restaurant at Bobby’s with your laptop open enjoying the wi-fi sytem surfing the net or watching the latest news or your favorite cable channell at one of the many Tv’s around the restaurant...

I leave here a special thanks to pak Bobby Radiasa, Puma and all the staff at Bobby’s Camp for this blessed week in the paradise of G-Land!!

The return by speed boat was a wild bumping trip against the wind and the chops and after 2 hours we were again on Bali where Me and Rosaldo had exactly 3 days before our next trip...

Now we are again on the countdown to another Bali Surf Connection Expedition, this time to the Mentawai Islands with departure scheduled for the 22nd to the Macaronis Resort.

And the search still on...

ALOHA!!