This is a story about three friends. All of whom herald from the same small coastal town in Western Java, all of whom had fallen under the spell of surfing. A spell cast by those first surf pioneers who roamed the southern coast of Java looking for waves during the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s. It’s a small knit community in their town in paradise. Full of people who rely on each other for everything. A place where they shared what little they had. For these three, and a handful of others who aren’t the focus of this yarn, that included the first surfboards they’d managed to acquire through travelers either from breakage or gifts. Their town was fortuitous enough to be on the map for the water magicians who passed through. Blessed with a wave that’s now something of an international attraction. But that’s not the focus of this story either.
After two years of all this isolation it was amazing to welcome Dean Permana back to Bali in early March. He primarily came in his capacity as the coach of the BK Junior Surf Team for an event in Kuta. Then while he was here he received an invite for the Pa...
Read moreOur friend, partner, surfer, half Santista, half Viking, Alexandre Wolthers, better known as Xande, navigates the waters in every way you can imagine. When not in saline water on some ocean coast, Mr Wolthers can be seen, 'in his spare time', manoeuvring la...
Read moreIts not often in life you can have your cake and eat it too, but this Deus trip to Noosa was one of those special times. Now, as much as we love to tell a good story and lay things out nice a slow, this time around we are jumping straight into the deep end...
Read moreWhat an epic last week we’ve had in Noosa. Surfing, singing, dancing, laughing, a LOT of laughing, throttle wrangling and now we are pleased to add shaping to that jam packed list. Yesterday we gave the salt water a rest and took the afternoon to head to ou...
Read moreThe Noosa Festival Of Surfing is on, with some of the best longboarding you'll find. And when we aren't competing, we are surfing some more. And when we aren't surfing we're drinking the Claw. Plenty of events coming up around the corner, so if youre keen ...
Read moreThe Noosa Festival Of Surfing is underway. The first stop is always a jam packed teams event, and this year was no different – with two days of sliding, smiling and thunder dividing.The Deus Team comprised of sunburnt kid; Tom Morat, who flew home from a s...
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