Indonesia's Rizal Tandjung is surfing royalty also known as the "Godfather of Indonesian surfing." Either way, you get the idea. Tandjung and other early Bali pros paved the way for later generations ...

“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 ...

"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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The surf may still be up in Bali, but for the best part of 18 months, surfboard rental business owner Halfia London has been ...

When the swell hits just right, Keramas becomes a playground for fast, powerful surfing. This session features clean, ...

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 ...

On a Monday morning in early December, I met Gina Jaguttis as we loaded our surfboards into the camp van just before sunrise. We only got to talking on a choppy boat ride that took us a mile off the ...

The death of a beloved Bali instructor in a freak surfing accident has rocked family and friends in Australia. Samsul 'Sam' Kepompong, 33, was surfing with friends at Ekas Beach on the Indonesian ...