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North Sumatra Surfing Telo Islands – Surf Heaven?

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:49:05 +0000

If surfing is a religion, heaven awaits in the telo islands of northern sumatra in indonesia.

24 waves within a 45 minute speed boat ride of the land based “Resort Latitude Zero“, this newly opened resort expands on the successes of its predisessor Kandui Resort in the Mentawai, and is truely a surfing nirvana. In addition to the waves (see images below), the resort features include: 270 degree ocean view rooms with a/c and high ceilings, swimming pool and lounge area for after surf beverages.. Are we there yet? RLZ also prides itself on top-level service in every area: accommodations, services, activities, amenities and food. Did I mention the waves are good too?

Mentawai Surfing trip – 15 days until departure

admin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:53:00 +0000

In 15 days we will be departing to the airport and the Donkey indo surfing journey will begin.

24 hours of flying to Kuala Lumpur the capital of Malaysia via Malaysia Air for most and Singapore Airlines / Hawaiian Airlines for a few others, 2 days enjoying KL, a 2 hour private reservation for the wave pool at Sunway Lagoon, no doubt a few hours of antics at the swim up bar at our hotel in KL, a short 1 hour flight to Padang Indonesia followed by a day of rest and body/equipment prep. 1 puddle jump buddy holly plane flight out to the islands, followed by a 2 hour boat ride to the resort. Thats allot of travel time, considering the actual surfing part of the trip is just getting started..

11 days at kandui resort and surfing the playgrounds region of the mentawais, considered by many to be the best concentration of surf breaks in the world. Our island resort is located within a stones throw of 25 world class waves all of which we access via our exclusive fleet of 6 boats used to ferry us from one uncrowded barrel to the next. Oh… and did I mention we are shooting a movie too? Yeah a movie, in 1080 HD.

The Crew:
The Smythe, Gaykley, Steinmart, The Capitan aka The Erwinator aka Muffin Tops, Bivers aka BE-LO, Tivers aka TAI-BO, The Dude aka Boner, Shegas, Lagbehind aka The Viper, Kama aka little bit aka 80 pound, The Flyin Hawaiian.

Things are heating up in Indo!

Smythe — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:06:00 +0000

Check out this new report. If this is any indication of what we can expect, its going to be ridiculous! This pic shows what will be happening to Ford if he doesn’t committ 100% on his drops!

Extended Forecast Outlook:

Note: all dates and times are local Indonesian time. Surfline offers this forecast on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings.Our latest SSW groundswell will continue to fade into Saturday, June 14th, and a storm that was down under last week directed most of its swell energy towards Western Australia but we will see some building head high plus SW to SSW groundswell for Saturday with some sets running a few feet overhead plus for later in the day and then fading but still workable and head high plus SSW swell will go into Sunday, June 15th, with smaller but workable surf into Monday morning.Further out, we just had an impressive storm in the South/Central Indian Ocean that had a rather larger fetch of 35-40+ knot winds and seas were reaching over the 35 foot mark. This long period SW groundswell from 205-220 degrees will build in late Monday and then really kick in for Tuesday and into Wednesday, June 17-18th, with head high plus to double overhead surf for most of the SW facing breaks and the top breaks will be pulling in triple overhead sets with some larger sets at the premier SSW facing breaks. Thursday, the 19th, will bring fading but still head high plus surf with sets running several feet overhead and then we will be expecting some new SW groundswell for around Friday, June 20th, with another shot of head high plus surf and the top breaks should see some overhead sets. We should see a little break in the action for that weekend of the 21-22nd but the long range models are showing a rather vigorous storm track that would deliver more solid overhead SW swell for that week of June 23rd.

First Come first serve for KL Hotel

Smythe — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:28:00 +0000

As many of you Donkey’s know, we will be staying at the Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel by Marriott in Malaysia. I have booked us 4 rooms that have 2 twins each. So whoever wants a room please let me know. There are 2 Donkeys, Flakely and Kozai, that are arriving on Sunday and they can grovel with those of you that have reserved a room. Speak now or sleep in Chinatown and eat bull penis soup! (Sheagas said it was delicious).
Conner, Please post Padang Status!