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 ...

William Aliotti found himself with plenty of space and an absolute beauty of a wave that rolled right up to him. William’s surfing and Uluwatu at this size are a match made in heaven – drawing ...

The first surfer in Bali was the handsome photographer, tennis coach, CIA agent, and natural-footer Bob Koke. Koke had learned to surf in Waikiki when he had been an assistant to the film director ...

That’s exactly what’s at the heart of The Alchemy of Bob, featuring Chris Del Moro, Christian “Wispy” Barker, and the "positive beam of surf goodness”, Bob McTavish. Filmed by Milo Inglis for Drifter ...

"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 ...

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 ...

A tiny island chain in Indonesia has achieved mythical status in the surfing community. Here come the resorts. In 1991, an Australian named Lance Knight came upon a perfect wave. Brushed by gentle ...

BALI, Indonesia - An American pro surfer was punched in the head during a dispute with several men at a beach in Bali, Indonesia. Footage showed Sara Taylor getting hit. The video was shot by her ...

EXCLUSIVE: Evoke Entertainment and blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge’s To the Stars Media are teaming to develop and produce Bali Hai, a surf drama to be written and co-produced by Matt George, the ...