As a teenager, Fabrizio Passetti was a promising Italian surfer. He was living in the seaside village of Varazze – Italy’s de facto surfing capital – where he was competing and honing his skills at ...

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 ...

Last Friday, the first chunk of a serious mid season SSW swell landed on the southern fringes of Bali’s Bukit Peninsula, just in time for the first week of the Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang waiting ...

Fabrizio Passetti lost his leg when he was 17. Ingenuity and persistence have allowed him to get back to surfing, the sport he loves. Surfing the Padang Padang is like surfing no other wave. Sure, ...

PADANG, KOMPAS.com - Sebanyak 160 peserta akan mengikuti kejuaraan surfing yang digelar Dinas Pariwisata Kota Padang bekerja sama dengan Komunitas Selancar Sumatera Barat (KSSB). Kejuaraan akan ...

Rizal Tanjung has helped define surfing in Bali, and Indonesia. I caught up with him to talk about his Momentum Generation chat group, Gerry Lopez as a coach, and his 1995 cover shot heard around the ...

Discovering and surfing a new wave remains one of the sport’s Holy Grails. After all, any known spot that’s ever been surfed had to be surfed first. Sometimes these origin stories are murky; disputed ...