‘Ombak Bali’ festival was held for four days, and changed Kuta beach into the stage of surf cinema with world’s best surf film and brought Bali surf lifestyle to a peak.

The festival was held on August, 19-22, screened ’A Fly in the Champagne’, which revealing the intense rivalry between world’s best surfers Kelly Slatter and Andy Irons.

This festival also brought ‘The Drifter’, female ocean odyssey ‘Dear&Yonder’, and a documentary film by Dede Suryana ‘ Mengejar Ombak’.

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If you’re a surfer, you’ll probably agree that the sport is hard on the body. You’re playing on an unstable surface with uncertain elements. Most spots in Indonesia aren’t for the slight of bicep or faint of heart, you’re often battling sharp reefs or 5 knots current (at Nusa Dua) to make it out. How, then, can you keep your body primed for the… Continue

Bryan Schmidt from Carpinteria, California is gaining a solid reputation for boosting huge air rotations and making it look easy. Despite growing up in an area that boasts incredible competitive talents such as Tom Curren, Chris Brown, and Bobby Martinez, Bryan has chosen to blaze his own path sticking to his guns and honing his free surfing skills to a higher level. When Bryan isn't holding down the counter at Rincon Designs he can be found punting huge ones just down the street at the LOCAL sp… Continue