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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Glide above the dramatic cliffs and legendary surf breaks of Uluwatu, Bali, with this breathtaking drone video. Witness 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 ...

There is a reason why surfers flock to Bali, Indonesia, in the winter. "The swells are really clean most of the time because they travel so far from South Africa to get there," Navarro says. "The ...

One of the best tuberiding events on the planet, the Rip Curl Cup at Padang Padang, has officially been called on. The Indonesian barrel-fest is currently slated to run Monday, August 19. Featuring a ...