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Teahupo'o happened, Rio's over -- so what now?

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Continued from Part I.Exhausted after our first day, a few bintangs and an early night was welcomed. The little village was silent by 8 PM, a stark contrast to the bustling nightlife of Kuta or even my quiet existence on Bali's Bukit Peninsula. This didn't bother us at all, we were there surf. (Me, photo by Hiroshi Fukuzawa).The sound of motorbikes buzzing down the street pulled me from my sleep abruptly. It was 2 AM and the quiet fishing village had come to life. I walked outside to see what was going on. Down at the harbor, fisherman were loading up their boats and heading out to sea. This little village turned out to be quite wealthy compared to surrounding areas, thriving on exporting lobster (one reason they probably aren't terribly interested in becoming a tourist destination like other places in Indonesia). Besides lobster, the ocean here is teeming with sea life and great fishing opportunities(the man below walked out the reef at low tide and pulled this octopus out of its hole).When I stumbled out of bed a few hours later, Clint was waxing his board, still half asleep. It was still dark out but we wanted to maximize our water time before the tide dropped out midday. This became our routine for the week: bedtime at 9 PM, rude awakening at 2 AM, restless sleep until 5 AM, surfing until the tide was too low, lunch, surfing until dark. 7-8 hours a day in the water, overhead waves pretty much all week, light crowds. Most days, we were too busy surfing to get any photographs; Clint was the only surfer in the water on this smaller morning while I snuck off to take the photograph below.Plenty of surfers have visited this spot. Coverage of Indonesian and traveling professional surfers here have graced the pages of surf magazines and lit up videos. Like every new wave discovery, those in the know try to keep it off the radar. Don't tell anyone where it is, how to get there, how good it is. Nevertheless, news spreads fast and this spot is quickly earning its place on the map. I don't think it will every get too crowded here because the nature of the waves will quickly deter many surfers.Everyone thinks Indonesia is full of dream waves. It is, but this isn't really one of them. Plenty of closeouts and imperfect waves roll through here between freight-training barrels. The waves come from deep water outside the bay and suck off the reef, heaving thick lips and sectioning off quickly. The beautifully colorful coral bottom is also horrifyingly sharp and shallow. Tidal fluctuation is also a significant concern here; the left and right off the bay's headlands each require different tides, and are dramatically effected by the water movement in the bay.

{besps}sickquence/052313{/besps} When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. Mike Gleason isn't much into squeezing citrus, but whenever a barrel…

Tracks is on location with Creed McTaggart, Noa Deane, Matt Banting and Ryan Callinan.

Bring your big knifes! Just in case there's thick meat to cut!

Round 1 Highlights - 2013 Quiksilver Saquarema PrimeRamzi Boukhiam Shines on Opening Day of Quiksilver Saquarema Prime. More at: http://www.quiksilver.com.br/primesaquarema13/

A helpful group of Aussie ex-pats has put together a great guide to the breaks in all of the areas of Japan that get surf. Multiple livecams for checking the surf from Tokyo,… Read More →

50 Years of Graphic Design by John Van HamersveldPlease join us on Saturday, June 15, from 3-6pm, to celebrate the release of John Van Hamersveld's new book, 50 Years of Graphic Design by John Van Hamersveld. John will be giving a talk about his varied career and will follow that up with a Q&A session. There's no cost to attend this event but we hope you'll buy a book or one of John's posters, a portion of the sales will go to support Surfing Heritage. As usual, we'll have Primo Beer and Longboard Vineyards wines available for purchase for those 21 and over.John Van Hamersveld (born 1941, Baltimore, MD) is an American graphic artist and illustrator. In the early 1960s, while attending Art Center College of Design by day, he began his professional career as art director at Surfer magazine. By the mid-1960s, Van Hamersveld's groundbreaking promotional poster for the cult surf film The Endless Summer was making the rounds, and a name for its creator in the process. Eventually his talents were directed towards concert posters promoting shows by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, The Who and more. By the late '60s, John was hired as an art director at Capitol Records where he went on to design 300 ablum covers such as The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour and the Rolling Stones Exile On Main St. Van Hamerveld's iconic sensibilities were later put to good use as he created logos, typography and complete graphic identities for brands such as Gotcha, Fatburger, JIMMY'Z and Tower Records. More recently the designer has seen his images realized on a massive scale, via 12 million LEDs, at the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas.Saturday · June 15 · 3-6pmSHACC110 Calle Iglesia · San Clemente · CA · 92672Here's a great article in Juxtapoz Magazine with John: http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/feature-a-conversation-with-john-van-hamersveldAnd more on John:Presentation in Five Parts Online... about John Van Hamersveld/Coolhous Studio 2009-20131. Finding America - John Van Hamersveld by Sinuhe Xavier 2011http://vimeo.com/230549952. John Van Hamersveld and Homemint Video in 2012http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xU4dP6jQ3c3. The TOMS Eye Chart silkscreen Print being made in 2012http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEk1SBDZ3BI4. Shepard Fairey and John Van Hamersveld Interview in 2010http://vimeo.com/372633705. John Van Hamersveld VivaVision Signs Of Live, Feb 09, 2010 · Signs Of Life + Indigo Edge in VivaVision. Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV. Zombies: She's Not There + Time Of The Season.12.5 million LED …www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w0S4tQ4Xe0please visit http://www.SurfingHeritage.org