How ya going
I'm heading to Kuta Lombok in oct and are looking for a surf guide, can anyone recommend any that can sniff out some good and uncrowded spots around the area, we are limited for time so we want to make the most of it.
Cheers

When you get off at Denpassar, just ask for Ketut.
He'll look after you

Yeah the bald head bloke with the jap, slipp`im a hungy she`ll b right mate.

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agnak said..

Yeah the bald head bloke with the jap, slipp`im a hungy she`ll b right mate.

All the info you need is here
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Surfing/Shortboards/Protection-Money/

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Jrl said...
[br]How ya going
I'm heading to Kuta Lombok in oct and are looking for a surf guide, can anyone recommend any that can sniff out some good and uncrowded spots around the area, we are limited for time so we want to make the most of it.
Cheers

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Jrl said...

Jrl said...
[br]How ya going
I'm heading to Kuta Lombok in oct and are looking for a surf guide, can anyone recommend any that can sniff out some good and uncrowded spots around the area, we are limited for time so we want to make the most of it.
Cheers

i didn't know this stuff was going on , not looking for a baby sitter , just want to get away from all that **** and surf uncrowded waves if that's possible

I'll be there then, PM me before you go

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i didn't know this stuff was going on , not looking for a baby sitter , just want to get away from all that **** and surf uncrowded waves if that's possible

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Good luck trying to escape the crowds thereI can give you a contact /guide who runs a local surf shop there if you need

Try ALIM at Rasta surf Kuta Lombok. He's pretty good if he,s not on the piss or ganja!! Used him last year got to surf plenty spots but most of them a packed with Russian and Norwegian snowboarders!!!!!

There are plenty of uncrowded and "secret" spots in Lombok and Sumbawa. Just have to go look

www.balisurfcharters.com run by Roy come highly recommended from the crew in Port Lincoln

I'll be there in Oct as well. Looks like it could be busy just with breezer's

Ive just come back from a boat trip on the south coast of Lombok. Everywhere we went had 2 to 4 times the crowd as when I did the same boat 4 yrs ago. Apparently cos of the new Lombok Airport. A lot of new roads has opened it up to scooters and car travel. Lombok is done

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TommyL said..

Ive just come back from a boat trip on the south coast of Lombok. Everywhere we went had 2 to 4 times the crowd as when I did the same boat 4 yrs ago. Apparently cos of the new Lombok Airport. A lot of new roads has opened it up to scooters and car travel. Lombok is done

Where did you surf?

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TommyL said..

Ive just come back from a boat trip on the south coast of Lombok. Everywhere we went had 2 to 4 times the crowd as when I did the same boat 4 yrs ago. Apparently cos of the new Lombok Airport. A lot of new roads has opened it up to scooters and car travel. Lombok is done

They're starting direct flights to Lombok from Perth now.
The area is going to get trashed more than it already does by the bogan surfers and tourist who think they are intrepid off the beaten path travellers by venturing beyond Bali.

So you weren't a tourist when you went there? You were an intrepid off the beaten path traveller?

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hoop said..
So you weren't a tourist when you went there? You were an intrepid off the beaten path traveller?

Im not sure thats what Suba was getting at, more like try and intergrate and enjoy rather than be a pissed Aussie.

Surley it couldnt be as crowded as Bali ???

Either way I am going to be there for the first time Oct 15-25 . Will be riding my big red and blue malibu ..and will be happy to clear out a few spots for you :).... PM me if u wana catch up and/or share a guide .

Has anyone got recommendations on Accoms ??.. I have been looking into the Surfers Inn .. Looks a bit dodge but they all look a bit dodge over there ..

Best hotel by far is the Novotel a couple of K's out of the centre of Kuta, stayed there 3 times, love it.

The Surfers Inn in right in the middle of Kuta. Looks pretty basic, but is popular with surfers. It has a cafe/bar attached.

As far as surf goes, Inside Grupuk is the most hassled spot around - can be stupidly crowded. Gets pretty good at low tide but is always full of Kook japs on mals who drop in. Maybe go elsewhere.

Hope this helps.

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WA71 said...

hoop said..
So you weren't a tourist when you went there? You were an intrepid off the beaten path traveller?

Im not sure thats what Suba was getting at, more like try and intergrate and enjoy rather than be a pissed Aussie.

What's wrong with being a pissed Aussie? It's what we do mate, the Indos love it, it's the only time we're not tight carnts... Yeah yeah the culture the culture, like we're all there to eat with our fingers and do yoga... Surf all day, burn around on mopeds and rip int the bintangs at night, that's indo mate and I love it.... See you little buggers in June!!!! Yeeeeeewwwwww!!!!!

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BennyB12 said..

WA71 said...

hoop said..

So you weren't a tourist when you went there? You were an intrepid off the beaten path traveller?

Im not sure thats what Suba was getting at, more like try and intergrate and enjoy rather than be a pissed Aussie.

What's wrong with being a pissed Aussie? It's what we do mate, the Indos love it, it's the only time we're not tight carnts... Yeah yeah the culture the culture, like we're all there to eat with our fingers and do yoga... Surf all day, burn around on mopeds and rip int the bintangs at night, that's indo mate and I love it.... See you little buggers in June!!!! Yeeeeeewwwwww!!!!!

Dont fall of ya scooter Benny

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BennyB12 said..

WA71 said...

hoop said..
So you weren't a tourist when you went there? You were an intrepid off the beaten path traveller?

Im not sure thats what Suba was getting at, more like try and intergrate and enjoy rather than be a pissed Aussie.

What's wrong with being a pissed Aussie? It's what we do mate, the Indos love it, it's the only time we're not tight carnts... Yeah yeah the culture the culture, like we're all there to eat with our fingers and do yoga... Surf all day, burn around on mopeds and rip int the bintangs at night, that's indo mate and I love it.... See you little buggers in June!!!! Yeeeeeewwwwww!!!!!

Let me guess, you've bought a bintag singlet and a "harden the **** up" singlet too.

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BennyB12 said..

WA71 said...

hoop said..
So you weren't a tourist when you went there? You were an intrepid off the beaten path traveller?

Im not sure thats what Suba was getting at, more like try and intergrate and enjoy rather than be a pissed Aussie.

What's wrong with being a pissed Aussie? It's what we do mate, the Indos love it, it's the only time we're not tight carnts... Yeah yeah the culture the culture, like we're all there to eat with our fingers and do yoga... Surf all day, burn around on mopeds and rip int the bintangs at night, that's indo mate and I love it.... See you little buggers in June!!!! Yeeeeeewwwwww!!!!!

Let me guess, you've bought a bintag singlet and a "harden the **** up" singlet too.

And an "up the bum no babies" sticker

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mocha1 said..

Try ALIM at Rasta surf Kuta Lombok. He's pretty good if he,s not on the piss or ganja!! Used him last year got to surf plenty spots but most of them a packed with Russian and Norwegian snowboarders!!!!!

At that my friends is where surfing is heading
Invasion of the kooks

Yes to the bintang singlet but that was about 10 years and 20 trips ago.. No to the stickers except I did get one that said "I'm not gay but 20 bucks is 20 bucks". Hilarious.... I love all you characters that rub yourselves over being pioneers and at one with the Indonesian people cos you caught the fast boat to g land and had a broken Indonesian conversation with the mud hut people on the way to kongs... So spiritual.... The type of guys that keep the drivers card in their wallet and flash it round to guys at the pub on their way to Bali at home sayin" ring this guy, tell him u know me, he'll look after ya" haha! Let me guess, his name is wayan, right?!! Knobs...
Do you really think the Balinese people want you coming over with the intention of abstaining from all they have to sell so they can feed their families with your "spiritual experience?" Fack no they don't....
So hell yes I've got a bintang singlet and you've made me feel bad for not buying one since my first trip so I'm gettin another one in June and not even gonna bargain for it.... I suggest you do the same and save the om shantis for your DVD yoga session at home. (The DVD that I hope you buy from wayans mate wayan next time you're there)
Ter-ee-ma-ka-see....
(That means thanks for all you shame to be an Aussie un- cultured-best-mate-of-wayans's)[8D

on ya benny
couldn't agree more

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Yes to the bintang singlet but that was about 10 years and 20 trips ago.. No to the stickers except I did get one that said "I'm not gay but 20 bucks is 20 bucks". Hilarious.... I love all you characters that rub yourselves over being pioneers and at one with the Indonesian people cos you caught the fast boat to g land and had a broken Indonesian conversation with the mud hut people on the way to kongs... So spiritual.... The type of guys that keep the drivers card in their wallet and flash it round to guys at the pub on their way to Bali at home sayin" ring this guy, tell him u know me, he'll look after ya" haha! Let me guess, his name is wayan, right?!! Knobs...

Do you really think the Balinese people want you coming over with the intention of abstaining from all they have to sell so they can feed their families with your "spiritual experience?" Fack no they don't....

So hell yes I've got a bintang singlet and you've made me feel bad for not buying one since my first trip so I'm gettin another one in June and not even gonna bargain for it.... I suggest you do the same and save the om shantis for your DVD yoga session at home. (The DVD that I hope you buy from wayans mate wayan next time you're there)

Ter-ee-ma-ka-see....

(That means thanks for all you shame to be an Aussie un- cultured-best-mate-of-wayans's)[8D

Far out, heeps of rants today lol.
I really think you have missed the point there Benny.
When I go to Bali I spend my money on beer cloths etc. I always have. I get plenty pissed as well (fell of my scooter last time)


All Im saying is have fun but dont make a d!ck of yourself. It should go without saying but hey.

Sweet as 71, sounds like my kind of Bali.... Wherever I go I run amok but always treat people the way I'd want to be treated, it's the Hindu way.
( see, more culture for yas)

Sweet as 71, sounds like my kind of Bali.... Wherever I go I run amok but always treat people the way I'd want to be treated, it's the Hindu way.
( see, more culture for yas)

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BennyB12 said..
Sweet as 71, sounds like my kind of Bali.... Wherever I go I run amok but always treat people the way I'd want to be treated, it's the Hindu way.

( see, more culture for yas)

+1

Ha, I think my original post has been taken way out of context...the singlet post follow up was just a friendly jab

My issue with Australian's in Bali is so many of them (always bogan) treat the locals like 5hit, trash the place, are unbelievably loud and obnoxious and make the rest of us look bad. They act like they have the right to be that way in a foreign country because they think the Balinese owe us a thank you for stimulating their economy, when in reality, they were doing just fine before any of us started going there.

I love smashing bintangs on the cheap. I love thanging around on a motorbike and giving the police a couple of green notes to let me go again. I love eating dodgy bowls of bakso and mei goreng for 5000 IDR a pop from some dodgy warung on the back of a bike. I come home drunk from a forgetful night out to find myself gulping down pints of water from the bathroom sink. I love all that 5hit. But throughout doing all that I always treat the people there with the respect that anyone should be treated with...and I'm sure the rest of you guys do.
Sadly, we're slowly becoming the minority over there. I've always felt over the past few years that Bali (well, Kuta) brings out the worst in the visitors and locals alike.