So, with two weeks down in the trip we had to say sad goodbyes to Callum. He was a great character in the group and everyone enjoyed his company. Having only surfed once before the trip, Callum did really and his improved massively. We are looking forward to seeing him on the Ticket to Ride South Africa trip in September. In the meantime we had 4 new recruits join the trip, Warren, Jamie, Kim and Dan from South Africa.
We started off with great swell even the morning that we were setting off to Lombok. Dan and Warren got in the water and happily shook off their jetlag. It was a short flight over to Lombok, almost feeling like you were landing before you had even taken off! It was smooth sailing of course, and after an easy hour in the taxi we made it to our new home in Gerupuk right on the waters edge. We settled into our comfortable A/C rooms, and then set about having some dinner.
Gerupuk is a small fishing village situated right on the waters edge on the South of Lombok. From the town you can't see the waves, just the smiles of surfers as they come back in their boats after a good session. Our main man in Lombok is a great surf guide called Anto, he is one of the smiliest, friendliest people I have ever met. He is always helpful in the water and getting the guys amped. There are several different options for surf, depending on your preference in size and shape as well as the swell, tide and wind.
We started off with an amazing session at Inside right, it was clean and perfect with great 2m sets rolling through. Needless to say with the different ability levels this meant exciting for some and outright scary for the beginners! Over the next few days we have amazing waves every day, from 5am starts to 4 hours surfs we were all surfed out after the first 3 days and happy that the swell had died down a bit. To mix it up for the surfers with more experience we went to 'outside right' and scored some solid drops and walls. When the waves are a bit bigger just the takeoff can get you stoked!
Without too much further adieu I will let you take an adventure through our photos from the first few days in the gallery above.
Enjoy,
Chris
Blurb
Island hopping adventure over to Lombok starts off with great waves, enjoy the pics!