Kongs
Friday, June 11th, 2010
G-Land started pulsing early. There were 8ft sets and the level of surfing was phenomenal. The ledge was really fun later in the day on low tide and everyone was getting lots of barrels.
The swell didn’t really hit speedies but money trees was producing some nice ledgey take offs with good size barrels. Kongs was looking really fun too. The crowd here at G-Land has been very minimal with no more than 40 people in the water at once.
The top photo above is of me pulling into Money trees. It’s my birthday so was after a good barrel even the pros were here. The photo below is of the remote control chopper being used for filming and photos here in G-Land.
-Bretto
Tags: barrels, chopper, filming, G-Land, Kongs, Ledge, people, photos, pulsing, surfing, swell
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
G-Land started off very wet today. I got stuck at the bar last night. It was raining so heavy we couldn’t run back to the rooms so we just had a few drinks and waited. After a few too many I decided to just do the run and get wet. I was soaked!
When I checked the surf in the morning there was a massive hole in the beach front. The path to Bobby’s flowed down like a river and eroded about 10metres square of dirt into the ocean. It was over waist height deep and the tables and chairs were in the bottom of the hole like they had just sank into the ground.
The wind stayed light and softly offshore. The swell finally pumped in and the biggest set was probably 8ft. There were some bombs ridden and boards broken. Alot of excitement between the surfers and alot of hoots as people were dropping over the ledge. Money trees and Kongs were the pick however Kongs was just a little fat.. The swell is a little more west than it has been but still good to see a little size. Looking forward to the session tomorrow!
-Bretto
Tags: bar, Bobby's, Bombs, broken, dirt, drinks, eroded, excitement, G-Land, hole, Kongs, Ledge, Money Trees, ocean, offshore, pumped, raining, river, sank, size, soaked, surf, swell, west, wet
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
May 21st 2010
G-Land was very inconsistent today, paddled out Kongs for a while and got some really fun ones. A guy I was surfing with seen a small white tip shark and I seen a small tiger shark so we were staying close together. There was alot of fish out there and birds feeding so we figured there was plenty of food for them and didn’t let it bother us too much.
The waves at money trees and speedies were the best and although inconsistent the waves were of good quality when they came with sets at a little overhead. Small and fun! Onshore came around lunch with a rain cloud that was just off the reef but was light and only lasted an hour. Other than that the winds were offshore and light for the majority of the day.
Big change over tomorrow and the boys are up for a drink tonight. It’s been pretty mellow all week so I may just join them. Kimbo and his group of lifeguards are coming so it will be good to see some familiar faces.
-Bretto
Tags: birds, drink, familiar, fish, fun, G-Land, inconsistent, Kimbo, Kongs, lifeguards, mellow, Money Trees, offshore, onshore, overhead, rain, shark, small, Speedies, surfing
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Saturday, May 15th, 2010
G-Land backed way off and it was a perfect day to do something else other than surf. The weather was nice and cool with the light cloud cover and it really didn’t rain except for a light drizzle right at sunset. Surf was about shoulder to head high and fairly weak “looking!” There were a few waves running down the line at Speedies and Kongs had some 2-3 wave sets, but most everyone stayed on land today.
A few guys went out early for a troll up around the point (the coal barge is still on the reef) and came back with 3 nice tengirri’s…which were delicious at dinner, sashimi style and grilled. Yoga down at Joyo’s has been a nice option to loosen up the body and Dana is doing a great job accomodating us at keeping things simple. A group of new guests set up a slack line right in front and that’s been fun to try and walk across. Great for balance and trying to stay focused. I started up on some backed up ding repair. Walks up the point, pool, pong, chess, naps, music ….whatever else one can come up with to pass the time.
Just as a reminder from my last post on April 2010, Quiksilver will be holding an event here called the Rising Up of G-Land (not a contest) during 6th through the 13th of June. Bobby’s camp, along with the other camps will be closed for normal, guest operations. So hopefully this isn’t an conflict with your plans or hopes to be here.
–MICHAEL
Tags: G-Land, guests, Kongs, quiksilver, reef, sashimi, Speedies, sunset, surf, troll, waves, weather, yoga
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
G-Land change over day today and we’re hosting a total of 24 guests. I get the feeling that this next trip is going to be overloaded, but we’ll see. Not the worst day to have to leave G-Land. Surf was still working…but not pumping. However, that Money Trees sets I saw last night continued on down the reef this morning and sent us some Inside Launching Pad sets through the 2.5 meter high tide. NO BARRELS really since the wind wasn’t cooperating.
For the rest of the day, Money Trees on up through Kong’s was breaking and probably about 6-8 foot faces on average. The conditions were fairly OK, just a bit variable on the wind again, but there swell angle was good. I didn’t surf today since…well…it’s tough to surf everyday and I really need to respect the equatorial sun and massive extent of this reef that is paddled.
Special surprise today from our neighbors in Muncar. The school kids showed up on Thursday… outside of their usual Sunday field trip… and took over. I really enjoy them, just need to get rid of those scoring sheets they want us to judge them with. You know, talking to 3 kids somehow turns
into 25 sheets of paper in my lap which is nothing else but strange to me cause who am I to give a kid anything else but an A+!
I’ll try and keep on the kabar about the barge up around the point. It’s still there for now, but hopefully they’ll get it off before all the coal washes off. But maybe that’s how it’ll work out. If it’s lighter, it’ll be easier.
-MICHAEL
Tags: barrels, G-Land, guests, Kongs, launchig pad, Money Trees, Pumping, reef, sun, surf, swell, trip, wind
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
G-Land….Galungan today. Holy Holiday for the Balinese Hindu’s which is the commencement day of a 10-day period during which the deified family members who have long left this planet return to their former homes. It also marks the victory of dharma (order) over adharma (disorder). Plenty of information on it if you’re curious enough. So…Puma, Ketut, and Dewa (Putuh, Jackie, and Kadek are in Bali) prepared their ceremonial offerings and requested the grace and generosity from God.
Alright….surf was about 6-10 foot faces and wind was a bit variable today, but stayed fairly good for the most part since it never came up strong. A little W…then E….then N! We’ve had a real nice run of good wind for almost 2 weeks now and that’s something to be thankful for.
Kong’s and Fan Palms were still the staple, but a little bit of a swell direction change was enough to start sending sets into Money Trees. Right at sunset, I saw a beautiful 3 wave set pipe down the line and go unridden, probably cause no one was ready for such a rogue set. Hopefully it’s an indicator of some good waves for tomorrow.
–MICHAEL
Tags: balinese, fan palms, G-Land, galungan, holiday, Kongs, Money Trees, planet, sunset, surf, waves, wind
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
G-Land keeps on giving us all really good-fun waves. The point was not lighting up like it can, but it sure was setting up some really long rides up the reef at Kong’s and Fan Palms. Set’s were maxing at about 10 foot faces and pretty consistent. Plenty of pulses that would last for 25 minutes and spread everyone out….but not too many people to spread out in the first place.
Fan Palms was real nice. Overhead sets coming through and holding up a beautiful transition to carve on. Ever so rarely, one would come through and barrel and those are always a great surprise since you’re not really expecting a barrel there.
I paddled out at the keyhole and went way up reef on a unridden 6’2″ fish that carries about the same amount of volume as an 8’6″ gun. Great day to see how it felt and great board to ride down the line on a few waves that ran for 400 yards. Not much effort to make it through those flatter sections.
Wind was good today once again. Still giving thanks for that!!!
–MICHAEL
Tags: barrel, beautiful, consistent, fan palms, fish, G-Land, gun, Kongs, point, sections, waves
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
G-Land stayed strong. Decent size swell still coming through with the largest sets getting up to 14 foot faces. Ledge and Upper Money Trees were definitely the better part’s of the reef to be surfing at. I’m sure that Kong’s had some sizable sets up there, but I couldn’t really tell from where I was at and there has been no stories told to me about it.
Headed down to Tiger Tracks in the early morning hoping to get a few fun right-handers. A little bumpy but once it cleaned up, it was good fun. The mid-sized waves…about head-high…were the gems. Not bowling like it can, but still holding a fun transition to play with. On the way back, the Ledge looked pretty impressive and well worth jumping off the boat to catch one nice wave in.
The after-lunch session was great. There were some truly high-quality barrels coming through Money’s and every so rarely, a train would come from outside Ledge and run all the way down the reef into Money Trees. WOW!!! I never got so lucky, but I saw a few of them grind down the line and they came complete with hoots from the spectators.
And we had good wind for the second half the day…
–MICHAEL
Tags: barrels, boat, fun, G-Land, Kongs, Money Trees, reef, surfing, swell, Tigertracks, wave, waves
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Saturday, May 8th, 2010
G-Land surf changed it’s face today pretty radically. A new swell came in from about 222 degrees and our beautiful 4 day run of Launching Pad/Speedies came to an end. It was nice to see exactly what a 20+ degree shift to the West would do….what part of the reef would turn on and what would turn off.
Lower Kong’s through the Ledge were collecting all the swell. By 10:00 this morning, nice sets were coming in and breaking in the 6-8 foot (faces) range. By noon, some legitiamately solid sets showed up and going real hollow through the Ledge. Max sets today got up to 12-foot faces and the wind stayed good, blowing out of the East or going real calm.
Not many guys (well, for now, there’s a decent number of girls surfing) were surfing until about 15:00. But seemed like everyone came out for a surf after that. Unfortunately, the consistency backed off and it was a session requiring a good amount of patience. Still, there were some nice waves coming in it was possible to get at least one. Another nice day to go surfing!
–MICHAEL
Tags: beautiful, G-Land, Kongs, Launching Pad, reef, Speedies, surfing, swell, west, wind
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Friday, May 7th, 2010
G-Land was once again…another beautiful day. The surf for the past 4 days has been the same. Clean, offshore conditions with pretty respectful surfer’s, 6-10 foot faces, and barrels. There really hasn’t been too much performance surfing going on at Money Trees or Speedies (naturally), just
lot’s of barrel riding.
Kong’s has been breaking everyday, which I realize I left it out of my last post. And the guests have been really enjoying the somewhat solitary feeling up there and getting those long, carvable walls that make Kongs what it is. But down the reef has really been the place to be in my opinion.
Lower Money’s had some great waves. I saw some impressively, long tubes peeling off and eventually got drawn up there a couple of times. BUT, I was always making my way back down the reef in hopes getting a nice one. Today is the 4th day of waves at Inside Launching Pad and Speedies and that is a beautiful thing. Can’t stop feeling appreciative that we’re getting these
conditions after a good, long wait for surf.
–MICHAEL
Tags: barrels, beautiful, G-Land, guests, Kongs, Money Trees, offshore, reef, Speedies, surf, surfers, tubes, waves
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G-Land started pulsing early. There were 8ft sets and the level of surfing was phenomenal. The ledge was really fun later in the day on low tide and everyone was getting lots of barrels.
