Category Archives: Asia
Inaugural Surf Contest Held at Mamallapuram
India’s east coast saw a rare display of surfing when the first Ocean and Earth Surfing Championship was held at Mamallapuram yesterday. The surf contest drew 70 competitors to the resort town 30 km south of Chennai, IBN reported. It was an … Continue reading
Curren & Co. Rip Tidal Bore
RipCurl’s Search crew has gone pretty far afield for their latest adventure, sending a team to Sumatra to surf one of the biggest tidal bores ever seen. The bono, or wave, is on the Kampar River, across the Straits of … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Feature, Indonesia, Video
Tagged antony 'yep' colas, kampar bono, riau province, river surfing, tidal bore, tom curren
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Massive Quake Hits Japan; Tsunami Follows
A massive 8.9 earthquake shook Japan today, generating a tsunami that has devastated coastal areas northeast of Tokyo. Kyodo news agency reported a 10-meter high wave sweeping through the port of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture. The rest of the Pacific basin … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Feature, Japan, News, Pacific
Tagged 8.9 richter scale, earthquake, Japan
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Mauritius
It’s smack in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Grand Baie and Tamarin are two budget places to stay and surf on this otherwise pricey isle. The SW quarter of the island has a number of breaks as the barrier … Continue reading
South of the Rising Sun: Surfing in Japan
“Where are you going,” the guy in the shop asked me as he pulled down the double padded board bag from the shelf, “Indo? Australia?” “Japan,” I replied. “Right … ” There it was again, that nod of the head … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Contributor, Environment, Feature, Japan
Tagged Japan, surf, temple, Travel
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Surfing in Yemen
Yemen – the empty quarter. We were nearing the end of a two week exploration of the coast, looking for (and finding) epic waves in warm water. Now we were heading home. We went the long way, the interesting way, … Continue reading
Posted in Archive, Asia, Contributor, Indian Ocean
Tagged desert, surfing, Travel, yemen
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Surfing in India, Part 2: Kerala
Day 9 The sleeper train to Madurai was interesting. You get a berth consisting of a lightly padded bunk, and that’s it. Three huge fans mounted on the ceiling are the air conditioning, and the windows are just cutouts in … Continue reading
Surfing in India, Part 1: Tamil Nadu
Day 1 Got into Madras, or Chennai as it’s called now, at about 5.30am. We had a slight hitch getting through immigration, as they insisted on knowing where we were going to stay. We had no idea where we going … Continue reading
East of Bali: Surfing Indonesia
May 5: The reef is more than a kilometer from shore. At low tide you can wade out through cultivated plots of agar seaweed, over steps of nubby coral and basins of sand. Big red starfish dot the aquascape like … Continue reading
CitySurfer's Journal: 2000
January 2000 Happy New year, Thanks for the note. I’m still in Morocco surfing. Will stay here another two weeks then get out of the country, sell the van and fly to india. Trouble is, it would be easy to … Continue reading