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Secret Sumatra 2010 Bookings Available Today

Posted Monday, September 07, 2009






With big names like Hardy, Toby , Lackey, PLC,  Kim Feast and Tom Smith already attending this bodyboarders paradise, the 2010 season is now on the horizon.  Secret Sumatra have just released their 2010 dates with a teaser to show you what they have on offer.

With failed attempts to do it a little cheaper by staying in alternate accommodation with no local wave knowledge, people in the know have now realized that it's worth the extra $$ for what SS are offering which includes 3 meals a day, internal flights, your own private room, brand new vehicles pimped out with DVD players, a mad setup to hangout in housing a championship pool table imported from Belgium and of course, epic pits.

The boys are smack bang in the middle of an area with a large variety of waves which are sensitive to the slightest degree of swell direction with also complex tide patterns so it's pays to know where to go and when. Especially when your vacation time is limited, 
split second decisions matter here and this is where you will have the greatest advantage of staying with SS. 

Word around town is Dane and Tully Beevor will be hangin out with the crew for most part of the early season to score the groomed swells that April-May produce and as per usual some of the big wigs will be stopping by to take time out to chill and surf in between their busy schedules of world tour events and media commitments.

They book out at the drop of a hat so get in quick to get your spot in their vacant green rooms.

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Posted by: Jimi Hendrix
07-Sep-2009 05:04 PM 		secret sumatra isn't actually secret. it's breakwall in port mac
Posted by: bort
08-Sep-2009 09:06 PM 		I WISHHHHHHHHHH!!! stupid reality
Posted by: Bshred
13-Sep-2009 04:08 PM 		hahah.breakwall rep,but breakwall never works for non-locls in the holidays, in a ene swell with nw winds.go to flynns,i heard its very good in summerr

Naked In A Bin, The Shaggy Chronicles

Posted Friday, September 04, 2009

As a youngster this Movement staffer spent most Januarys on the North Shore of Hawaii. It was there, in a white house atop the hill of Waimea that I came to meet a British/ South African bodyboarder known as Shaggy. He was dating a girl staying at the Waimea house and came by with Maui Woowee occasionally. It was here that a decade long friendship started. 

In all that time Shaggy has travelled the world, meeting many of you people out there in Balinese nightclubs, Cornwall cafes and South Coast line-ups. The man gets around. So it was Mexico that we found Shaggy this week, naked in a bin on Facebook, posted by close friend Luke Birch. We thought these antics of a travelling writer would be interesting so we hit Shaggy for some words. He thought he should do something instead of boozing and surfing all day and will be posting some hits right here. 

Episode One.

Yeah Movement, this is the first of many happenings in Puerto Escondido. The hotel is pretty quiet tonight because 6 of the Newcastle boys have rented a car and driven three hours into the mountains to go and eat magic mushies and trip out for the night up there.

Brander and Coops are going out for "a" drink.  Hopefully they will come home drunk with stories to tell or some for of alcohol related injury. Today was my first day of doing exercise in a few days. It's as small as Dee Why beach in the middle of Summer right now.

To start the day off was a stand up surf, then a 3km run, followed by 30mins boxing then for a couple hours of tennis in the afternoon, it must have been in the high 30's. It was 5-5 in the second set and a tie break was called due to the heat and we'd run out of water, Clive and I won for the record defeating Birch and Cooper 6-1 6-5.. To make it a whole hand of activities I did an hour and a half of yoga. Oh yeah and there was a group decision that Glen Thurston doesn't have the record for most lengths done at the hotel pool because he got rescued from the bottom of the pool by the owner of the hotel, Clive.

There isn't much news to report on, Monday night took it out of everyone, me including me. There'll be stories from two different groups.

SHAGGY 

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Posted by: Aaron Dinham
04-Sep-2009 05:44 PM 		Hey! I got to know Shaggy whilst he was living in backpackers in Cornwall England. My brother also bumped into him last month in Puerto Escondido Mexico. The guy gets about.
Posted by: matt palmer
04-Sep-2009 08:42 PM 		Monday nights are easily the best in puerto!
Posted by: damian dinham
04-Sep-2009 08:53 PM 		where ever i go, i'll bump into that man... he's a funny guy... damian dinham
Posted by: tomas
06-Sep-2009 02:44 AM 		yeah Shaggy !!! and say hello mexico!!! I meet this guy the first time he went to puerto with his mate dean fergus, and he surf is good when come the biggest waves, you know me now..I was with motor drink mezcal in el cafecito, perro!!.

Good Morning Tehran

Posted Tuesday, August 18, 2009



The Islamic Republic of Iran has been in the news a little lately, basically due to a democratic election which appears to have been a little rigged, allowing the fundamentalist leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to stay in power whilst his opponent a more liberal and woman loving type is left to hold signage atop a wooden post, as the army fire and kill innocent citizens for protesting. Quite a gnarly place really, not big on human rights. 

Anyway, we've got a friend in Iran it seems. A viewer who has been checking our site. To you we say, Salam. Leave a comment and let us know your caper. Can you surf in Iran?




A clip showing protestors having a little change of heart about their actions (once their head has been placed on a chopping block).




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Posted by: JJ
19-Aug-2009 08:58 AM 		Should be some surf near the border with Pakistan. Google earth it. UK bodyboarder Stuart Butler scored some in Pakistan. Check http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/2736/news.htm Pretty Hardcore.
Posted by: 3. Your Name
19-Aug-2009 10:11 AM 		Pakistan has powerful summer waves A group of four European surfers, 3 brits, Stuart Butler from Torbay, Cornish duo Ben Clift and Dan Haylock as well as Frenchman Antony Colas, have made a successful expedition in search of summer waves along the inhospitable coastal edge of Pakistan´s Makran Desert. The Europeans are believed to be the first British & French surfers to discover surfable waves at many different locations along that stretch of the Indian Ocean coastline. The group had waves everyday and usually not less than a 4ft swell. Some days the main beaches had good big waves and the swell was reported as more powerful than in France in summer. Sea breezes came up early in the day and blew many of the spots out. 23 virgin surf spots were discovered. Military restrictions, intense heat, large standstorms, blue-bottle jellyfish, were amongst natural hazards encountered combined with a general strike. The trip started from the coastal town of Gwadar, close to the Iranian border, and from there proceeded east to Karachi, crossing the inhospitable Makran Desert, one of Asia´s least-known regions. Rideable waves along the coast are caused by a "depression" that forms off the coast of Somalia from late May until late August producing a near constant southwest swell. A further detailed report will be filed soon. Press - Surfersvillage.

Giant Fish Tank, Cool Or Not?

Posted Monday, July 20, 2009

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.

So what's the verdict people. Is this cool or uncool?Should a mass of sea life be confined to a tank like this? Is the conservation message that people seeing these natural wonders evokes, worth the caging of the select animals in this tank? Are fish and sea mammals devoid of the mind's eye hence making them relatively stupid and unaware of being in a tank anyway?

This was shot at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan, the main tank called the 'Kurishio Sea' holds 7,500 cubic meters of water and features the world's second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish species in the main tank.

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Posted by: razor
20-Jul-2009 11:05 AM 		i reckon it's cool, the people that run these places love marine life more than us i'm sure.
Posted by: Chris
20-Jul-2009 12:00 PM 		thats pretty unnatural, where's the fukin sea flora? doesn't even look like there is sand on the bottom.
Posted by: Troy Stedman
20-Jul-2009 02:45 PM 		So wrong, our obsession with making a dollar out of the natural wonders surrounding us always ends up destroying it in the end. The Goldy is a prime example...
Posted by: 3. Your Name
23-Jul-2009 08:22 AM 		Not cool. Go Scuba Diving if you want to see this stuff.
Posted by: 3. Your Name
23-Jul-2009 08:22 AM 		Not cool. Go Scuba Diving if you want to see this stuff.
Posted by: M9
23-Jul-2009 06:33 PM 		this is a JOKE why should the japs be allowed to slaughter whales, yet keep another 200 species of fish in captivity? bomb the japs - period
Posted by: Nicholas
21-Aug-2009 05:43 AM 		I think that this is super rad. really allows us to appreciate the fishes of the sea, shows the majesty of them,

DK'er Grant Malony Has Had A Better Year Than You

Posted Friday, July 17, 2009


Grant Malony has been on the road with his girl for a long time now, he's chewed rope, smoked dope, all that stuff. Check his list of travel achievements and feel the burn of jealousy that only freedom of life on the road can bring.

505 DAYS ON THE ROAD
27 COUNTRIES
177 TRAINS
163 BUSES
77 TAXIS
59 TYPES OF BEER
36 BOATS
16 PLANES
15 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
2 TATTOOS


-SURFED IN 3 OCEANS AND 4 SEAS
-TOASTED MARSHMALLOWS OFF FLOWING LAVA
-LOOKED FOR THE LOCH NESS MONSTER
-SLID DOWN A VOLCANO
-SMOKED A CUBAN IN CUBA
-WENT UP WHAT WAS THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD TAIPEI 101
-SWAM WITH MANITIS IN BELIZE
-ATE BOLOGNAISE IN BOLOGNA
-SALSA LESSONS IN CUBA
-SLOTHS IN TREES IN PANAMA
-DONE 8800 MILES IN A MONTH DRIVING ROUND EUROPE
-SEEN THE LADY WITH MY BARE EYES: THE MONA LISAá
-GOT LOST IN VENICE
-FULL MOON NIGHT SURF EL ZONTE, EL SALVADOR
-SEEN THE REMAINS OF THE BERLIN WALL
-SLEPT ON THE HEADLAND THAT WAS ONCE THOUGHT TO BE THE END OF THE WORLD PORTUGAL
-CONCERT OF TRADITIONAL DANCING IN THE FOREST OF LATVIA
-ORCHESTRA IN PRAGUEá
-WATCHED A BROADWAY SHOW
-KISSED THE BLARNEY STONE
-SEEN AZTEC AND MAYAN RUINS
-SWAM IN A CRATER LAKE
-WENT TO SPANISH SCHOOL
-CAVING BY CANDLELIGHT
-LEARNT TO LOVE GUINNESS
-RODE THE TRAIN THROUGH THE COPPER CANYON
-PANAMA CANAL
-GAUDI'S MASTERPIECE: LA SAGRADA FAMILIA
-MICHAELANGELO'S DAVID
-CURRYWURST IN GERMANY
-HIGHLAND CATTLE
-BLACK TAXI THROUGH THE INFAMOUS DIVIDE: NORTHERN IRELAND
-SEEN MORE SWISS ARMY KNIVES THAN YOU CAN POKE A SWISS ARMY KNIFE AT: GUESS WHERE?
-GOT A BEER IN MACCA'S: SPAIN
-TRADITIONAL TEA CEREMONY: JAPAN
-BELGIUM WAFFLE HEART ATTACK: BRUSSELS
-UNDERGROUND PUB WHERE A TYRANT WAS GUNNED DOWN: NICARAGUA
-CASTLE HUNT FROM LAND'S END TO THURSO
-LUNAR LANDSCAPE: CANARY ISLANDS

THANKS, GRANT AND AIMS
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Posted by: bort
17-Jul-2009 05:29 PM 		- Tackled Julie from Master chef into the fuucking pavement! - Signed Paris Hiltons tits with my tongue - Swung through the jungle with an orangutan singing My Friend by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Shagged a chick in Finland outside in minus 45degree weather while being slapped on the arse by her sister -Ate my own shit when I got lost in the blue mountains for 12 days -and cried when Michael Jackson karked it. In all seriousness though, that is an impressive list, give me some money
Posted by: danny boi
18-Jul-2009 01:54 AM 		yyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh boi!!!!
Posted by: Jelous 1
18-Feb-2010 10:25 PM 		How'd u afford that dude? U a trust fund baby? but seriuosly, how much it all cost?

In Case Of Emergency, Squat

Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009
An airline's novel way to save you money.


A Chinese airline has submitted a proposal to the aviation regulatory body that could one day open up the airways to the unemployed, underfunded and unbreakable everywhere. Spring Airlines of China has proposed airplanes with standing room only which will increase the number of passengers on each flight plus drastically reduce costs. A company spokesman said they were confident the idea would be approved because it had been suggested by the nation's vice-premier. "He suggested that, for a lower price, passengers should be able to get on a plane like catching a bus, with no seat, no luggage consignment, no food, no water, but very convenient," said Mr Zhenghua, of Spring Airlines. So not only will you get to your favourite international destinations for a fraction of the price, you will also get a good workout on your calves, quads and gluteus maximus.
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