Monday, 28 November 2011

Desert Point

My friend Kent and I spent a couple days in Kuta, seeing off our friends and then decided on another mission. We were aiming to be in South Sumbawa for the incoming swell that was to hit in the next 4 or 5 days. 
 We set out early one morning on our way to Padangbai to catch the ferry to Lombok. We got separated on the way and Kent ended up taking the long way, we had both ended up on that route the previous trip. I had some time to kill at the terminal while waiting for him, so I indulged in some of the best goodies Indo has to offer. 


 Kent arrived after half an hour or so, we waited a few minutes while we stocked up for the ride, then boarded the ferry. Didn't manage to score a sleeper this time, so we hung out on the top deck and got a bit of sleep up there.


 Cruised to our destination on some winding roads that followed the shoreline, then over the sketchiest hill I've been on yet, and arrived at our destination for a night to see what the remaining bit of swell would bring.


There wasn't much for waves that evening, Kent went spearfishing and I wandered around taking some photos. We met a couple other dudes who were also heading to Sumbawa for the swell, had a couple beers with them before bed.


  The next morning wasn't looking so promising either, there were a few guys out on full tide but nothing really worth going out for. We had a solid banana pancake then Kent went spearfishing again and I walked down the beach and shot some more.



There was a pretty cool spot a few hundred metres down from the break where the waves would double up and shoot these cool fan like sprays.


 Spent the afternoon hanging around, deciding where we should go in Sumbawa, hanging with the local puppy we named 'Desert' and waiting to see if anything would happen on low tide. The locals were loving my skateboard cruising it around on the 10' by 10' pad of cement right out front.


 Eventually the waves started to almost come together, just lacking a bit of size.


Small Perfection.


Kent went out for a little sesh, waited for the bigger sets and actually scored a couple sick waves. Here's a him in a little cover up:


We left soon after to our next destination..

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