In our current issue, author Ben Mondy traces early tracks at the Indonesian island of Bawa to a group of British and Irish surfers who started surfing there in 1989. Five years later, the wave was pushed into the limelight by Tom Curren’s deft performance in bigger surf on a 5’7″ Tommy Peterson Fireball Fish. In 2005, an earthquake permanently altered the wave’s shape. Re-watch Sonny Miller’s footage of Curren’s session here, then pick up a copy of TSJ 34.3 to read Mondy’s account of Bawa’s 20-year run as Indo’s premier heavy-water spot.
Film from Search 3: Beyond the Boundaries, by Sonny Miller, courtesy of Nalu.tv.
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