Padang Padang - Surf Perfection in Bali

Dave Rastovich mining for emeralds, Padang Padang, Bali. Tough job, but he makes it look easy.

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Photo: Jason Childs

With its dramatic scenery of high-rising limestone cliffs overlooking a turquoise ocean of pumping barrels, Padang Padang was voted one of the world’s top-ten waves.

Padang in two words: power and fear. It’s one of the most dangerous and hollowest wave in Bali - Indonesia. The final bowl is an obligatory tube. In short: Tube at the take-off, then speed, speed, speed and the ledgey final tube section.

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  1. patty - 6 - October - 2009

    I am not a surfer..just like to watch. I just wanna say that the photographers are really amazing too!

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