While there are plenty of world-class waves around NIHI Rote, the development's crown jewel is its Hospitality Academy.

Early morning light, glassy water, and clean reef waves set the stage as Heidi kicks off her day with a memorable surf session in Bali. Experience the peaceful sunrise lineup and smooth rides that ...

A tiny island chain in Indonesia has achieved mythical status in the surfing community. Here come the resorts. In 1991, an Australian named Lance Knight came upon a perfect wave. Brushed by gentle ...

The first surfer in Bali was the handsome photographer, tennis coach, CIA agent, and natural-footer Bob Koke. Koke had learned to surf in Waikiki when he had been an assistant to the film director ...

“This is where it all started,” says Rizal Tandjung, gazing out over a sandy shoreline lapped by dying breakers. Almost 40 years old, Tandjung is one of Bali’s surfing pioneers. Picking up his first ...

You can see it in their eyes. The hunger these females have for progression, and the games they must play for it, here on Bali. Even though they surf better than most men, these young ladies still ...

"Indonesians believe that the ocean is very, very dangerous and the sea god is going to take you away," says Bali surfing pioneer Rizal Tandjung (pictured here) of why the locals were slow to join the ...