Photos and drone video reveal the doomed Sumber Blessing high and dry near the famous surf spot.
A photographer from Joyo’s Surf Camp at Grajagan, that long lefthander in Indonesia made famous by the movie Storm Riders in 1982, as an intermittent tour event as well as the various mysteries surrounding its position in the drug trafficking trade, has captured wild drone footage of a fishing boat after it ran aground near G-Land last Saturday.
Harry Pieters, who has been shooting in the camp since 2010, writes
“The fishing boat Sumber Blessing ran aground in Alas Purwo waters on Saturday at one am. It is suspected that the ship hit a reef because it was swept away by big waves in thick fog. The ship departs from Pekalongan after finishing fishing for tuna weighing a total of 80 tons, the ship will head to Tanjung Wangi Port, Banyuwangi for loading and unloading. In this incident one crew member died and 29 other crew members survived.”
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Photos and video from Petiers, and other G-Land camp photographers, reveal the Sumber Blessing high and dry on the famous reef.
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If you’re into the G-Land legend you may have already bought the drug-soaked tell-all book released last October, Grajagan –Surfing in the Tiger’s Lair: 1972-1984.
It takes the reader back into the magical world of secret waves, the smuggling of drugs to generate the money to chase these waves, and the spectre of death and madness that seemed to lurk around every corner.
G-Land is a mysterious place that brings out equally mysterious behaviour in even the most placid surfer. Isolation, boredom, the usual drivers.
You’ll remember, one year ago almost to the day, when the G-Land Pro, dogged by a poor swell forecast, descended into a wild bacchanal.
I found the vision that appeared on social media accounts of the good times heartening, Stephanie Gilmore and Gabriel Medina moving with precise and vigorous grace, Filipe Toledo weightless with joy at the spectre of a finals day in small waves and Kolohe Andino looking as worn as a well-thumbed volume filled with illustrated examples of human sex organ deformities.
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Good times, although not quite on the level as the night in the 1990’s when Rob Bain, Barton Lynch and Gary Elkerton disappeared into the jungle, reappearing in the morning naked and carrying bamboo spears.
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RUh Roh, last time this happened an iconic winter break went dormant for weeks!!!!
Sick. I have a spot called bowls as well. It has a great cave that blocks the wind when packing bowls.
Humanity is so ______!
cause of implosion wasn’t the homo-sapiens sexin’ it up. nope. twas lightin’ the big fat cigars! afterwards…
licking poisonous tropical slugs? what could go wrong?
1- rig boat, fish, crash
2-get naked, throw spears
3- club woman, drag to cave
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“…various mysteries surrounding its position in the drug trafficking trade…”
Nice attempt to avoid pissing Martin off in case you get a trip on one of his smuggling vessels.
I appreciate the originality
All that reef planting done by the WSL is to blame.
Fog. In Indo?
Fuck you’re a brutal cunt Mick, I like that!
On that note,
I thought that teenager who died when the Titan sub imploded looked familiar.
He was me Flatmate
reports of large-scale red algae bloom in and around the area which will consume the toxic battery contents, and shit/
Maybe algae fishing for kelly’s thongs?
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Farrken Newy braah
Pfffttt.
You call that a surf-adjacent wreck?
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That bed sheet suits you CB
Fucken aye. Thats not a knife…this is a a knife.