“He says he can catch every wave he wants because he is Brazilian!”
This magnificent video sketch of a Mexican surfer being attacked by a Brazilian mid-wave at Desert Point brings to light the absurdity of the once-secret wave, a wildly unforgiving left on the southern tip of Indonesia’s Lombok.
It’s a brutal lineup at Desert although once, and in the not too distant past, you and a few pals might’ve chanced upon it for a few hours, empty. Some years ago now, your ol pal DR jumped ship from a charter boat that was headed for Sumbawa for two hours of slick four-footers. Only one surfer out, a man called Jim Banks, who chewed through the drainpipes like a cornered rat.
Now, ooowee, ain’t nobody finding any sorta peace out there.
Puerto Escondido’s Alejandro Garza, pink shirt, is pictured here apparently dropping in a man before getting his comeuppance, as they say, clipped with an ass grab and tee pull.
Or so it seemed.
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“I’m the guy with the pink shirt,” writes Garza. “So this guy dropped on the wave behind me after I was already on the wave. He pushes me down and then yells at me saying he can catch every wave he wants because he is Brazilian and been surfing at Deserts for 20 years.”
And, so ensued many thousands of comments on the rights and wrongs of putting a slug into a drop-in and how surfers who snake should be violated.
And, for Rio Waida, an Indonesian tour rookie, an innocent “Ha! Ha!” led to one troll’s call for his dismissal from sponsor Quiksilver.
“Is this really the mindset of your athletes promoting violence in the surf? I mean regardless whose fault this was this could have ended up with a serious injury and you literally promoting this shit? If that’s the athletes you pick @quiksilver_indonesia then it’s for sure the last boardshort I bought from BOARDRIDERS. What an embarrassing role model u are @riowaida_”
Meanwhile the big-wave surfer Koby Abberton, a habitué of Deserts, summed up the mood well.
“No fun anymore,” he writes.
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Surfers are fucking idiots.
Take of your shirt!
renting out
soon to arrive
hollow days
netflix keeper dvd
10.0 Hilo Fish Market
You have to catch it first and then bid for it…
And pay for eating it…the fish…
She couldn’t stand the smell or sight of it…I made a short career out of it…
And pleasured myself and my dad while fishing for it…
11.0 Early Years Growing Up…
Create your own blanks…and the family I’m trying to re-invent…
They are pretty good….
One day at a time…
Pineapple wine…
People still buy quiksilver boardies? C’mon mate.
I referred to it in the marzo/dp post, but was lucky enough to score it (also en route to Sumbawa) for 45min with only one other guy out (not Jim Banks) who was a kneelo! Funny how you can reflect on a single 45min session from 15 years ago. Then I found $50.
So the Brazzo pick-pockets the Mexican’s 50 pesos and you pocketed from the former’s onshore backpack. Double check the note GG!
Imagine you are deep in Indo at a spot as isolated as Desert Point and you are caught up in the moment and this happens and you are in a situation where you are thinking now I’ve got to fight this guy…not an enviable position to be in. I remember in the 90’s some guy got hacked (and possibly lost an arm?) by some crazy man with a machete, but I think it was robbery-related not surf related. The camp there was pretty sketchy at the time.
Not exactly ‘deep in Indo’ in Lombok anymore.. but remember the machete story well. Aussie bloke chased indo through the bush & got ambushed. Blade had poision on it & the guy couldn’t beat the infection had to cut half his shoulder out. Good old days..
It was way different back then. I was in the area when the guys arm got chopped. There were definitely no camps back then, just camping on the point which was sketchy. The idiot that got hacked was chasing after the thieves with a stick and they had machete’s. Should have left well enough alone. Everybody knew the place got robbed on the regular, stay on the boat after dark or go back to Bangko-Bangko but whatever you did, don’t stay on the point.
Such a heavy story. Yes, we were on a boat too and what little ramshackle shacks were out there on the point looked pretty sketchy
I don’t know who is sponsored by anything anymore so who gives a fuck. Xox
Tell us more about surf trips, DR. A lot more entertaining than click bait, tbh. Speaking of,you in Perth anytime in December for a paddle?
Mate, nobody’s in Perth.
Hah! I’m going to stalk him at his parent’s house at the holidays. Will send pics. I’m prepping my trans gear as we speak. Will send further pics.
Paddling’s about all you’ll be doing in Perth.
Good thing about where I’m from, is basically every beach has better waves. Not hard to find a corner within 1 hour drive or ferry from Perth. Sharks are another story.
Indo is so little fun an undrafted Australian punter that was a scaffolder and tattoo shop owner in Bali would rather be a punter for the Saints.
That’s a cool story huh. Old mate rocking the look of pretty much everything Aussie male age 18-30 currently.
Very cool. Hard work pays off.
Hopefully he turns out to be less of a rapist than our last high profile NFL export
crack is wack! the San Diego campus is very close to some blemished housing area where crack is distributed. how would i know? stayed at a seedy motel on a work assignment and walked past a dude asking if i wanted some crack. never tried it but tried it then. the hustle is the dude then says let’s get some more. Araiza and the others may have been using…
They both must be Republican.
If you told these dip shits they couldn’t post anything on social media about their trips 90% of this bullshit would go away. Didn’t watch the video but if they didn’t fight it out on the beach it doesn’t deserve a story. Bunch of pussies.
They had bum sex afterwards xox
Loved the foreplay
Channel Islands for the win, either way.
The G Skate looks good
and is that a nose guard?
Probably electrical tape
They never waste an opportunity, ask Blair.
Very small minded comment, he’s a brazzo so cunt probably has zika