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And now look at what became of this magical place. It's a shit show every day of the year. (Except for when it's massive...)

A time when surfing was about adventure and not business.

Reconized that Lopez soul arch instantly.

music? who is? the band ? may be i go in ocotber

Getting barreled was hard back then on shit equipment

Muchas gracias por todo surfing años 1970

I got to stay in Bali for almost two years druring the Pandemic. It was a blessing.

I surfed Uluwatu in 1901. I used a wooden plank and my boardshorts were made of wool.

What year this vid dude. You got typing cramps?

Terrible waves by indo standards

it was one of the trips where laird and gerry saw G-land from the plane and decided to explore it...

bali has been completely shit on by overtourism. should have kept it a secret

I'd love to see the early days filmed and surfed at G-Land. great video of surfing history

Jan Michael Vincent was a loser. I worked with him in the studios. Never seen anybody ruin a great gig as bad as him.

😊even Shazam doesn’t know this super funky music- even 5 Summer Stories Honk is there

love this movie and StyleMasters probably my two favorite surf along with endless Summer.

81 to 98 for me surfed ulus 5x a week.....never going back its a zoo now

imagine, Lombok without surf camps...

Looks super fun. What’s the best time of year to go when it’s a good longboard wave and not too big?

Much like Fiji or Costa Rica people complain about "Paradise Lost", which sadly is inevitable. Humans, a virus that wears shoes (and ride surfboards) Joni Mitchell had a song about that !

Crew been surfing Bali for 10+ years before you got there in 75 with your cameras.... now look at it...Legends you are for sure, just not in the way you think.

Fantastic footage. My hasn’t the country changed

My wife went to bali 79 she said it was paradise then we went back 2017 and could not believe it now

was there in 1980. The true surf adventure. Crash course in the local lingo and found our waves around Bangko Bangko.

I surfed there and the mentawai s in 1995 no hotels at ulu.none on the mentawai islands we surfed.as we were leaving the search 2 crew was arriving good times.

My grandfather first surfed here in 1890

This is now the Uluwatu (off season) ruclips.net/video/Jn1PD47wSBg/видео.html

💕 Wow💚💙💙💙💙💚💙

Surfed Ulu one evening, small racetrack about 3 to 4 foot. A guy wearing a tinted dive mask was getting a couple and I talked to him for a few minutes before I realised it was Mr Lopez. Asked him about the mask and he said his eyes were fried from years of surfing and the mask helped him out. Pretty cool guy, surfs well, very polite. Nice afternoon.

The music sucks

Promo*SM 😁

Gerry & Rory, Hawaiian legends in reality, opened a can of worms for the surfing world! Without those videos, no one would know of Uluwatu & other Indo surf spots! Now its crowded but, the perfection is the same! Aloha

Rory surfing had really not much style in his surfing so many guys back then had amazing style takiyama,, Dobson,, Gary Beecher from Encinitas and his brother mike so many rippers back in the 80

Classic

We went there in 96 and 98. Loved banana pancakes and mie goreng for a dollar😂

I went and surfed there for the first time in 75. I sat across from Jerry Lopez and Jan Michael Vincent on the plane. Jan was from my home town. I think they were shooting scenes from Big Wednesday. I don’t know if that was this particular time, but when I was there Rory Russell was there, and was really being cool, because I was intimidated to go out with these guys because they were legends, and I felt like a kook. Uluwatu was a Goofy footers dream after living around right point break heaven in California. That was a great experience.

I first arrived on Bali in August, 1979. I was 28 and turned 29 there the next month. Many of the Balinese surf breaks that are now crowded and well known now were places I explored and surfed by myself. Uluwatu was about a two mile hike along a dusty trail from where you parked your rented motorbike then. There was one thatched warung atop the cliff. Clambering down the bamboo ladder into the cave you paddled out from was always interesting. Many days I surfed there with only a few people out. I spent two months in Bali and Nusa Lembongan that trip chasing waves. I returned to Indonesia in 1981. That trip I made to the little known island of Nias off the coast of Sumatra. Killer right hander. It pumped every day for the two weeks I was there. It was 15-18 feet Hawaiian on the first day and no one out. I had an 8’4” pintail gun that my buddy, the late Dick Catri, made. It rocked. Two weeks on Nias. Then on to Bali where I stayed for 2 1/2 months before heading to North Shore Oahu for a three month winter stay there. I made it to Oahu every winter for years back then. I was very fortunate to have been able to travel like I did. Caught epic waves. Had epic wipeouts. Saw beautiful sunrises and sunsets at beautiful beaches around the world.

Gerry ! Ha ha . Incredibly beautiful style . Just ask him . Met him in LA at the shop I surfed for . He actually had the balls to tell Terry he wanted to surf “ the Ranch “ Only way in was with a land owner……… Terry “ Natural Progression “ Terry “ why should I ? You’re no friend of mine “! Self proclaimed legend very big fat head . Now ? Hopefully he’s found some humility with age 🤞

I'm indebted to Spyder's partner, Greg Weaver, for setting me up with the water housing I used for my films. Great working with you down there Rory - good times...

Pre-“development”: Heaven 🤷🏻🤩 It really is a crime that a person (or persons) can gather funds + ‘approval’ & permanently deface a wonderful slice of the natural world 🗺️ 🤷🏻‍♂️

I surfed Uluwatu in ‘92 before all the hotels, restaurants and bars were built. It’s an epic wave that’s been overrun with too many people. I can only imagine what it was like in the ‘70’s…

really cool video, i cant help notice one thing though - maybe its the type of board they are riding, or its how we perceive style differently now versus 40 years ago - but these surfers look kinda... average? like you could nowadays go to any pumping break in Indonesia and see several surfers that are way more technical and fluid than these guys... i know im gonna get a lot of hate for this comment, but you know it to be true

The beginning was 1972 and the beginning of the end for the Bukit Peninsula it's peanuts, casava, corn, Uluwatu and Penang Penang was the 1981 Bali Pro that saw a track carved out for access. Not too sure we can be proud of that.

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Anyone knows the music?

My surfing heros. They surfed on single fin slug boards...can you imagine the footage IF they had modern day tri fins? epic

Lopez of course, I'm guessing a blonde Peter McCabe, and maybe Rasmussen on the red board.

Thanks for posting this!

You have the good stuff 😊

Wow.... The early 80's were probably the best time for a Free surfer backpacker to be alive : Music, cheap "morning price", fried noodles for quarter of a $ penny, no fights at the lineup or noisy and rich speedboats surf tour reaching G-Land in 2h from their fancy resorts on molested Uluwatu hills and Bukit. In 2024, if i had to choose for a wild and more lonely surftrip experience, i would explore all the Java south coast (skipping G-land) and following the cost until Sumatra. Probably best option these days if you want to avoid the crowds and not afraid by the unknown powerful waves, sharks, reef, and strong current (no jets, paddle only , hazardous cliffs and rocky jumps to reach the lineups). No resorts, plenty of fisherman's villages. Cons: Not always roads, far from any hospital, no 🏧, have to hide your cash in the bush before paddle out. Pack light but still carry first motobike repair, equipments for camping. Trucks drivers if you have to leave the cost on bigger roads are really deadly ✅🤙🏻🌏