Trip 18 - Secret SumatraSecret Sumatra

Trip 19

Starring: Dan, Harley, Simon, Jason, Christina, Matt, Ben, Lewis, Ryan, & Stacey

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THE REAL ALL INCLUSIVE

Here's a window into what you could be scoring here next year.. Book now for your spot in the line up..

Some crackers at the beachie this day for the boys, who scored it all to themselves

Brendan loved the place, we can see why..

The boys loving life

Freddy got shacked and Freddy got fingered but overall Freddy got more pits than anyone

Perfect rights, palms swaying in the background. Where else would you rather be?

Mark loving life

the boys heading out for a fun session on a right reef

The best sunsets on Earth

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Fish eye view

Gaz showing the younger lads how it's done

The boys went hard on this trip, a million pits and 2 million bintangs. Why not

"I sat there with the other 10 guests completely mesmerised by the abundance and diversity of waves in the area." (3 x World Champ Ben Player) Check the RIPTIDE feature article on BP here at the end of this gallery.

Adventure

Whatman, why notman

Magpie swooping into a pit out front

Once again, we've done it again!

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A fun adventure out a nearby island, a sketchy arrival but they handled...

Once again, we've done it again

Some cracking days were had at the beachie this trip

Perfect lefts across the channel out front

Another crazy set up for the lads to get shacked outta their minds on..

Steve stepping off the edge of the jungle and into..

Big Tim leaning into a joyous right hand cylinder

The lads loved this beachie

Stevo and Camo (father and son) back on their second trip this year and here they are scoring once again..

Kody having his own pitfest

Nice view of the reef out front

Stacey loved every minute of being out here, a nice break for the resident DJ's/Promoter who calls Sydney home. Didn't stop him drinking 200 bintang's tho

Once again, we're on it again....

Perfect long lefts

Ken's doing it again

Dan on a break from building his house on Sydney's norther beaches

Brett on pit no.356

A perfect morning at the beachie

More pits out front

The boys just about to score this left

The one that got away...

Adam on a smoker

Sunset pits out front

Sunset beers, anyone?

Brett turning into the light

Our legendary surf guide Andy doing what he does best

James getting another pit, why not

This beachie wedge was a lucky score when we got stuck on the road from an avalanche ahead and we couldn't go further, we walked down to the beach in-front & found this rare day at this beachie

Jason & his wife Christina flew all the way over from Florida to close up the season with us, we thoroughly enjoyed their company tho we we're cruel enough to beat them at beer pong, until next time guys hahaha

Top female surfer executes a powerful cutback, a photo from the book The Surf Girl Handbook

To say that we got some good waves is an understatement, we got some amazing waves. The trip to Secret Sumatra was maybe even the most successful surf adventure I have ever done." BP

Gus off the top

Early morning glass

Mark & Red after a session of long lefts.

Jeffro is the head of Misfit surf aid and has done more with his life than most others and is forever giving back. He's an inspirational guy, here he is being inspired by his son Tim

Some fun days at the beachies were had in-between cracking pits at the reefs

An extravaganza of pits it was

Heavy water

Bananna bread and perfect pits for breakfast this day

Simo and the lads scored this session near the end of the trip and came back with ear to ear grins

Gus again

Perfect pits out front, again...

Jason spent plenty of time in the barrel this trip

The Ben Player approval

Nash ain't no statue

Perfect pits out front

Proof of human cloning

Mark getting slotted out front

Hello mister?

Another day, another sunset..

A morning bomb

Not an unusual nigjt for the boys

Simo got a million and one pits at the pit fiesta

Andy our surf guide, doing what he does best..

Luigi up to no good, as usual

SS can bring people together creating good mates. Stacey and Ryan were from opposite ends of the country but became good mates on the trip, looks like a big new years is already on the cards for the boys..

Shane loving life in the tropics

BP getting ready to hit some ramps at a right all too himself

Why not

The boys gearing up for some perfect rights

Dean in the machine

Some kegs were had this day up the road

Simon decided to take 6 months off work and get pitted all over Indo, after 1 million pits he was chufffed on his stop at our place, was good to have you mate. Yew!

These lads really got down with the local groms, a lot of the boys are involved in surf aid doing good for the less fortunate

Mark standing tall into oblivion

Luis flexing up

Raul lining up a cracker

Welcome to pitfest, across the channel, out front

The boys worked hard for their seafood (sitting in the background drinking binnies, leaving the locals to it hahaha)

More pumping rights

Plenty of tunnels early season

Kody loving it

Mark on a beastmaster

The wave out front did it's thing for the lads on this trip

Ian wandering through the jungle to score cracking left hand pits..

Fadilla the Sumatran pirate

Jordan in the green machine

Reflecting on the trip, I can't understand how people have ever come back from #_*#^, Sumatra and say they didn't score. There's no crowds, the beach breaks are like something you'd draw in your maths book as a kid" BP

Gus on a heaving right at the beachie

Another cracker out front

Early season rights

Andy loves lefts & a good day on the binnies. He works as a bush regenerationist and has been over for two back to back stints two years in a row scoring cracking waves and not wanting to leave.. We like Andy

Another set up

This is why we set up shop where we did, the perfect mechanical right doing it again

Dan snapped all his boards but got them stuck back together and kept scoring

Hello mister, i'm gonna shoot you in the balls

Jordan dropping into a cracker out front

Louis going down the beach to whack off

The left over the channel from the right out front

"The reef breaks have enough juice to keep you on your toes." BP

Ryza photo's girlfriend / mermaid / spiritual healer appeared out of the blue this day

The boys thinking pits for breaky

Surf guide Andy (aka. Ken) lining up pit of the day again, the bloody bastard..

Andy once again

Checking out a local school

James got the name James beers on this trip, loves a pit too

Josh getting shacked on a lazy afternoon out front

Happy bday Benny

One minute from your bungalow and into this

"The only reason I can think of why people have come back and not raved about it is because they didn't stay at Secret Sumatra" BP

Harry the surf guide hookin in on a mal

Ryza's new bike, benny the chong chong

Brett lining up whats ahead

Launching off the end bowl of a fun left..

Harry the surf guide out front on the mal

Gus pulling into a beachie cavern

Cracking!

Someones gotta do it..

Not a bad wave to have out front

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Dan the man who likes to get barreled

Jasons wife Christina, shooting him at the beachie, Jason is a lucky man

Trent punching a backflip off the end bowl

More fun outfront

"..and if they did stay at Secret Sumatra they are just staying true to the names by keeping their amazing holiday under lock and key." BP

The boys loving the tropical life

Scoring, as always

? dropping down a bomb

Ried shackled

Mark on a beastmaster

Troy & Corey chillaxin

Raul was all over this right this day

Another pit..

Troy gave the wave out front a nudge, DK

Benji cutting through sheet glass

Reid again

Justin came over with his girl Emma, both deadset legends, love a good old sunset on the tower with a bintang and the crew. We hope to do it all ahgain someday with these guys

A ramping left

Here he goes again, James hoping to not end up in the graveyard after this session

Looks like cracking pits on the menu today..

Looks like we've done it again, again

Brendan at it again

Ben scoring a fun ramping left to himself

Adam in a clean beachie cylinder

One of the boys getting shacked out front

Dan dropping into another cracker

Oh ow

Brendan on the boogie

Another day in paradise

Ben Player with not a worry in the world

Lefts, rights, lefts rights...

Ryan and Jason, fooling around

Nothing like hanging out with old mates

Perfect pits for our crew

James (aka. Ocean girl) spend more time in the water and got more waves than anyone so he got the best nickname

Ryza lining up the mega angle from behind the section

It's a tough life, bannana pancakes, staying in the best place in town and paddling out front to these

Ben eyeing off the bowl

Gus pulled back on this one, think he made up for it at the beachie tho

Nash came over with Andy for the dbl stint, also loves a bintang and a dart and also a part of the furniture we didn't want to leave

A view to the shore from the beachie

Stevo in the zone

Quick refuel

More pits...

Just another day in Secret Sumatra

An underwater moment

Simo is one of those guys that's always on. Into a session at the drop of a hat, he loves a good old laugh and Simo absolutely loves a pit scoring fiesta.

Ocean girl on a beauty

Brendan, again

Hmmmmm,..

Jarred pulling into a bomb, mates hooting on the channel.. Just another day for the boys

An a symetrical beachy peak

Sunset session

Jeffro loves it

Who would have thought.. more pits?

When in Indo

Deep driving on a cracker

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Harley loving life

So many fun waves this trip

Looks like perfect pits are on the menu today

Jethro's DK shack

Luigi on the DK at the left over the channel out front

The boys had the mindset that if it's like this out front why go anywhere else

Luis at his favourite spot on Earth

Perfect rights

Joni dog tits

Mmmm mmm..

Jethro & Adam drinking it in

Luis flexing

Enough boards ya reckon?

Jason shacked a stones throw from his bungalow

Jethro trying to save his retinas

A day at the beachies

Jethro locking in

Another day in the life of SS

Sanga driving off the bottom

Keith on a shackalack

Kris stalling into a green cylinder

Stop thinking about the footy!

Dan on a perfect looking one

James, James, James, James, James, James. James, James....

Local groms frothing

Ricardo hanging with the groms

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All images in this trip are by lensman Rod Owen, the best in the business really. Will he be shooting you on your trip next year? www.owenphoto.com.au

Pits on the lago

Troy lining up a cracker

Shane on a fun runner

A left

Not a bad looking bank

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Benny scoring one of many

Shall we get out there?

Epic times, epic crew

Tom on a draining bomb

More perfect rights

Jake in a perfect one ot front

We are on it, as always..

Kris where you'd rather be

Perfect rights anyone?

Jethro, two minutes from his bungalow

Jake driving of the bottom

Andy the surf guide, at it again

Steve in one of many..

We know where Louis is paddling out

Lous was all over it this day

Another perfect right hand set up for the boys

Morning light

Ian is a legend

Another perfect day in Secret Sumatra

Troy gets called Rastaman everywhere he goes in Indo, wonder why

This is what we do

Beachie perfection

Andy got shacked this morning

Simon on a cracker.. again.. How could we not show the sequence of this?

Simon not even trying to hide the stoke

Dan setting it up

Jason on a 35 footer

Ken has done it again