In Indonesia the excitement turns to one of the world’s most challenging surf destinations, namely Sorake Beach on Nias Island. Following the success of the Krui Pro in Lampung and Bali Pro on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before wavepools and luxury surf resorts, a true surf trip meant venturing for days by boat to remote, perfect, barrelling waves ...

As travel has become far more accessible this year, many people have been itching to get back to Indonesia for a much needed fix of warm water and perfect waves. The Braithwaite family from Gisborne ...

Almost a month ago, we reported that the local government on the wave-rich island of Nias, off Sumatra, was building a road directly in front of — almost on top of — the famed righthander at Lagundri ...

Mikala Jones and Marlon Gerber score one of the jewels in the Indonesian surfing crown. Watch If May means one thing in Indonesia it's that the wet season has gone dry, and the swell floodgates have ...

For decades, surfers have been taking risky trips to hard-to-reach places across Indonesia looking for the ideal wave. One of the most prized destinations is Aceh, where Elliot Foote, Steph Weisse, ...

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Fifty years ago, two Australian surfers stumbled across the “perfect” wave on the remote Indonesian island of Nias, located just off the western coast of Sumatra. For centuries, it was described as a ...

When the Indonesian archipelago was lashed by a string of huge swells in July, you knew that somewhere would be a diamond in the roughest of oceans. This crazy edit from Nias showcases just that gem.

While most of the surf world’s attention was fixated on Namibia, and the endless lefthand barrels of Skeleton Bay, which were descended upon by some of the world’s greatest tuberiders (Kelly Slater, ...