done & dusty

ok, so this is a little out of date but it took a while for the molecules to settle back down after the mayhem that was Sunday night at the Deus Temple... apologies to all my vital organs. Spleen, I never liked you anyway.

 ... good advice...

Drew aka Jesus in hot pants

Harrison Roach

Dane Peterson

Al Knost plays in the shore break between heats

Thomas Bexon out at the river mouth

Yuta was on fire

Doc works the microphone

Jared Mell

extra points were given for party wave action

Jimmy Slide

Kai Ellice-Flint

good times

... getting down to the nitty gritty...

and the finalists are: Alex Knost, Matt Cuddihy, Harrison Roach, Josh Constable & Matt Chojnacki

back to the Temple for the judges decision....

who's it gonna be: 5/Cuddles... 4/Chono... 3/Al Knost... it's down to Harrison & Josh

Harrison Roach takes out the 2012 9 ft & single... now lets dance people

Tomorrow's Tulips

Andy Six Strings getting warmed up

as Rich Pavel said the next day... " it was a regular stomp"

and that's all folks... thanks to Deus Bali for turning on the weather, waves and great weekend... see you next year

 Photos from day three of the 9 ft & still single by Nicole (go to gal) Gozzer

Happy Beach

A few shots from last night's Bed Sheet Picture Show at the Deus Temple in Canggu, Bali. Come sunset, the crowd had filled the backyard to hear Jack Coleman present his movies "Happy Beach" and "Polyester". Jimmy James' movie "Tracking" also featured, keeping the crew amped for a long weekend of surf action.

Director Jack Coleman and Al Knost

 Bintang and peace shadow play at the Bali premiere says it all.

Peto and Jared check the small screen

The new super-sized screen worked a treat

All photos Nicole Gozzer

9' & single 2012

Last year's inaugural 9' & Single surf fest at Deus, Bali was a low-key, one day blast of mayhem, mates and Monty. One snapped board, one dislocated shoulder and no hard feelings. It went so well they've decided to stretch it to a 3 day extravaganza of surf, art, movies and music and who are we to resist such a line up of entertainment?

 

Friday night Deus start things rolling with internationally acclaimed Californian movie maker and photographer, Jack Coleman, sharing some of his home movies. They include Bali’s premiere of POLYESTER and HAPPY BEACH. It’s all gonna happen on the Deus bed sheet in the back yard. Grab your rug and spread out on the lawn for an evening under the stars.

 Saturday we start early with the ‘Deus Inaugural Fish Fry’. We’re inviting people to come to Tugu beach from 9am to show and try out various fish style boards. There’ll be a demonstration by some ‘Fishermen’ so put your hand up if you're one of em… We’ll wind things up surfside around 4pm. Time for a rest, take stock, because come 6pm you’ll need your wits about you. We have a who’s who of shaping coming over for a chat. Join Bob McTavish, Rich Pavell, Thomas Bexon, Tyler Warren, Ryan Birch and Alex Knost as they take us through their own personal ins and out of surfboard shaping. Master of ceremonies Monty “The Duke of Deus” Montell will keep the evening moving along swimmingly. We’ll also announce the heats for Sundays comp then as well.

Then Sunday we run the actual surf component of the weekend. 7am start so if you draw that first heat we need you there at least thirty minutes earlier.  We should have wound things up by 4, leaving people with enough time to go home, shower and return to the Temple for the last of the Deus 9’ & Single Fest

We've got the Awards Ceremony from the day, winner and places won't be announced at the beach, you’ll have to hold your breath until you get to the Deus Temple. While you're waiting, take a stroll through the Deus Gallery and check out the opening of PRAETERLABOR, an amazing collaborative art show featuring works from Jack Coleman, Mia Taninaka, Alex Knost, Tyler Warren, Dustin Humphrey, Dan Peterson, Nicholas Chalmers & Andrew Wellman. 

To top it all off there is a massive music line up... Jakarta Band, Renprat & the Soul Brothers will start the ball rolling. Californian indie band, Tomorrows Tulips, aka Alex Knost and Christina Keys, will do a set of their own blend, hazy surf-pop vocals combined with garage rock guitars elements. And if that’s not enough Indonesia’s premier rock band, dubbed as ‘Indonesian Answer To Wolfmother’ by the Australian media, The S.I.G.I.T. are bringing the weekend to a close. The backyard is set to go ballistic!

TCSS is proud to be co-sponsoring this event and fielding 3 riders: Thomas Bexon, Kai Ellice-Flint and yours truly. Thanks to Deus for inviting us along for the slide.

it's show time....

.... it's that time of year again, when your walls are demanding something special.... this year buy them art from the Deus co-lab show at Canggu which opens tomorrow night. Jim is there whipping up a treat... photos tomorrow in situ

Slidetober

... last Saturday Deus Bali celebrated their 1st birthday with a surf contest and cake.... could only be there in spirit unfortunately, apparently "work" comes first.

Being Deus, nothing as straight foward as a set board length... contestants boards were chosen by the wheel of misfortune... pull the brake on the custom bike to find which board you were paddling out on... anything from 4'11" to 9' +

Dave plays spin the wheel...

Tyler, Dave & Ellis head out to the Bombie on their chosen steeds...

to find some solid swell marching through.

... to get the full rundown and photos from the day, go here

you're my type

... back in Bali for another round of production and printing... and a bit of an art show with mates Andy and Bob. The theme is loosely based around our appreciation of signage and typography. Opening night is this Sunday at the Deus Temple of Enthusiasm, Canggu Bali... Bintang buckets on Monty's tab... some behind the scenes shots of the prep here

Log Jam

... the dust has settled, the tears have dried, the Bintang has been drained... some shots from the Deus Bali 9ft & Single event of competitors before they hit the water

Jai & Andy are psyched

Tyler .... Ira

Jimbo .... Julian

D-Hump .... Hindu Dave

Gliza ..... Doc

log goes in... stepdeck comes out

and the winner is.....

... soon to be revealed... just heading back to the Deus Temple of Enthusiasm for Bintang & the final placings. Finalists below before heading out at head-high Tugu

Roberto "Wounded Gull" Milio; Jai "Missing You Already" Lee;
James "Ring In" Llewyn and Tyler "Pickle" Warren... all 9ft & single.

... such a fun day, thanks Deus for giving us one more excuse to spend time in Bali

UPDATE

1. Tyler Warren

2. Jai Lee

3. Roberto

4. James