Next to Simon, Trey and Bartek, Oli from Germany joined our gang and went on a crazy mission to Balangan Reef Break right away. Nice introduction, man!
He had been scared for a couple of days already by the time we left the camp, since Balangan was gonna be his first experience over the razer-blade reef. A truly excellent hollow first wave changed everything in his surfing life: Oli discovered the beauty of big reefwaves and experienced the real meaning of "flow"...
The story actually started when our head-guide Conny announced Oli's and Simon's day off on a sunday, where usually everybody in the camp heads to one spot. Our two friends (or heroes???) of this story decided to go somewhere completely different, though. A little shack with no walls on top of a cliff overlooking one of the best breaks in the world became their shelter for the night.
Oli's fear of the reef had to be compensated with 3 bottles of rum and some beer, guys night out:) When our two friends opened the first bottle of booze, they didn't know one side of Bali yet: 23 degrees and windy conditions can be very, very cold without a sleeping bag, matress or any other cover. The luck was on their side, though: Epic surf conditions, no one in the water yet, awaited the two with first daylight blinking through a partly cloudy sky.
The hazzle of getting there on one scooter, with two boards and three backpack, some kind of Bali belly from the local food and the cold night without a sleeping-bag were forgotten by that time. Our two heroes enjoyed the beauty of nature and had the greatest day of their stay in Bali so far...
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