been to g land twice on short boards
kongs , 20/20s n tiger trails worth a look !
paddle out would be dodgy in any size at moneys or speedies .
high tides probaly the go
good luck mate

green menace said...

Anyone taken there sup here , heading there in the early season of march ,winds sometimes then arent as strong and sometimes making conditions a bit more peaky. Planning to be hitting outer kongs and kongs , i think the pad and speedies might be a bit much -see what happens. After some advice with the tides as well , as well as board sizes? thanks

Visited Bali last October and left my 9ft 10 in 31 wide round tail stinger quad fin with my friend Daniel our local guide. Air lines bit restrictive on 3000mm and weight.perfect at rights at Sanur reef and not too long. Glassed with 12 oz kevlar fully deck gripped and in board bag and 10ft leg rope.You are welcome to give it a try.On my way back from Bali on the flight a surfer was coming back from G-Land and said he went through 3 of his 5 boards in a couple of days sounds heavy duty on boards.Gives us a contact via the forum if interested. regards
Col

The parting statements are Good Luck !!

However, don't under-estimate the speed and power of that wave. So far, I haven't see SUP's (and riders) being quite capable of the speeds that good surfers generate on shortboard equipment (and the responsive accelerating in the tube that you can more easily generate on say a 6'6 step-up size board +...). It is one of the longest and fastest waves around, when the swell is on. Plus it is a very crowded wave.

I would be heading to Tiger Tracks down in the bay. It is a high tide wave. There are a couple of little options down there depending on swell, but the Right Hander is the most reliable.... Also, other places in Indo have a bigger selection of waves within their immediate proximity, compared to G-Land.

HOWEVER, having said that, I would hitting Sumba with the SUP. Less crowds. Worst case, ferry leaves Bali 1 or 2 times per week. You could get any size board onto a ferry!

loco4olas said...



But, why bother-it's a performance wave which suits 'normal' surfing and there's plenty of other waves more suitable to a SUP.

That sounds like a challenge to me

Thanks for all the great advice That time of year i thought wasnt right for sumba, going to gland 1st week of opening in march , means less crowds , not epic usually then, but hey you never know , hopefully a bit of paddling around some not so crowded waves and no bemo to worry about getting anywhere , downtime in traffic .This will be a good adventure with the sup,with not a lot of messing about to get to

Sounds great !Is lombok happening then to simondo, what is the best way to get to kuta/lombok? Have been to deserts before by boat, but only shortboarding ,no room for a sup there .Just looking for some fun waves, no crowds and no aggression {to old for that crap}