Surfing Life

LOVE FOR LOMBOK

In the early evening of August 5th, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale flattened the north-eastern corner of Lombok, Indonesia. A hundred kilometres south of the epicentre, an untouched Desert Point was firing – flawless and lacking An island away on the other side of the Wallace Line, Sunday session partiers in Bali felt the low rumble of the quake and watched on worried as their villas swayed, and sets broke in their swimming pools. This was a big one.

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