"No-one even knows any more how many Russian surf schools and surf camps there are in the Canggu area, but it’s a lot. And most are distinguished from their Western European counterparts by an even greater need to do everything together, and quickly."

Over the weekend a feature called Blood Surf was published in the Fairfax Press. It uses the story of a vicious and despicable assault in the surf at Snapper Rocks to discuss violence in surfing culture with the clear inference that this is a serious problem.

"Reports of the surf industry's demise have been greatly exaggerated."

The influx of Western money into poor Indonesian villages effects local life in unexpected ways. An anthropologist and surfer explores the issues from an Indonesian point of view.

Andrew Crockett is a surfer with a keen eye on the rearview mirror. Yeah, he'll tell you he's living in the moment, as much as we all are, but more than most people Andrew is willing to spin on his heels and pay a historian's mind to something from the past that catches his attention. 

Travellers could again become the target of militant attacks in Indonesia as extremists pledge their loyalty to the Islamic State group.

I invite you to consider the boardshort and more particularly its place, should it still have one, in your wardrobe.

The Billabong Pro Tahiti wasn't just a spectacular surfing event, it provided the ASP with its largest online audience to date. But despite the impressive figures are the new ASP reaching their stated goals? In the second of a three part series Swellnet investigates the numbers.

There were just three 9 point rides at the Margaret River Pro. By contrast, the just-finished Billabong Pro Tahiti had 68 rides in the 9+ range.