NEW SWICH OPENS IN CANGGU
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RIP CURL VISITS MENTAWAI SCHOOL TO GIVE SUPPORT TO THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
During the Mentawai Pro presented by rip Curl the team took time out on a lay day to visit a local elementary school just a 20 minute walk from the Lance’s right surf spot on Sipora Island to donate much needed school supplies and ceramic toilets that were requested and will be installed in the school. rip Curl also made a monetary donation to A Liquid Future, a project run by Lizzie Murray that helps the kids mostly aged 6-12 years old to learn english and also surfing. rip Curl also donated a ding repair package complete with electric sander to the village to start a new business for the locals.
The rumours are all true, SWICH sandwiches has opened in Canggu just back from Echo Beach by the Canggu Mart at Jl Batu Mejan 88. Now Canggu also has some of the best sandwiches on Bali, right by one of Bali’s best waves.
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Garut and Putra with the local groms
AMERICAN SHAWN DOLLAR SETS GUINESS WORLD RECORD FOR SURFING BIGGEST WAVE EVER PADDLED INTO AT 61 FEET
Shawn Dollar of Santa Cruz, California paddled into and caught this beast of a wave (above) on December 21, 2012 at the notorious Cortez Bank, a reef shelf 100 miles off San Diego that is famous for wrecking ships and massive surfing waves. Measured at 61 feet by a panel of experienced big wave surfers, this wave topped Shane Dorian’s previous record of a 57 foot wave caught at Jaws in Maui. Dollar is no stranger to breaking records and in 2010 set the Guiness record of biggest wave caught paddling at 55 feet that was later surpassed by Dorian. At this year’s 13th annual Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards held on May 3 in Anaheim, California, Dollar won a total US$30,000 for winning the Pacifico Paddle and the XXL Biggest Wave divisions. The Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards is the world’s measuring stick for who is riding the world’s biggest waves. Upon accepting his award, Dollar was quoted as saying, “Is this really happening? Are we really paddling into waves bigger than what we used to tow? It’s surreal, it’s such an honor.”