Wayang Ombak
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My short surf-skate bio ~ born 1963 skated since 1975 surfed since 1979 – hope to find those old old photographs and put em here ; part of the dogtown z-boys surf-skate ‘movement’ in Indonesia thus feel connected with the boyz ; skatepark builder ; was the first Indonesian skateboard importer, distributor and original local manufacturer of local-brand wheels, trucks, rails, boards, griptape ; was the first to sponsor a local Indo skater to make his own skateboard model ; took surfboard shaping with passion ; apprentice shaper in scarbourough beach, western australia while doing uni there ; founder of a number of surfspots ; took into surf forecasting since 1994.
::: Surfed Bali ~ balian, keramas, medewi, airport rights, airport lefts, toro-toro ::: Surfed California ~ malibu point, venice ::: Surfed East Java ~ Pacitan: pancer point, teleng ria beach breaks, watu karung reefs, srau points & reefs ; Plengkung (G-Land): kong, pohon uang (moneytrees), 20-20, tiger tracks I & II ::: Surfed South Africa ~ eelandsbai, muizenberg ::: Surfed West Java ~ Pelabuhan Ratu: cimaja, indicators (off cimaja), karangsari, karanghawu (sunset), cikembang ; Pangandaran & Batukaras: batu hiu, pasirputih, batu mandi, batukaras, karang (reef), bulakbenda ; Pangumbahan & Ujung Genteng: turtles, ombak tujuh, mamas ; Sawarna: sawarna point, sawarna beach breaks ::: Surfed Western Australia ~ margaret river, scarbourough ::: Surfed many new breaks from the many times I go Surf Hunting, sorry, not naming them here, and lost count on how many anyway. The last two hunts produced a staggering twenty seven newly discovered breaks.
Really looking forward to surf … Morocco, Maldives, Brunei, Srilangka, Phillipines, Portugal, Spain, Namibia, Chile, Peru, Vanuatu. And of course any Wayang Ombak Surf hunting destination ;
::: Rode (at the early times without legropes, as there weren’t any in indonesia at that time, couldn’t afford one anyway) ~ fishes, shortboards, twin fins, classic single fins, homemade boards, mini-mals, funboards, longboards, semi-guns ::: Now Riding ~ shaper longboards only, now on a spiffing single-fin Steve Boehne shape ::: Looking forward to ride ~ own longboard, full-size paddle-in guns, bamboo fiber boards, those small wooden big-wave tow-in strapped-on boards.
An Engineer and Consultant of sorts, occasional Architect and Jazz musician, close to the music, art and design community in Bandung ; passionate Muslim and keeper of the peace ; feels more at home anywhere in the world as it is home! ; sufi in the Darqawiyya-Habibiyya Tariqa, Maliki Fiqh, murid and muqaddim of Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi ; surfboard shaper ; loves to solve problems and provide solutions ; took on the beautiful way of moon sighting practice since 1989, and a longtime Member of the Moonsighting Committee Worldwide for global moondating ; builder and inventor of sorts ; auto and race mechanic ; educator-teacher-student-master-apprentice all rolled into one ; surfer? is there such a thing?
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Hey Ahmad, ok well its gonna be 2011 but yes I will give you as much notice as possible for good timing (and a good time). In the meantime happy surfing!!!
Posted by Pat Lawrence | Mon 08 Nov 10, 16:09Never knew you left us, Pat!
– I guess what would be due is my long overdue visit your side of the story, sir! 
– Next time down, promise me you’ll let me know a pre-fortnight, if possible, eheh, coz then I can like visit you and your family in your element! Wouldn’t mind glimpsing those green room hand upreachers up close.
Posted by the Lazy Surfer | Fri 05 Nov 10, 14:05Long time no see Ahmad….how do I continue (or get started may be better wording lol) with memberising on your site? I am not so computer literate!!!! ps Back at work now but had waves of a lifetime just after the full moon, did a short trip to Banko Banko and scored screaming pits with 3 of us out,(lucky with the crowds there) then to the South coast secret spots with BIG left hand walls and comfortable standup xxfun tubes. I am hoping to just hang around Lombok all next year while my Istri goes to work….would be good to see you guys there!!!!
Posted by Pat Lawrence | Tue 02 Nov 10, 20:54Your comments meant a lot to me especially, Pat! Trust me, we are as stoked as you are, your family was of course already been invited to ‘memberize’ with WO, yeah?
– been busy a bit with guests and the odd internetting, but will sure will get back to you as soon as I can. Meanwhile, lay back and reminisce back ‘home’!
Posted by the Lazy Surfer | Sun 21 Jun 09, 22:06Wayang Ombak would have to be the most down to earth company that gives soooo much just to help people smile and keep on smiling about the stoke of empty pristine waves. Myself and my family would like to thank everyone involved in helping to bring together the treasures that the real Indo has to offer. Thankyou so much and hope to see you again soon…from Pat and the most stoked family on the planet.
Posted by Timothy Lawrence | Sun 21 Jun 09, 19:47Ramdan Ahong is a WO member now – when are you coming in the fold?
Posted by the Lazy Surfer | Sat 20 Jun 09, 17:24Marc, we’ve sent you an email for quite some time ago, would you mind checking your email? We would need the data we asked in our email to you very soon, time is pressing and we really need to setup a cool full-stoke surf trip for you! B-)
Posted by the Lazy Surfer | Sat 20 Jun 09, 17:23really sorry for the very late replay, iam replying by phone, the mail is not working from here, all these few weeks I was travelling around bali and lombok, currently I am at gili trawangan after visited dreamland and bingin at bali, not really doing surfing,
It seems we should the trip another time but I am trying to pay a visit you when I am at bandung
regards,
hanafi auzar
Posted by hanafi auzar | Thu 18 Jun 09, 18:21Hello Adjie
My name is marc, I’m a swiss surfer and socialworker, we met last year in Batukaras (around July), you let my french friend use your longboard for some days … I hope you remember me.
Right now I’m planning my summer holidays for this year. I’m really fascinated by the philosphy of Wyang Ombak, and I would love to surf more waves in Java this summer. I think I will be in Java only for about 2 or 3 Weeks in the beginning of August. I’m looking for beautyful empty waves, nice places, friendly people, no hustle, simple accomodation and pure soul surfing… can you make an offer for me? I remember you telling me something about spots in Central or East Java last year, bit it could also be somewhere else. I don’t know jet, maybe I’m coming alone, maybe with some friends, and I thought about a trip for about one week or 10 days, so I can also go to Cjimaja for some days.
greetings from switzerland
Marc
Posted by marc freivogel | Thu 21 May 09, 23:45Hi,
Just found this blog and find out your profile. I remember around 4 years ago we have a nice conversation, most of the conversation are about the advice from the experienced surfer to me as the super newbie
.
Then, i regularly did the practicing phases, was a very fun time. had an opportunity to do further study (not the surfing lesson) and after a while returning back to jakarta.
friends of me who you may know uji and Ramdhan (Ahong) reminded me of you, and i still remember your offer to go to batukaras together,if you are interested in we can arrange it around June.
Please Add me if you have facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=612203346&ref=profile#/profile.php?id=612203346&ref=profile
Many Thanks,
Hanafi Auzar
Posted by hahan | Thu 21 May 09, 23:16