In 1997, the LaGuerdo Brothers traveled to Bali and Timor and scored excellent surf.

You've been warned!Right and Below Left and Right-  After seeing that warm greeting sign, the boyz warmed up at classic Bingins, Uluwatu and Kuta reef.  After seeking the underbelly of Kuta, a kinda of Hindu Tijuana, the crew sacrificed one of their own, held a cremation ceremony, and flew Southeast to Kupang, Timor (No, we were not responsible for the current, civil unrest in East Timor, contrary to popular belief).Balinese culture

cremation ceremony cremation ceremony


monkey businessRight-  Makai "King Kong" McMichaels with two of his best friends at Uluwatu Temple.  If you go there, watch out for these thieving primates.  They will steal sunglasses, hats, earrings, noserings or anything else exposed and unglued.

Below-  Mike McMichaels, stylin' at the All Star Cafe, Kuta, Bali. 

I've got mad backside style!



Below- In Kupang, the team met up with "Captain Bob", an Aussie skipper, and a crew comprised of Timorese folks who were big on cabbage and whose English vocabulary consisted primarily of, "Problem? No Problem!"  Here's a photo of the Boyz on the boat.

the Boyz

Below-  After a night of hellatious motoring through 5 seas, the gang arrived in Nembrella.  The surf had been flat for 9 days and the wind howling, but when the LaGuerdo Brothers arrived, the surf rose to 6 feet + and never let up.

Nembrella from the boatSick waves ahead!


Right-  Frank "Kabuki" Shimaoka, pointing the way to classic, Nembrella lefts.

Indo97 continued...