Read our event preview here. SSW swell has been serenading the Bukit for a few days now. But today, with a little help from the Indian Ocean and some mercifully low-ish high tides, it should crescendo into a full-blown, 6–8-foot, fire-twirling, conch-blowing, peptide-enhanced, ayahuasca-adjacent pagan surf ritual, at the end of which the 23rd Rip Curl Padang Cup champions will be crowned. Meanwhile, around the cliffs, a solemn drum circle of Rus…
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