

2018 Rip Curl Cup, Padang Padang
16 of the worlds best tube riders gathered this week in Bali’s Bukit peninsula for the 2018 Rip Curl Cup. The invitation only event was made up of 8 international and 8 Indonesian surfers. 4 of the Indonesian surfers had to battle their way through a local trials competition to get a wild card spot into the event. After 2 weeks of waiting there was a monster swell on the horizon, it was anticipated to be the swell of the decade. The forecast was predicting the face size to be