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Bali is one of the most beautiful and wave-blessed islands in the world. This means you can surf every day from January until December. Within just an hour drive there are more than 60 different spots …no matter what level of surfing you’re at, there’s something for everyone here in Bali.
 
The programme
Chillhouse Bali Surf Retreats offer customers a surfing programme that is designed to optimize your surfing experience on two levels: Firstly, we try to make sure you are at the right spot at the right time, and secondly, we work on developing your surfing skills. To ensure we give you the maximum attention we limit our groups to four people. In this way we can really work on your individual needs.
 
Surf lessons
If you are a beginner it is best to start surfing with the right equipment and coaches who really take care of you. This will help you move much faster towards mastering the art of surfing than if you start out by yourself.
 
Surf guiding
Our aim is taking you to the right waves at the right time. We check the swell, wind, tide, and our experience helps choose the right spot to make sure that you score a maximum of sessions during your short stay on Bali.
 
Surf coaching
We try to push your level of surfing, no matter how advanced you are. Be it your first take off or your first barrel, we will help you to improve and achieve your goals.
 
Private coaching
The one on one is the option with best progress in no time. The facts: full focus from your private coach, theory class and video analysis of your rides. Available at extra cost.
 
Surfguiding and Surfcoaching General Info
 
The surf sessions which are included in the packages take place Monday to Friday in the mornings. Our location and beach transfers allow sessions on your own in the afternoons and on the weekends, and if you wish, extra sessions can be organized easily. Sunday is off for our coaches, so you might want to enjoy our organized culture trip up to the vulcanos, to temples, and through the greenest green you have ever seen: the rice paddies.
 
We offer guided and coached surf sessions around the diverse breaks of Bali. Groups of different levels and maximum 4 guests go to various spots according to their surf level, tide, swell and wind conditions. Our guides know all spots of Bali and explain you every different break in great detail to make sure you understand the conditions and ride the waves you have been dreaming of.
 
Our guides are close to you in the water, giving you tips and tricks, trying to push your surfing level. They are there for you, everyone is safe, as they are all surf life savers. The spots we choose match your surf level, so every beginner learns surfing at a beach with gentle waves and sand bottom which is shallow enough to stand. Easy style. The better you surf, the tougher the spots, sure thing. The weekly wave theory class will give you valuable background info such as how waves develop, why they break where, and so on. Even though we aim for a 2:1 ratio (two guests per coach), we also offer private guiding which includes videocoaching. No doubt, this is the fastest way to reach your goals.
 
From The Chillhouse it takes you only five minutes by car or bike to reach a variety of different waves suitable for all levels. Punchy beachbreaks, long pointbreaks with easy paddle, there are 8 waves right here at our home beach. It’s great not to have to sit in the car for hours to reach the spot, and this is why we have chosen Canggu as our base. Remote from town, but close to the surf!
 
Depending on the conditions (when the swell is very big or very small) we drive along the coast and choose from the more than 60 waves within a distance of one hour. Our experience helps us find the best spot for your level. And in case there is a really big day, where all waves on Bali are too big for you, no worries, then we go somewhere and watch the best surfers of Bali performing in some of the best waves in the world.
 
The daily schedule
The evening before, our guides check the swell, tide, wind, think about the crowd, and then they decide who goes to which spot the following day. Of course they consider the surfing level of the group to make sure everyone scores a maximum of good waves, is as safe as stoked!
 
Beginners
The best way to get started is in a safe and easy environment with three classes in surf school. There (in Legian) the beach is most suitable and the sand bottom is shallow enough to stand. A good number of surf instructors take care of you and make sure you get started the best way, teaching you the right technique and correcting you when it is necessary. After that, so from your class 4 onwards, you will be joining one of our guides and will enjoy your daily mission to score good surf and have heaps of fun!
 
Intermediates
For intermediate surfers, Bali has a great variety of waves that cater all needs, levels and desires. Reefbreaks, beachbreaks, semibeachbreaks, long pointbreaks, it is all within a one hour drive. Your surfing level will advance in no time, as long as you do what your coach tells you. Do the bottom torn where it is supposed to be done and then head up to the lip and see your own spray fly as you carve your top turn! We will bring you to waves that you might never have thought of riding, but with the right partners everything is possible.
 
Advanced
Let’s get barrelled! Some of the best waves in the world are right at your doorstep. Indo perfection, almost every day. In dry season the lefts are on, and in wet season there are so many righthanders on the eastcoast, you can’t believe it. Long barrels, punchy sections, big open face walls, it’s great. Knowing how to avoid the crowd is important, and this is why you are with us.
 
Surfing and The Surfhotel
The Surfhotel provides airport pickup, accommodation and breakfast, the surfschool provides the surf lessons for beginners, Bali Surf Retreats provides surf guiding and coaching for advanced surfers. You will be picked up by the surfschool at 09:00 the day you are ready to start surfing. Please let the receptionist know when you would like to start, so we can organize your surfschool pickup. Pickup times for surfguiding and coaching will be announced, as they vary due to tide, wind and swell conditions.
 
Equipment
Our quiver is well equipped for a variety of conditions and surf levels: fishes, single fins, shortboards from 6’0” to 7’0”, funshapes and minimalibus from 7’0” to 8’3”, and our beginners are in good hands with longboards from 9’3” to 10’0”. There is the right board for all levels and conditions. Board hire costs EUR 8,- per day or EUR 40,- per week. If you don’t mind bringing your own board on the plane, please do it and initiate it into the beautiful waters of the Indian Ocean! Don’t forget that you can buy just about anything here on Bali for a really good price, especially what you need for surfing!
 
Patrick, the local shaper, crafts most of our boards and you are welcome to order your individual surfboard from him. Your own design can be sprayes, as long as you send us the file! Keep in mind that it needs at least 3 weeks to be done, so if you want to get your own stick made for you, let us know in time!
 
The Team
 
Name   Alex
Position   Coaches’ Coach
Age   32 years
Family   married
Children   not yet
Surfs for   15 years
Spot   The Bombie
Music   Reggae
Surfmovie   One Track Mind
Board   7’0” Shortboard
or 9’0” Performer
   
Name   Made
Position   Headcoach
Age   32 years
Family   married
Children   2
Surfs for   5 years
Spot   Balangan
Music   classic
Surfmovie   Ulu 32
Board   6'4"
   
Name   Pak Made
Position   Senior Coach
Age   50 years
Family   married
Children   2
Surfs for   30 years
Spot   Pank Ti
Music   The Rolling Stones
Surfmovie   Hit n’ Run
Board   6'10"
   
Name   Windu
Position   Senior Coach
Age   30 years
Family   married
Children   1
Surfs for   10 years
Spot   Lembongan
Music   slow rock
Surfmovie   Momentum
Board   6’0”
   
Name   Dany
Position   Senior Coach
Age   27 years
Family   single
Children   not yet
Surfs for   3 years
Spot   Middles
Music   acoustic
Surfmovie   The Morning Of The Earth
Board   6’0”
   
Name   Wayan
Position   Coach
Age   24 years
Family   single
Children   not yet
Surfs for   15 years
Spot   Canggu
Music   R n’ B
Surfmovie   The Bruce Movie
Board   5’11”
   
Name   Nova
Position   Coach
Age   22 years
Family   single
Children   not yet
Surfs for   4 years
Spot   Balangan
Music   slow rock
Surfmovie   Ulu 32
Board   6’0”
   
Name   Gede
Position   Coach
Age   21 years
Family   single
Children   not yet
Surfs for   8 years
Spot   Canggu
Music   R n’ B
Surfmovie   3 Logi
Board   6’1”
   
Name   Gede
Position   Coach
Age   25 years
Family   married
Children   1
Surfs for   5 years
Spot   Canggu
Music   Rock
Surfmovie   Morning of the Earth
Board   Longboard
 
 
 
Board Selection

Size

pcs

Board

 

 

 

10’0”

2

Longboard

9’6”

2

Longboard

9’3”

7

Minimalibu

8’3”

6

Minimalibu

8’0”

2

Minimalibu

7’7”

2

Funboard

7’6”

4

Cruiser

7’0”

2

Egg

7’0”

2

Retro Style

7’0”

2

Single Fin

6’10’

2

Funboard

6’10”

2

Shortboard

6’8”

2

Shortboard

6’3”

2

Shortboard

5’11”

2

Fish