Is Spring The Best Time Of The Year For Bali? - Stab Mag
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Is Spring The Best Time Of The Year For Bali?

Taro Watanabe’s surfing at incredibly fun Keramas, Ulu’s and Padang says ‘yes’.

elsewhere // Aug 25, 2021
Words by Ethan Davis
Reading Time: < 1 minute

Taro Watanabe is a 19-year-old American currently ranked #12 on the QS. 

Last year he took out the SLO CAL Open at Morro Bay with silky backhand surfing. As you will see in this clip, Taro is equally gifted at going right and has a deep bag of tricks that he digs into on the walls at Ulu’s, Padang and Keramas.

Cut to a cool instrumental, ‘Golden Child The Taste Of Nostalgia’ by Secret of the Rainforest, Taro’s tasteful edit has me thinking the dry season in Bali is where it’s at.

Fewer people + fun waves + more sun = better.

Watch ‘Springtime In Indo’ and be sad you’re not in Bali.  

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