“Desert Point Might Be My Favorite Wave In The World” – Mason Ho

“Desert Point might be my favorite wave in the world,” said Mason Ho when we asked about his clear adoration for the 400-meter left. “I haven’t come across a right like it yet.”

From Bali, there are a few ways to get to its neighbor island, Lombok, where Desert Point resides: ferry ($), fastboat ($$), and even a flight ($$$). We asked Mase what was his preferred method of inter-island travel. 

“I usually fly in light weight while super agent Pete Mathews drives over all the heavvvyyy equipment.”

Oh to be a pro!

On this particular jaunt, Mase shared an A+ Deserts day with his friend and teammate Sheldon Paishon. For 10 straight hours, the Hawaiians threaded backhand tubes in a range of body positions that would make even Vātsyāyana blush. 

Perhaps the best part of the films comes around the 3:00 mark, when Mason, all wrapped up in blue, has no idea that a female paddler is directly in his line. 

Rather than continue on a path to the shoulder or ditch her board out of fear, the woman paddles straight toward the impact zone and duckdives under a crackling lip with total poise and control. 

“That chick was suchhh a legend in and out of the water,” Mason would later claim.

It’s certainly better than most of us would have done in the same situation.