As a teenager, Fabrizio Passetti was a promising Italian surfer. He was living in the seaside village of Varazze – Italy’s de facto surfing capital – where he was competing and honing his skills at ...

The first surfer in Bali was the handsome photographer, tennis coach, CIA agent, and natural-footer Bob Koke. Koke had learned to surf in Waikiki when he had been an assistant to the film director ...

Fabrizio Passetti lost his leg when he was 17. Ingenuity and persistence have allowed him to get back to surfing, the sport he loves. Surfing the Padang Padang is like surfing no other wave. Sure, ...

Padang Padang turns on for an all-star cast. Watch The Rip Curl Cup didn't run this year. Padang Padang, the notoriously fickle jewel in Balinese surfing's crown, needs all manner of variable to get ...