Surfer Girl Big Splash - PRE PARTY!!

This Sunday, on October 5th, at Halfway, Kuta Beach we will be throwing our biggest event of the year… BIG SPLASH! This will be the first all-girls ISC Sanctioned Surf Competition to be hosted in Bali. We will have everything from ISC Women’s Open Surfing to a Daddy’s and Daughters Contest.

Because Fun is the Key… Surfer Girl has put together a full day of activities. So, Bring the whole family for a day at the beach. There will be Carnival Games, Yummy Food Stalls, Surf Lessons, Beach Games and even a live concert featuring MTV Nominees, NIDJI!

It’s all happening this Sunday, October 5th, from 7am to 10pm at Halfway, Kuta Beach.

Catch up on more news about the Big Splash program in our newsletter and then check out the Hot News, Surfer Girl’s Fashion Collections and the Best All Girl’s Surf Shops in the World. Or Ask Becky a really tricky question about surfing... She loves that!

Big Splash - All Girl’s Surf Competition Divisions

1. Girls Open Surf Division. An ISC Tour Event

• All ages
• Judging in standard ISC format
• 4 girls per heat minimum 4 heats

2. Girls Open Bodyboard Division

• All ages
• Standard judging system
• 4 girls per heat minimum 2-4 heats

3. Micro Gromette Division

• Under 16 years as of contest date
• Judged on wave quality selection, position on the wave , maneuvers,
  & the longest ride

4. First Ever Contest Division

• All ages
• Must be your first ever surf contest
• Judging similar to micro gromettesJudged on wave quality
  selection, position on the wave , maneuvers, & the longest ride

5. Dads and Daughters Tandem Display

• All ages
• Judged on wave quality selection, position on the wave, maneuvers,
  & the longest ride.

6. Tag Team Event – FINALE

• This is the highlight of the competition, when individual competitiveness is replaced with teamwork. There will be 4 teams, with 4 girls on each team.

Lots of Love from Beautiful Bali, Summer, Niki, Grinder, Foamy, Beatboy, Froggy and all the friends we hang out with!!
Bali Villas | Seminyak Villas | Bali Private Villas

Ku De Ta - Day Party Nicolas Matar

The sky is a pall of grey and a light persistent drizzle leaves dew drops on your eyelashes... You shake them clear of water and there appears before you a jostling, undulating host of high season hedonists. Children covered in paint ambush Milanese fashion designers with pump action water pistols, Hong Kong bankers throw down their platinum for crates of Moet and the creator/proprietor/resident DJ of one of New York’s hippest club, Nicolas Matar drops class house cuts to create pandemonium on the podiums…Grey day? Nah, a making hay day.

Junction Bali Dance Music Festival

Now in its 3rd year, the dance music festival that turned this island back onto house music returns with no less than six events across five venues over the course of one week. Here’s a taste of what’s to come…

Pippi
DJ Pippi is one of the mainstays of the seminal Balearic sound that sprang from Ibiza. If it wasn’t for the likes of him, Pete Tong, Paul Oakenfold et al might never have emerged from their hep-cat rare groove phase and the UK might never have known house. He helms the world famous “Undiscovered Ibiza” mix series – just a few of the 27 compilations he’s put out (never mind the 41 productions and 18 remixes) over his 17 year career, as well as spinning all over the world. www.djpippi.com

Marques Wyatt
When it comes to deep, soulful house, Marquess Wyatt is the West Coast’s guardian. The L.A based DJ/Producer was largely responsible to switching the West on to the music that had taken root in New York and Chicago, planted by the likes of Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles. That was way back in the eighties. These days, his club, DEEP, is pretty much a West Coast institution hosting some of the hottest DJs in the house scene. This is the realness. House music with soul. www.deep-la.com

Nicolas Matar
Last year, Nicolas Matar was one of the mainstays of the Junction, Bali. As those who heard his sets last year can attest, he has a penchant for deep, vocal house, NY Garage and classics. You could look at him sort of like an East Coast counterpart of Wyatt – he owns and plays at Cielo Club, one of the homes of quality house music in New York, renowned for its impeccable sound system and proper house credentials – after all, Francois K is one of the three residents. www.cieloclub.com

Seiji
DJ Seiji is one of the founder members of UK broken beat collective Bugz in the Attic and a prolific producer and remixer of innovative electronic music. He’s worked under a range of monikers, but whatever he calls himself you can be assured of deep, soulful drummatic flavours. He recently produced Roisin Murphy’s new solo album and continues to put out soulful house under the name Homecookin’ London stylee people.
www.myspace.com/seijimusic

Rounding off the line up are DJ B out of Singapore and one of the pioneers of house in Jakarta, DJ Anton, cohorts Hogi and Cream, Kudeta’s Donni One plus Mamsa and Downey.

Saturday 11 August – Kudeta – Day Party DJs Nicolas Matar & Donni One
Thursday 16 August – Niksoma Hotel – Sunset Party 1500 - 2200 DJs Nicolas Matar, Pippi, Anton 200k
Thursday 16 August – F-Lounge – Night Party 2300 – 0600 DJs Seiji and Cream 50k
Friday 17 August – Sentosa – Sunset Party 1400 -2200 DJs Marques Wyatt & Hogi 150k
Friday 17 August – F Lounge – Night Party 2300 – 0600 DJs Downey & Marques Wyatt 50k
Saturday 18 August – Daydream – Sunset Party 1600 – 0300 - DJs Pippi, Seiji, Anton 150k

Ku De Ta - Annual Birtday Celebration

Ku De Ta’s annual birthday celebration proved to be a grand occasion once again. For Seven years now Ku De Ta has maintained a privileged position as the venue that others aspire to, as the KDT team continues to build the brand, concept and quality to share with the rest of the world. Ex Noiseworks and INXS front man John Martyn returned for an encore performance, flurries of snow-foam rained around, while the chic and the fabulous cut rugs on the specially erected stage in front of the swimming pool. Another groundbreaking year for everyone’s favorite Belle on the beachfront.

Sentosa Club ; The Yak Magazine Party

Our esteemed colleagues at The Yak/The Bud pulled out the stops on June 29 for the third annual Yak Awards party. Bali’s social sets were out in force, all converging on the Sentosa Club where the early birds enjoyed oysters and champagne while DJs and live bands performed. There was an impressive light set up and the awards generated some excitement, but the piece de resistance had to be the ice sculpture, where chi chi guests got slowly sizzled on ultra chilled vodka.

June 29th

Castaway Party

Absent for 2006, Bali’s biggest rave party returns this year and word is it’s going to be bigger than ever. Still no details from the committee about who’s going to play or perform, but we can tell you that the Castaway party will be held on 16th of August at Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park. Mark your calendar people, as this is going to be huge. More details as soon as we have them.

Bali 2007 The High Season Party Hotspot

Where will you be partying this summer? Last edition we previewed some of the parties you can look forward to, but there’s more. A phalanx of phoenixes are about to rise from the ashes of the old, all of them intent on making themselves some of the hotspots of the high season.

Syndicat
Paparazzi is no more, the Syndicat has taken over. Think sophisticated speakeasy for the hip hop generation, with a traditional bar featuring a full display of drinks, moving away from the centre where it used to be in the old Paparazzi to the side wall beside the DJ booth. The décor will be urban eclectic, including a ‘wall of fame’ featuring the luminaries of soul, funk, hip hop and more. there’ll be lounges and high stools and no House music whatsoever. Created by Fredo Taffin’s E-Space design studio, Syndicat will feature tailor made furnishings and décor, plus art visuals by Cedric. Watch out for the Grand Opening on 26 July, with Pimped Out Cars, Fashion Shows and wicked soulful grooves keepin it chilled & souled out.

Daydream
Something is happening behind a makeshift fence on the site of the old Living Room restaurant in Petitenget, Seminyak. A pared down combination of white stone, cool water, manicured gardens are the frame for Daydream, a brand new venue that’s set to hold it’s Grand Opening on August 15. Open from 6am – 3am everyday, it features a large pool with daybeds, a restaurant, two bars, garden lounge and massage booths. Resident DJs will be Nason and Johnny spinning laid back house grooves. The Beat took a peep inside and it’s looking slick already – killer feature? Has to be the crescent pool, perfect for all day lounging and dipping….

Nirvana Club
Any Bali old-hand will remember Spy Bar. It was one of the most notorious bars on the famed Dhyana Pura strip – packed every night and bumping. After finally closing more than a year ago. Now, a brand nbar, restaurantew restaurant/bar concept is about to emerge on the old Spy Bar site. Nirvana is owned by the somewhat legendary Pak Suparman, who owns another stalwart of the Dhyana Pura strip, Santa Fe. What’s it all about? A chill out lounge/restaurant concept with a restaurant at the back serving intercontinental food, a terrace on the street and seating for 100.

MGM
After a very long hiatus, there are stirrings at the site of the old Space club in Dhyana Pura. We don’t have a lot of information yet since the place is still a building site, but the completion date is rumoured to be in the next six weeks. The concept? A two floor bar/club focusing on live music as opposed to DJs. Sounds very different from its predecessor - which is probably a very good thing.