Before wavepools and luxury surf resorts, a true surf trip meant venturing for days by boat to remote, perfect, barrelling waves in places far, far away. Nias was one of those places. And it still is, ...

Late afternoons make for the coolest speed blurs at Nias. Here's Tai "Budhha" Graham, laying it down. Photo: Brad Masters Marti Paradisis was having the time of his life this one morning, scoring all ...

Back in the ’80s when Nias was first being talked about, it quickly became known as one of the easier tubes in Indo: “make the drop, and it’s seven seconds of guaranteed bliss into a deep channel”.

A tiny island chain in Indonesia has achieved mythical status in the surfing community. Here come the resorts. In 1991, an Australian named Lance Knight came upon a perfect wave. Brushed by gentle ...