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WHAT. YEAR. DID. GERRY. LOPEZ START. SURFING. ULAWATU

Without doubt, Bali was paradise on earth when i went there in early 80s. The most beautiful tolerant people, the most beautiful culture, The nearest thing to heaven on earth ❤❤❤

Great too see how it raw it was again.. i surfed it 5 years after that.. Surfed it empty.. amazing too reminder.. that place.. / i saw jim banks.. and .. peter mc cabe.. was floating.. around on bikes and nat.. young.. surfing save my life.. you can only last in discos .. so long❤❤ Brilliant.. rory was my fav.. and he still on the case.. today. Artist surfer.. d.jchristo .. down under. ✅✅✅🌊 thks so good x

If my memory is correct, rusty miller and steve cooney were first ones to surf uluwatu

Gerry found Bali by first seeing a photos of Wayne Lynch getting tubed of his head at Uluwattu.

I'm a huge Lopez lover and worshiper, he was one of my childhood idols, I had his pictures all over my walls in the 70s. But as I've gotten older, I now see the real duality of the true nature of being a surfer, that being on one hand a loving sharing individual vs on the other hand being a completely self centered person only happy if one gets his way, which is how I see these men today. Where Lopez and Russell espouse such wonderful topics of peace, life, breath, love, humanity, it quickly turns into bla bla bla bla, and becomes typical hypocrisy - truth is these men are as greedy as your everyday business stock traders on Wall St. They want ALL the best waves for themselves and basically hate being around other surfers when in the water. It's easy to be and have a good loving nature when your environment is perfect. At Newport or Huntington bch in Cali on a good crowed day, trust me, Lopez would need intense counseling and therapy at days end. Surfer's true nature is a very selfish ugly thing, but they're masters at presenting themselves as peaceful zen like leaders. As long as they have all the good waves - the scraps are left to the dogs

When Laird says” Gerry is like Family” it’s because all watermen (women) are, like family, especially those with a gentle spirit. 🤙

wow! how did he make that last one ... looked like big uluwatu

Leftie 70’s Nirvana!

I had to have a lighting bolt on my magic board of the early 70’s, shaped by Robert August, as I watched…completely embarrassed while he was shaping the rounded pintail…he looked over, handed me the sureform and ask if I wanted to try… the truth is, the magic was, “being in my teen’s.” Being a goofy foot, Jerry Lopez the man to emulate in my book. Made it look like a “cake walk” his words, not mine.

As a grommet in the 70's, Gerry was the one I deeply admired for his modesty and true grace in the water. He continues to inspire.

First trip was in September 2019. Finally going back June 2023 ulu, krem, padang, airports, Padma! Wooooooooot!

Gerry did *not* discover Ulu.

And by the way Lopez boards sucked. Brewers and Diff's were much better

This is bull shit Gerry did not discover Uluwatu ,in fact the Australians were there before US surfers, Mike Boyum and myself were surfing Uluwatu in 1973. In fact we surfed many unnamed spots at the time,which have become known for great waves. Sorry Gerry get your story straight...

what? morning of earth was made 72 with Jim Banks classic footage at Uluwatu..Aussies had been there since sixties mate.

Classic era of discovery.

What a yank heap of utter crap. Our neighbour, Greg 'Sid' Hall resident of Coogee, surfing Maroubra, was over there years before this shit went down, no legrope's, most of us knew about the place as groms. Larry Blair was onto it from the early day's as well. Thats but the tip of the iceberg. Your thumbnail is very deceptive - "discovered" ??? Or "discovering" - for himself. You are a pan-handling nobody, typical of what a lowlife can try to get away with on social media. Prone out, head for the beach (or cave!) or "paddle down the beach you creep. Disregard from Tuckombil via Alstonville and East Ballina, ex Maroubra.

Surfers can be very selfish, arrogant, and one-dimensional beings. However, when confronted with a transitional moment in the Histroy of the Sport/Lifestyle you have to marvel at what it's like to be a pioneer, 20-40 years ahead of the masses of followers, stooges, sycophants, greedheads, and fashionistas.

How awesome is that, I'd love to go there some day!

They must have been there in June…it cranks in June

Bali was amazing in the 70s. Now it's horrendously over developed

How lucky these guys were, all Bali waves for themselves. !

aint like that now.....went in '98 - was pretty good, then again in 2000, 2004, 2006, 8, 13, 19...last three times were rubbish...will never go back...thousands of non-balinese living there, traffic, formerly 2nd, 3rd division surf breaks packed...cheesy instagrammable bars...tragic...would've loved to have gone there in 70s - 90s

I smoked Lotus flower. Maybe I didn't smoke enough of it?

Already knew this !

Lopez did not "discover" Ulus or any other Indonesian wave. Australians were surfing up there before Gerry was born you idiot.

Listen to kind of blue- jerry was the miles Davis of surfing. Effortless beauty.

Bali and its people . Best on planet earth.

🧢🧢🧢

Endless summer 66 do they do bali

First Gerry , then the world largely because of the internet. Question is, when are you going? And how crowded will it be?

I went in 98 or 99 I got a wave halfway up the reef and raced down race tracks and it just kept peeling forever. Ulus today is just a zoo. Sad we can’t rewind time and experience 75 ulus

Cut the crappy dialogue, Aussies were surfing Bali since the 60's.

Great post

I was 17 in '72, wait and wait and wait for a new Surfer magazine to see those guys.

The surf, that music and those beautiful flowing lines of the surfers...

Lopez if forsure the most important pioneer for Bali, G land and Pipe but he did not find Uluwatu. pretty sure Lopez got lost looking for it and older hawaains stumbled upon him on there way down the path.

Can any one move that waves to california

good!

👍🎉

The days when the world wasn't too populated must have been amazing. Nowadays there will be 1000 Chinese on the beach.

He has special relationship with wave

Before quads, rash guards, and sunscreen...and you rolled a joint in your frisbee!

I lived in Hawaii when all this was happening, I was 14 -15 years old. These guys were my heroes. Still love lightning Bolt boards. 🤘

First time I was in Bali was October 76. Had a few sessions at Ulu's and Padang while Lopez and McCabe were there. One memorable session at Padang was when the tide got real low and everyone except those two left the water. It was amazing to watch them getting so deep in those barrels breaking over super shallow reef. Both great surfers of that time. I went to Bali after I'd been to Nias and Ulu's for me, being a natural foot, just didn't compare. Lagundi in 76 had no buildings on the point and just 3 Losmens in the village at the bottom of the bay. Had a few sessions with just 5 guys in the water and even had one surf on the outside point with a crazy dude from Sydney. I often wondered if we were the first two who surfed the outer point at Nias? A scary wave with that close out section at the end. Taking off was balls in your throat stuff because you could clearly see the reef through the crystal clear water as the face dredged up underneath you. Great memories and thankful to have made it there before the place became known.

These legends are made with 8mm film. Gerry was an excellent self promoter and a good surf. I spent 3 weeks in a chicken pen in Legian Jan 1976, no camera and no legends but a whole lot of bird and pig shit. $2 rent per week. 2007 stayed at Ulu with a pool, a great view and millions of other people, thanks to 8mm film. Thousands of wanabe legends filled the surf. Thanks Gerry & Rory.

What BS, he only found out about it from Aussies surfing in Hawaii.

Jerry Lopez did not discover Ulu. It had been surfed for years before he got there.

Ulus is over rated ..cr-p wave..so he discovered a cr-p wave..so what ????!!!..lol..if he discovered Deserts thats another story.