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Where you can find perfect spots for trying Mini Driver by Lost Surfboards

This Mini equipment promises to perform well both on the steep reefs in Indonesia and on the shallow local beach.

Let’s talk about the pros of Mini Driver Surfboard:

  • Mini Driver Surfboard has powerful fins that are suitable for large volumes;
  • Mini Driver Surfboard is the fastest option  to plane tides.

What was found from the minuses in Mini Driver Surfboard:

  • Surfboard very bulky compared to other surfboards from this manufacturer;
  • Mini Driver is difficult to make turns and maneuvers on it;
  • Mini Driver Surfboard is not suitable for large and powerful tides.

Mini Driver Surfboard

Best tide type for Driver Surfboard: hardly exists. It is difficult to ride both on a reef with a high altitude and on a flat road in Sydney County. Decide by yourself if you need it.

Surfing in Indonesia

In Indonesia, you can try riding on  Driver surfboard in a variety of places to try out how this equipment behaves in powerful waves.

Bali has long been bursting at the seams from surfers of all stripes.

Australians, Americans, Japanese and Europeans (including a large share of our compatriots) catch tides here all year round, fill surf camps and try to find new spots.

Meanwhile, the best tides are noisy in the neighboring regions – near the Java and Sumatra – where international competitions are regularly held and where Kelly Slater himself has visited more than once.

We list 10 places any self-respecting surfer should know.

Lagundri Bay, Sumatra, Indonesia

Lagundri Bay

The cove with chic right-hand tides is one of the favorite spots to Mini Driver Surfboard in Indonesia, which was discovered in the 70s.

Lagundri Bay is located on the Nias off the coast of northern Sumatra. The coast is lined with coconut palms, in the thicket of trees, surfer campsites and equipment rental shops are hidden.

Be careful with trying Mini Driver: the bottom of the bay is covered with a shallow reef, so it’s better to enter the water and ride in rubber shoes.

Mentawai Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia

Mentawai is a chain of islands that stretches along the western coast of Sumatra. The largest of them are called Siberut and Sipura.

Despite the popularity with surfers, the islands, which have not yet been built up with clubs and hotels, retain their pristine nature and ancient national customs (there is an opportunity to see real shamans).

Tides one and a half to two meters high break on the shores of the islands all year round, and from May to September they “grow” up to 4-5 meters.

There are many places here to Mini Surfboard, including Burger world, E-bay, Pit stops, Nippusi’s and others.

Panaitan Island, Java, Indonesia

Panaitan Island, Java, Indonesia

The island off the west coast of Java is home to legendary surf places such as One Palm Point (one of the most dangerous tides in Indonesia), Apocalypses, Napalms and Illusion.

Getting to Panaitan is not easy: the island is part of the Ujung Kulon National Park. To get there on your own, you need to obtain permission from the governor of the island of Java, as well as pay a tax for nature use.

It is much easier to organize a trip with the help of one of the travel agencies to try out Mini Driver.

There are no hotels on this one inhabited by deer, monkeys and peacocks, so everyone who arrives here goes to the night aboard boats and yachts.

Surf spot G-Land, Java, Indonesia

Surf spot G-Land, Java, Indonesia

Plengkung Beach (known worldwide as G-Land) is one of the best spots to try Mini Driver in Indonesia.

Left waves reach 3-5 meters in height and form “pipes” that stretch to several kilometers.

International competitions are regularly held here. Most of Plangkung’s guests are experienced surfers, but beginners are also welcomed here.

Bawa Island Sumatra, Indonesia

Bawa Island Sumatra, Indonesia

The waves crashing against the shores of this tiny Indonesian island have been featured in dozens of surfer movies.

The famous American Kelly Slater, an 11-time world surfing champion, was also seen here more than once, honing his tricks on Bawa.

It is believed that the waves off the coast of the island are one of the largest in Indonesia, however, due to the earthquake that happened in 2005, they changed (as on the Asu island) and became not as high-quality as before.

Asu Island, Sumatra, Indonesia

Asu Island, Sumatra, Indonesia

A small island near Nias is no more than a kilometer wide and is a favorite place  to surfers from all over the world.

Powerful and beautiful waves roll up into distinct “pipes”.

Although in recent years, Asu’s guests have complained that after the earthquake in 2005, the bottom changed its shape, and “the waves are not the same,” the number of surfers arriving here is not decreasing.

Batu Karas, Java, Indonesia

Compared to its popular neighbor – the resort of Pangandaran – the village of Batu Karas looks simpler and “youthful”.

Accommodation here is inexpensive, and you can eat in dozens of street cafes.

The local coastline is dotted with rental offices, schools, as well as inexpensive hotels, whose owners (most of them are Australians) will not only rent you a room, but also give you a couple of surfboard lessons.

It is believed that you can ride here all year round, although the best waves are worth catching between November and April. Prices are democratic.

Cimaja surf spot, Java, Indonesia

beach with stones

Simaya, the most popular surf place on the west coast of Java, has long been a venue for a variety of international competitions.

The waves here have brought up more than one generation of Indonesian professional surfers who fled the touristy island of Bali.

Shimaya is famous for its long right-hand waves (up to 150 meters), which, however, are quite safe, so they are suitable even for beginners.

The spot is located 10 km from the town of Pelabuhan Ratu and 30 km from Sukabumi. There you can use your newest Driver if you want so.

Lhoknga Beach, Sumatra, Indonesia

riding a Mini Driver surfboard

This beach is located on the west coast of Aceh province and this one is the best choice if you want to use Mini surfboard called Driver.

Family tourists prefer to swim at a nearby beach called Lampuk, while surfers who have not reached the islands of Mentawai, Asu and Bawa like to catch waves on Lhok Nga.

You can stay in one of the guesthouses – for example, in Eddie’s Home Stay.

Surf spot One Palm Point, Java, Indonesia

The world famous spot got its name from the only and very tall palm tree that grows on the coast of Panaitan Island.

There are some great spots to try Mini Driver Surfboard on this island, but the best one is One Palm Point with a smooth, long and very treacherous wave.

A sharp reef is hidden under the water, so it is recommended to enter the water not only in a diving suit, but even in a helmet and gloves.

Regularly, the waves here turn into giant 600-800-meter “pipes”, which only pros can handle, so it is life-threatening for novice surfers to meddle in these places.

Surf in Australia

riding a Mini Driver surfboard

In Sydney, you can also try to ride such a thing.

There are places with good waves suitable for riding a mini surfboard almost the entire length of Australia’s coastline. There are about one and a half thousand surf spots.

The most popular spots are concentrated near large cities, where there are international airports for athletes and novice surfers from all over the world.

Australia’s most famous coastline is the Gold Coast or the Gold Coast, which stretches for 60 km in Queensland, in the east of the country. This is where most athletes who plan to conquer the waves, standing on a surfboard, tend to.

The Gold Coast on the shores of the Coral Sea is the center of boating. The coastline covers several settlements, and one of them is called Surfers Paradise (“Paradise for surfers”).

The Gold Coast is developing through tourism, there are many entertainment centers, marine parks, famous sandy beaches.

riding a Mini Driver surfboard

Some popular surf spots  to the Mini Surfboard:

  1. Kirra;
  2. Palm beach;
  3. Burleigh Heads;
  4. Snapper Rocks (ranked among the best surf beaches in the world).

The Gold Coast is home to the world’s largest Quicksilver Pro competition. Over the course of two weeks in February, seasoned surfers compete to qualify for the final competition in Hawaii.

North of the Gold Coast is the city of Cairns, where along with riding a surfboard, diving at the Great Barrier Reef is popular.

Australia’s largest city – Sydney – will also delight you with spots, and right within the city limits.

Surfer-Gold-Coast

In the south of the country, Melbourne beaches can be distinguished, for example, Bells Beach. It also hosts the Rip Curl Easter Pro competition, which is accompanied by music concerts.

In the Adelaide area (South Australia), the waves are not so severe, great for beginners. You can recommend them the Vivonne or Stokes spots, while the Hanson and D’Estress bays are waiting for only professionals.

Another place where professionals come to great waves is the south of the west bank, the city of Margaret River, standing on the river of the same name.

There are about 70 spots in the vicinity of the city, of which several are serious: The Box, Main Break, and it is on these spots that Drug Aware Pro races are held. Pros also like to train on Surfer Point and Ningaloo reefs, Kalbari and Strickland coves.

The waves are very high and active here which is good to Mini Driver.

Just north of Margaret River is the city of Perth, from which you can get to the famous surf spots Madora Bay, Trigg, Claytons and Scarborough.

There are hundreds of large surfing schools operating in the  country, some of them are open only to Russian tourists and athletes, while others teach classes in several languages.

Anywhere in the country you can find a school that will offer a course of study that is suitable in terms of duration, intensity and cost for any person.

The cost of a two-week training for beginners with accommodation is within 100 thousand rubles. The cost of training depends on the experience of the instructor, the comfort of placement, the number of training hours.

You can surf in Australia all year round. Moreover, during our winter, the air and water there are even warmer than in summer.

If the sun has hidden and the weather is cool, and the waves are conducive to skiing, then wetsuits come to the rescue, which protect the body from hypothermia.

On sunny days, it is recommended to smear the body with a special cream to protect the skin from ultraviolet rays.

riding on Mini Driver

There is no other country on our planet that not only occupies the whole continent, but is washed by the oceans. And where ocean waves combine with favorable weather, it is impossible not to surf.

Australia is a clear confirmation of this: in the country, surfing is not a hobby, and not even just a sport, but a part of life.

Everyone who, due to their age and health, can stand on the surf, periodically go to the ocean shore to plunge into the environment familiar from childhood.

Yes, yes, it is from childhood, because surfing is taught in Australian schools as a compulsory subject, like our physical education (just like in Hawaii).

The history of surfing goes back more than three millennia, and it appeared in Australia a hundred years ago.

In just one century, it has become a way of life for the inhabitants of the whole continent: surf camps, surfing schools, and Mini  equipment rental points have appeared in different parts of Australia.

The surfing season in Australia starts in November and ends in March-April. All big competitions, stages of the Surf Championship are held in February. The temperature at this time reaches 27 °C.

By spring, the waves become not so strong and high, in August-September it is already difficult to find suitable waves.

The water temperature does not drop below 20–25 °С all year round.

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