THE WAVES IN INDONESIA ARE NO JOKE! - (Episode 337)
November 2, 2025 · 22 min · 169K views · Indonesia
Surfer rides wave beside sailboat under blue sky
What this video covers
Colin pilots the Lagoon 450 Parlay through a narrow, current-swept channel between Indonesian islands at high tide on a falling tide, with only a couple of feet of clearance on either side and a charted caution area — saving roughly 10 minutes and an estimated 30 cents of fuel.10:02 The same session ends with Colin landing on a shallow live coral reef while surfing, requiring lemon juice to flush coral fragments from the wounds.13:07 The surf in the area breaks over shallow live coral reef, producing fast barreling waves; crew member Christian, a two-time Costa Rican national surf champion, scores a backside barrel and pays $100 for photographer footage of it.11:05 One surfer in the lineup was reported to have gone to hospital.11:41 A local contact named Charlie is constructing 15–20 DIY concrete mooring blocks using tyre moulds, aggregate mixed with a garden hoe, and freshwater drawn from a one-metre-deep bore on the island and filtered through a household RO unit; Parlay ties to one of the completed moorings.5:37 Don, the crew's oldest-ever passage-maker at 74, successfully stands up on a wakeboard after failing attempts in Tonga at 72 and Florida, having trained his forearms specifically for grip strength.7:53 The crew also trims the onboard dogs' claws using the peanut butter-on-forehead distraction method, noting that xylitol-free peanut butter is essential.14:43 A group scooter ride and a one-hour slippery river hike in jandals to find a waterfall rounds out the Indonesia stop.20:06
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