I was there in 85. Really rough dirt road in. Only one shack or store at the top of the cliff. 8ft and only 4 guys in the water. 2 of them were from Cronulla same as me.
Wow! Thats exactly how I remember it back in 80 & 81 so beautiful, there was little old lady in a hut making jaffles & juices overlooking Ulu's. I've never been back since 🌊🤔
I was thinking exactly the same thing, you saved me having to write it. I was a Cronulla grommet in the 70's and to us Jim Banks was a legend, (still is I guess). But watching this now as an old dude, he doesn't look much more than a grommet himself. Time is a cruel master.
I was just there on my 7th visit since the late 80s. I remember that old lady and the little shops on the cliffside. For an old woman she gave a mean massage after hours in the water . These days the cave is still the same, but the whole place has been built out with cafes and shops up top of the cliff.
First time I went to Ulu it was a 3 or 4km rough dirt track up and down hills partly on motorbike and partly walking. The local fellas and women would offer to carry your board and look after your stuff for not much money. Great people. Not many surfers out. A magic time. Last time I went in '09 the only thing recognisable about the place was the wave. I'm not likely to go back. Paved paradise, and they put up a parking lot...
Thanks for this - my wife and I honeymooned in ulawatu and legian in 2001 so this brings back amazing memories. It has changed a lot since then and I also see the changes from 1977 to our time but the landscapes, the rock formations by the coast, and of course the smiles of the wonderful people are exactly the same. Thank you.
Jim is an absolute legend,his surf travels are unbelievable,uncharted breaks about the time many Hawaiians were travelling to Indo,so many waves,no crowds and pure joy,not like that anymore is it!
'77 was my first year there. Then for the following three years, last year '80. I can't count how many sessions I had at the outside corner, either alone or with one or two others out.
Thanks for the flick Ross ,Ive got a few grainy stills from 1977 but I remember there was no glass shop frontages in Denpasar in 77,I got there in July went up to Java,Sumatra n onto Nias ,when I returned in late November from Thailand the first glass shopfront was there. Ive never gone back.
My father was always in a business trip everywhere. I was so glad I had a small chance in 1990 when Bali was just sun, sand and beach. We didn't stay in a hotel since there was not much hotels at that time and very expensive. We were staying at one of the Karangasem royals house. One of my father's best friend. Living inside a Balinese house with Pura inside, peaceful, calm. My father was giving his children a ride from Renon to Kuta. It was almost the same as in the video. So quiet and magical. That time, you can just see the beach line direct from the street. Young white guys surfs. We rarely saw tourist in my city so it was a wow moment for us. Father spoke fluent English, Dutch and German. We were so happy when he can asked those surfer guys to take a picture with us even though they are not celebrities.
brought back memories of surfing there in 1979 the same walk to the break, climb down the bamboo ladder and paddle on the high tide out through the cave or walk over the reef on the low. Bali will always be in my happy memory bank Cowabunga!!
Serious style goin on with the single fins..great stuff!! I was there in 2000 and not been back since. Enjoy the SOB channel, don't think the crowds are for me though. Aloha!
I was there in 1979/80 for 3 weeks.. my back/head/feet/hands were so destroyed/trashed when I left, so many waves, big, small, clean, crazy. Got bali belly.. lost bunch a weight .. eatin them shrooms in kuta.. strange days indeed
4 years latter me and the crew hit Bali,was just after Simon Anderson invented the thruster all had em.I recall a guy saying to me after a session,”gee mate you sure do rip” (@ Uluwatu) great memories.
Awesome and a great time of life but it did my head in back then cause they zoomed in to close I want to see the whole line up. Sorry it just bought that back to my mind enjoy 😏
1976roots If you like this and the music, you'll really like the surf movie called Bali High. It's easy to find the film but hard to find it with the original soundtrack because of all the lame copyright laws.
I first went to Bali in 83. I'm so glad I experience Indo in the 80s and even the 90s. 70s would have been quite amazing but I didn't really like the boards from that era. Too much happening up the front - widest point an inch or more forward from half way and heaps of thickness in the nose as well. They look pretty cool but the when the thruster came in we didn't look back. The vibe of Bali started to nose dive when the South Americans, specifically the Brazilians started to arrive with their aggro and ability to drop in on anything that moved.
'the good old days' huh? When natives were eager to carry all your stuff as you dallied along to reap pleasure from their resources. I don't particularly enjoyed the Brazilian agro industries however to point fingers at non whites for ruining something that isn't even yours because you feel entitled to be bowed down to is pretty colonialistic. This arrogance is still with many Australians that act entitled in the water. Especially old people. Fuck that attitude. It's not your country nor your sport.
@@nomadhabit I remember I was staying in a small hotel in Kuta in 1979 & the local Police raided the place very early one morning. They rounded up all the Brazilians that were staying there, took them to the airport & sent them home.
All this reminiscing is great but just think how long ago the Dutch East India company established themselves in Indonesia and what it must have been like back pre 1800. Kinda puts us as surf adventures into perspective. Imagine the uncrowded waves then!
Is there anyone out there who knows exactly what street they are driving down from TC 7.05? Could you put a link up so I could compare it with today on Street View.
Hi, thanks for your comments. I used a French 16mm Beaulieu camera with a Schneider zoom lens. For the long shots I used a Century 1000mm lens which was very popular with Surf photographers in those days. And of course I used a Miller fluid head tripod made in Australia. All the best, Ross Myers
@@MrBeheard It WAS very heavy but if you view the start of the film again you can see I paid the Balinese boys to carry it for me. They loved the work (I'm sure I over paid them) Ha ha! Although you still had to be fit to stand in the hot Indo sun all day just to get a few waves on film. Thanks again!
Indonesia Ruined My Life! I would go for 2 months. Then fly back to Maui in the summer. Just shitty . At that time Maui was crowded. Anyway The Indo trips changed my life. Met Steve Spaulding on my first trip. Now you go way out and still run in too crowds on the outer Islands. Place is fucking magic. To me anyway. Boatloads of women at times, doesnt hurt at all.
Gee, sorry mate if it wasn't up to your expectations. I filmed this in Bali 43 years ago. What I'm going to to do is buy a Time Machine (at K Mart) & a better quality camera go back & film it all over again. When I post it I will let you know!
@@ramdarook, oh come on, have a sense of humor. That was funny. I'm 58. The little bit of film my family has from Hawaii from the 60s and 70s is similar.
@@xyzct Actually I was being sarcastic & I was laughing as I posted it. I knew what you meant & as we speak I am having the footage rescanned & digitally remastered at a professional lab so hopefully latter I can repost it in High Definition. All the best!
@@xyzct Yes I do! Actually I was the projectionist at Cronulla Cinema in Sydney on Friday Nights for a couple of years when they specialised in Surfing Films so I got to see a lot. Also sometimes on Saturday afternoon in the late 70's they also showed Surfing Films in the small theatre at the Sydney Opera House & I used to go there as well to see Surf films. I was always fascinated by the photography techniques they used & I wanted to try & make something myself!
All these old guys who surfed it with no one there and then made buckets of money creating an industry and pushing it on the masses and now these wonderful areas are overcrowded and over run
@@craigparker4108 i used to surf like that, was in a single fin like most of us over 60s, now I surf thrusters, and presently a single twinzer bonzer original Campbell bros...and so I am not sure who is the jerk here..:)
It that your comment makes you sound like you have never surfed,if you have surfed as you said it's an even stranger comment.It implies you haven't got any idea even if you do (no disrespect) that's how it was back then and you would have known that.....so it's not bad surfing at all
different mindset to these days + boards were not set up for shredding unless you were Larry Bertleman. So yes your comment is very UNEDUCATED, no offense....actually the skateboarding boom back in the day help change surfing to what it is today...
They were well paid & most of them were supporting their families. It was their regular daytime job & a lot of them did it for many years. The kid near the end in the small straw hat still lives in Uluwatu in a very nice house & drives tourists (pre Covid) on sight seeing trips around the Island in a very flashy new 4 wheel drive. He has a lovely wife & family. We have kept in contact all these years.
@@ramdarook Ok I get it, I never intended to be respectful, just witnessed a lot of bad attitudes when I was surfing abroad, but you put it into context. Thank you for the feedback.
I count myself so lucky to have been there in 79 , 80 , 83 and 85 ,,, so many memories ,, before the crazy crowds and development.
I was there in 85. Really rough dirt road in. Only one shack or store at the top of the cliff. 8ft and only 4 guys in the water. 2 of them were from Cronulla same as me.
privileged is the word,
Agree. Got out of San Diego in 92. I see the surf crowds now no thanks
White privilege
Very cool, Even in 1998 it was shacks up on the cliff at Ulu's. I'm 38 years old and made it to Indo 13 times now. Love it.
Wow! Thats exactly how I remember it back in 80 & 81 so beautiful, there was little old lady in a hut making jaffles & juices overlooking Ulu's. I've never been back since 🌊🤔
I was thinking exactly the same thing, you saved me having to write it. I was a Cronulla grommet in the 70's and to us Jim Banks was a legend, (still is I guess). But watching this now as an old dude, he doesn't look much more than a grommet himself. Time is a cruel master.
I was just there on my 7th visit since the late 80s. I remember that old lady and the little shops on the cliffside. For an old woman she gave a mean massage after hours in the water .
These days the cave is still the same, but the whole place has been built out with cafes and shops up top of the cliff.
First time I went to Ulu it was a 3 or 4km rough dirt track up and down hills partly on motorbike and partly walking. The local fellas and women would offer to carry your board and look after your stuff for not much money. Great people. Not many surfers out. A magic time. Last time I went in '09 the only thing recognisable about the place was the wave. I'm not likely to go back.
Paved paradise, and they put up a parking lot...
Waves were there long before you were born and will still be there after you're gone...get'em while you can.
Dave Johnsen peace 😁🤘
Thanks for this - my wife and I honeymooned in ulawatu and legian in 2001 so this brings back amazing memories. It has changed a lot since then and I also see the changes from 1977 to our time but the landscapes, the rock formations by the coast, and of course the smiles of the wonderful people are exactly the same. Thank you.
Jim is an absolute legend,his surf travels are unbelievable,uncharted breaks about the time many Hawaiians were travelling to Indo,so many waves,no crowds and pure joy,not like that anymore is it!
'77 was my first year there. Then for the following three years, last year '80. I can't count how many sessions I had at the outside corner, either alone or with one or two others out.
Never been there - only seen footage - already have nostalgia seeing this
Just amazing!!
Great stuff...keep it coming!!
Beautiful.
You have some beautiful footage Ross.
This and your other Vids mate. Fantastic stuff.
More exited to see that than 100 360 arials. Carving at its best!
Thanks for the flick Ross ,Ive got a few grainy stills from 1977 but I remember there was no glass shop frontages in Denpasar in 77,I got there in July went up to Java,Sumatra n onto Nias ,when I returned in late November from Thailand the first glass shopfront was there.
Ive never gone back.
Beautiful stuff, racetrack!!
This is awesome
Great memories of riding my black pundar down that track.❤❤❤🙏love to all my brothers and sisters of Bali.
Jim Banks surfing here is so good! Beautifully shot , Ross. Classic footage.
Excellent! Love to hear from you experienced surfers about boards then vs now. Shorter, longer, weight, design, etc. Thanks
My father was always in a business trip everywhere. I was so glad I had a small chance in 1990 when Bali was just sun, sand and beach. We didn't stay in a hotel since there was not much hotels at that time and very expensive. We were staying at one of the Karangasem royals house. One of my father's best friend. Living inside a Balinese house with Pura inside, peaceful, calm. My father was giving his children a ride from Renon to Kuta. It was almost the same as in the video. So quiet and magical. That time, you can just see the beach line direct from the street. Young white guys surfs. We rarely saw tourist in my city so it was a wow moment for us. Father spoke fluent English, Dutch and German. We were so happy when he can asked those surfer guys to take a picture with us even though they are not celebrities.
brought back memories of surfing there in 1979 the same walk to the break, climb down the bamboo ladder and paddle on the high tide out through the cave or walk over the reef on the low. Bali will always be in my happy memory bank Cowabunga!!
Man you filmed some epic history there.
nice work Ross, hadn't seen this one before :)
Thanks Charlie. Nice to hear from you once again!
Haha, wow, to see Jalan Legian like that compared to now, and the Ulu's track and gully, magic...
Serious style goin on with the single fins..great stuff!! I was there in 2000 and not been back since. Enjoy the SOB channel, don't think the crowds are for me though. Aloha!
Me too. I would only go back to explore the spots only acessible by boat ride.
Ulu, at its finest time. What a golden.
Muito maneiro o vídeo! Parabéns
I still have the scars on my ankles from the coral that then turned into sea ulcers...Bodysurfing there1980..thanks for the memories.
Jan Colligan damnnnn 😁🤘
I was there in 1979/80 for 3 weeks.. my back/head/feet/hands were so destroyed/trashed when I left, so many waves, big, small, clean, crazy. Got bali belly.. lost bunch a weight .. eatin them shrooms in kuta.. strange days indeed
@@anthonydaspit3280 Hope you got an "I've been to Bali" t-shirt though. That's what it's all about, isn't it?
4 years latter me and the crew hit Bali,was just after Simon Anderson invented the thruster all had em.I recall a guy saying to me after a session,”gee mate you sure do rip” (@ Uluwatu) great memories.
The climb down into the cave was ALWAYS majical in those times 🌈
Take that 10 Ft Drop Backwards Off The Top! What A Legend!
Great film. Clean water clear water.
Awesome and a great time of life but it did my head in back then cause they zoomed in to close I want to see the whole line up. Sorry it just bought that back to my mind enjoy 😏
Muito bonito
Às onda massa
Na época eu
4 anos
A música tabem e massa
Às imagens tabem legal
Cheers to the Balinese people , they are just the coolest...
I remember trading barrels daily with Jim in G-Land in '96. Cool bloke
Nobody traded with him in "96 . I was there too.
He was alone with his skills and avoided other surfers
Really awesome footage of how it was back in the day. Sad how developed and overcrowded it is now.
Once a place like this was "discovered", it's toast. Sad but true...
great tribe style
Love this video. All around perfect. Time machine. Please, can you post up the names of the songs in this video?! Thanks.
1976roots If you like this and the music, you'll really like the surf movie called Bali High. It's easy to find the film but hard to find it with the original soundtrack because of all the lame copyright laws.
Shazam it
epic footy
the good old days
I first went to Bali in 83. I'm so glad I experience Indo in the 80s and even the 90s. 70s would have been quite amazing but I didn't really like the boards from that era. Too much happening up the front - widest point an inch or more forward from half way and heaps of thickness in the nose as well. They look pretty cool but the when the thruster came in we didn't look back. The vibe of Bali started to nose dive when the South Americans, specifically the Brazilians started to arrive with their aggro and ability to drop in on anything that moved.
when did the brazos arrive?
Yes I had the same experience started to go to Lombok in the late 80s till 2000 don't go any more but had heaps of fun
'the good old days' huh? When natives were eager to carry all your stuff as you dallied along to reap pleasure from their resources. I don't particularly enjoyed the Brazilian agro industries however to point fingers at non whites for ruining something that isn't even yours because you feel entitled to be bowed down to is pretty colonialistic. This arrogance is still with many Australians that act entitled in the water. Especially old people. Fuck that attitude. It's not your country nor your sport.
@@nomadhabit I remember I was staying in a small hotel in Kuta in 1979 & the local Police raided the place very early one morning. They rounded up all the Brazilians that were staying there, took them to the airport & sent them home.
@@ramdarook !!! Why?
👍
I wish to feel this full authentic and silent atmosphere before impacting of west world
All this reminiscing is great but just think how long ago the Dutch East India company established themselves in Indonesia and what it must have been like back pre 1800. Kinda puts us as surf adventures into perspective.
Imagine the uncrowded waves then!
Met Jim and Harley at medewi. Good blokes
Hi, thanks for posting your positive comments. I'm not sure who Harley is, could you please let me know. All the best, Ross Myers
@@ramdarook his son I believe.
1977, about 4 billion people, 2021 nearly 8 billion. Critical mass equals over crowding. Thanks for coming!
It`s so weird to see with out the crowds.
Jim Banks showed Lopez how it should be surfed imo.
How was Banks at Pipeline?
@John Q. Bebtelovimab lol
😻😎❤️👍
cool stuff for sure but who were the other guys with jim?
Single fin speed. 👍
remember the road to kuta beach in 77...all dirt
they definitely had the rocker figured out by 77 it looks like.. fast board
Ah, the old hands behind the back thing
Is there anyone out there who knows exactly what street they are driving down from TC 7.05?
Could you put a link up so I could compare it with today on Street View.
It told you the street name! In writing in the bottom left hand corner.
Great footage and well shot Ross Meyers. Would love to know what gear was used to shot this? What a gem.
Hi, thanks for your comments. I used a French 16mm Beaulieu camera with a Schneider zoom lens. For the long shots I used a Century 1000mm lens which was very popular with Surf photographers in those days. And of course I used a Miller fluid head tripod made in Australia. All the best, Ross Myers
@@ramdarook Thanks Ross, you must have been fit. That adds up to a pretty heavy kit.
@@MrBeheard It WAS very heavy but if you view the start of the film again you can see I paid the Balinese boys to carry it for me. They loved the work (I'm sure I over paid them) Ha ha! Although you still had to be fit to stand in the hot Indo sun all day just to get a few waves on film. Thanks again!
Sólo con 17 años de edad me fuí a Canggu para hacer 🏄♂️
what i would do to go back there and then....
Single fin 20 to 30 lb surfboard. Not bad. Good music.
really not much interest to visit it today. In 77 it was paradise on earth.
10:24 - pretty sure that was wayan , made, nyoman and ketut..and cousin coman????
raindogred Komang
....ha ha. Well, there's always a Wayan first 🤣
I love the fact that there's no one there but you, What no line up? No one to drop in on you, SWEET!!! Oh yeah and no wave hogs...
Was there 77 a few not to many great place then not now 22 trips over the years 70tez the best
Whats the name of the first song?🤘
India-The corporation brow! greetings
anyone know what movie/film this is? Would like to get a copy
home move.....email Ross
Is the natural footer paul gringo anderson?
Bali has been very uncrowded this year due to covid.
Hey Ketut. I'm Ketut. You're not Ketut, he's ketut. No I'm Ketut. Wait a minute, you're all name Ketut?
I’m Made
What band are they playing ?
Single-fin mentality.
No one listens to turtle
ITs. Winter still. Warm. Iwater
I'm a film maker. How can I contact Ross Myers?
You can contact me at ramdarook@tpg.com.au. All the best, Ross Myers
Jim was considered a stylish surfer. How ideas change.
He still is wtf are you trying to suggest
@@0warami_7oo 😆🤣
Nope.
Thanks for picking up my typos.
Were the local children carrying the boards for the surfers?
they paid em too
Indonesia Ruined My Life! I would go for 2 months. Then fly back to Maui in the summer. Just shitty . At that time Maui was crowded. Anyway The Indo trips changed my life. Met Steve Spaulding on my first trip. Now you go way out and still run in too crowds on the outer Islands. Place is fucking magic. To me anyway. Boatloads of women at times, doesnt hurt at all.
Scuba diving, under a full 🎇, Indonesia ❣️
tourism has roooooted bali
Was that young Rizal? 😹 jkjk
before euros paid for their land
Whatever happened to Jim Banks?
He lives in Bali near Uluwatu & has a restaurant, a surf shop & still surfs every day.
Any less resolution and it would be radio.
Gee, sorry mate if it wasn't up to your expectations. I filmed this in Bali 43 years ago. What I'm going to to do is buy a Time Machine (at K Mart) & a better quality camera go back & film it all over again. When I post it I will let you know!
@@ramdarook, oh come on, have a sense of humor. That was funny. I'm 58. The little bit of film my family has from Hawaii from the 60s and 70s is similar.
@@xyzct Actually I was being sarcastic & I was laughing as I posted it. I knew what you meant & as we speak I am having the footage rescanned & digitally remastered at a professional lab so hopefully latter I can repost it in High Definition. All the best!
@@ramdarook, awesome. That footage, in its original form, was MINDBLOWING back then. Remember when 5 Summer Stories came out?
@@xyzct Yes I do! Actually I was the projectionist at Cronulla Cinema in Sydney on Friday Nights for a couple of years when they specialised in Surfing Films so I got to see a lot. Also sometimes on Saturday afternoon in the late 70's they also showed Surfing Films in the small theatre at the Sydney Opera House & I used to go there as well to see Surf films. I was always fascinated by the photography techniques they used & I wanted to try & make something myself!
Kinda looks like a goofyfooted Terry Fitzgerald
Great clip..sad now it's worse than the Gold coast... that's death by tourism I guess
All these old guys who surfed it with no one there and then made buckets of money creating an industry and pushing it on the masses and now these wonderful areas are overcrowded and over run
Funny , how bad they used to surf comparing now days...
because they're on single fins. i personally prefer that style compared to modern surfing
You go get an old single fin DH. They would make you look like an even bigger jerk than what you already are.
@@craigparker4108 i used to surf like that, was in a single fin like most of us over 60s, now I surf thrusters, and presently a single twinzer bonzer original Campbell bros...and so I am not sure who is the jerk here..:)
It that your comment makes you sound like you have never surfed,if you have surfed as you said it's an even stranger comment.It implies you haven't got any idea even if you do (no disrespect) that's how it was back then and you would have known that.....so it's not bad surfing at all
different mindset to these days + boards were not set up for shredding unless you were Larry Bertleman.
So yes your comment is very UNEDUCATED, no offense....actually the skateboarding boom back in the day help change surfing to what it is today...
Lol, the indigenous locals carrying the heavy loads for the rich white boys. Sorry guys, your video doesn't look so cool after all.
They were well paid & most of them were supporting their families. It was their regular daytime job & a lot of them did it for many years. The kid near the end in the small straw hat still lives in Uluwatu in a very nice house & drives tourists (pre Covid) on sight seeing trips around the Island in a very flashy new 4 wheel drive. He has a lovely wife & family. We have kept in contact all these years.
@@ramdarook Ok I get it, I never intended to be respectful, just witnessed a lot of bad attitudes when I was surfing abroad, but you put it into context. Thank you for the feedback.
@@ramdarook By the way , I love your channel, brings a lot of memories about the time, surfing was not a freakin cash flow for big corporations.
@@Alexander-Kurtz OK, thankyou. I appreciate your comments. All the best!
I had your board Mate at RipCurl SurfShop When they Do Bigsale for ,50Buck FutureFin size7 4 not to Bad Had try at 66Beach ,Seminyak I Kept it