The heaving barrels of Skeleton Bay have been the rage lately, with footage pouring out of the pro-surfer vlogosphere. But can regular Joes ride the wave?
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The surf world has descended upon Skeleton Bay. After four years of silence, the mythical sand-bottomed lefthander in Namibia has stirred to life, kicking off the inaugural Skeleton Bay Shootout recently with 45-second barrels. And the swell train keeps chugging, inciting hordes of tube hunters .
Bali's Padang Padang is one of the world's dreamiest tubes. It's also one of the most crowded. When it's breaking, 100s of surfers are out and vying for position, with only a handful of Bali's (very deserving) locals snagging the sets. The rest of the pack is left searching for scraps. .
In what's been an "off" season (at least by Indo standards), Koa Smith is picking the eyes out of each and every swell. In June, he packed the tube of the year (so far) at Uluwatu's bombie and then headed straight to Java to hunt under-the-radar reefs during a two week lull in the .