The WSL’s G-Land event is right around the corner. As of this writing, the starting horn is a few short hours away, and for the surf fan, that’s exciting news.
The last time the event ran was in 1997. It is, on its day, an absolutely perfect wave with a pile of history behind it. It sits on the Grajagan Bay in East Java, Indonesia, and it consists of three sections.
First comes Kong’s, a wave that loves a big west swell. Second is Money Trees, which likes a bit of south mixed in with that west. It’s notoriously shallow at low tide, but, as with all good reef breaks, that’s where the hollow happens. At the tail end comes Speedies, which often serves up the longest tubes on a solid south swell, but it’s not a barrel that’s easy to make — as the name implies, one needs to go fast, to say the least. There are two towers in the area, one on the reef in front of Money Trees and one on the beach closer to Speedies.
The area was recently pummeled by swell, and the forecast isn’t shaping up to be quite as good as it might’ve been a few days ago, but that’s how the cookie crumbles when it comes to surf contests. In any case, G-Land’s return to the tour is a much welcomed one.
