27 Boards

27 Boards

Not too long ago, a bearded nose riding shaper and a resin tainted glasser spent some time here in the rear of the Temple. Thomas Bexon and Jake Bowrey had taken a break from the land down under and had 20 days on the tropical island we call home. In those ...

Ry Cuming at the Deus Bar

Ry Cuming at the Deus Bar

Our good friend Nikko Karki got behind the lens a while back during a Taco and Tattoo Tuesday and recorded a live performance by another talented Deus friend...Ry Cumming...in amongst the hustle and bustle of the Deus cafe bar. Ry eventually jetted from the...

Stevie Gee

Stevie Gee

Stevie Gee touched down island side, immediately posted himself up in his allocated Joglo and got straight to creating his impending exhibition. Unperturbed by turbulence and not faded by jetlag there was a quick supply run into town, before he got down to ...

Slidetober Surf, Music & Art Fest - 16th October 2011

Slidetober Surf, Music & Art Fest - 16th October 2011

We can not believe that the first birthday of the Deus Temple of Enthusiasm is coming up. What a year! But it's not over yet and we are so hyped getting ready for our biggest event yet, it's like new years eve in October! The Deus Slidetober Surf, Music...

Getting down to the Grain

Getting down to the Grain

- Words and Photos by guest blogger UK Jamie. After a condescending summary from Julian Z on blogging in a succinct and successful way, I'll do my best to be brief and maybe even funny.The images below are shot on 35mm film. Why would...

The Ulu

The Ulu

Another client specced, ground up custom just exited the Bengkel's carved wood doors. The customer, Tim Russo, lives atop Bali's most famous wave, Uluwatu…So climbing the steep hills will be a daily occurrence for the bike, dubbed 'The Ulu.' From Ka...

Final road home and the Velodrome

Final road home and the Velodrome

As the sun dawned on the last but sunny day of our excursion, we had no idea what was in store for us via our route home. After climbing and descending over yet another mountain...getting lost and riding through endless rice fields... and losing to a roads...

Action in the surfbaord factory

Action in the surfbaord factory

The surfboard factory, and all its sectors, have been abuzz with activity these past few days. Ellis Ericson landed on the island just over a week ago and has been hanging out at the Temple. Spending some time in both the shaping bay and the resin pit, he ...

Bali Dogs roaming Java Part 2

Bali Dogs roaming Java Part 2

So after the longest ride of our lives, we finally made it to the coast this morning. The boys who had flown in were already in the water, and the waves were 1 foot at best. So Julian who had dragged his board the better part of 700km ending borrow a Min...

"MALADY": A Jai Lee Autobiography

"MALADY": A Jai Lee Autobiography

Perpetual nose-rider and good friend to the Temple of Enthusiasm, Jai Lee, has been busy slicing bits and pieces of video together. Expected to be finished in march 2012, entitled 'MALADY: A Jai Lee Autobiography' will comprise of little sections from years...

Dirt Road Diary - Blog Entry #1

Dirt Road Diary - Blog Entry #1

Pulling away from the temple in the middle of the night, with nothing but darkness and a direction ahead of us. A posse of fossil fueled fangers made a B-line for the east coast, with only the port acting as a well earned break in the tarmac. The swell ro...

Jimmy James' on Slidetober Fest

Jimmy James' on Slidetober Fest

After his return from a filming expedition to an outer island, Jimmy James sat at his computer and sliced together some moving images from the Deus Slidertober Fest event that he had captured a week prior. Heres the edit, and it's the last look at the Slid...

'Slidetober' Art Music & Celebration

'Slidetober' Art Music & Celebration

When beachside was all over, bar the shouting, a deserved afternoon siesta seemed to be well in order! People left, homeward bound. Washed their sandy feet and had a little lay down. The alarm went off all to soon. So shower they did, changed their clothes...