'The Yak Awards 2011' How did we do?

'The Yak Awards 2011' How did we do?

The Yak Awardswent down just the other night and with Deus Ex Machina being nominated for a number of top honors.A big mag for a little island. Their chance to say thanks to all and sundry, the Awards have become a fixture, this being the tenth year. Voti...

The Dappled Cities

The Dappled Cities

We thought you should be the first to know that the 'Dappled Cities' will be playing right here at the 'Deus Temple of Enthusiasm' for our "Slidetober Surf Music & Art Fest'. We're so buzzed to welcome to our stage a prolific band with such talent a...

'Tanks' for the Gold.

'Tanks' for the Gold.

Picture this. We are sitting with a prospective client, who also happens to be a friend of the family. Deus family that is. Anyway, we are sitting there talking through his vision for the custom bike he wants. We discuss, motors and frames. Seats and sus...

Fixed Drunk @ Warung of Simple Pleasures

Fixed Drunk @ Warung of Simple Pleasures

First I heard about the event was at last Monday mornings meeting. It's a place where we nurse Sunday hangovers, drink coffee and catch up. The Oberoi Warung kids come to the Temple and we shoot the breeze. A bike event at Deus Oberoi the day before the ...

Ketut's Binter

Ketut's Binter

A couple days ago, as I sat in my office, i heard the arrival of something custom on the temple grounds. The familiar sound of a thumper through a freely flowing exhaust brought me downstairs, curious as to its origin. I walked overt the the Bengkel,...

New Batch of Poet Warriors hits the Temples rack

New Batch of Poet Warriors hits the Temples rack

Following the coat tails of yesterday's tagged board, is a slew of displacement hulls, fresh out the foam particle covered surf division of the Temple. This latest line up is a colorful batch of Chris Garrett shaped 'Poet Warriors'. Ranging in size from 7'...

Vignette No. 1 - Chris Garrett

Vignette No. 1 - Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett talks about shaping, his outlook on surfing and the boards he has been making in Bali at Deus Ex Machina's Temple of Enthusiasm. 'What do I want to do when I retire? Just keep surfing. What do I want to do when I retire? Just keep shaping.'

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Cafe Scorpio

The Cafe Scorpio started life as a humble Yamaha 225, and after some care and grinding from the boys in the workshop it has taken on this new form. We've dropped it, chopped it, and with the help of some custom parts have created an octane-infused mug of fu...

"Say Hello To My Little Friend"

"Say Hello To My Little Friend"

There are a few things we learned growing up from the T.V. show “Gilligan’s Island”… The 1st is, that all the men were more interested in playing with their coconuts than trying to pounce on the only wool on the island and the other, You have to have a “...

The good, the bad and the girl. A story on two wheels.

The good, the bad and the girl. A story on two wheels.

Part of all our events is the photography. Whether it's for the blog or not, we take photos. It's what we do, I think you all know that by now. To freeze a moment in time, to capture the people and the place. If we could lock down the smell, taste and sou...

The Barmuda Tryangles

The Barmuda Tryangles

Born to this earth for the sole purpose of forming an almighty triangular union, the members of The Barmuda Tryangles…Despite their individual successes as artists, musician's, and sushi slingers…Have spent the better part of their lives feeling like they ...