Jim Banks, a man of many talents.

Jim Banks, a man of many talents.

Jim Banks is an not your run of the mill sort of bloke, humble beginnings and a chance meeting with cyclone swells drew him into a life long passion for surfing. One of the great punctuations marks on his journey must be his first 8ft barrel at the temper ...

Deus Swap Meet goes west - Perth this Sunday

Deus Swap Meet goes west - Perth this Sunday

This Sunday 21st November at the rear of 1000 Hay St Perth; there will be a meeting of the like minded, pre 1990 surfboards, skateboards, vintage surf clothing, beach shack furniture, posters, mags art and other collectibles. This promises to be a great d...

Best quiver in Bali?

Best quiver in Bali?

Deus fixture, Steve 'Monty' Montell, pitched up yesterday in his VW Combi loaded to the brim with surfboard history. He unloads his precious cargo and proceeds to arrange them on the lawn, without even a hint of his motives. Once happy with his positioning...

Mr. Antonio Muñoz

Mr. Antonio Muñoz

Artist, Antonio Muñoz arrived to Bali in August. He brought with him but a few things…His brushes, his lovely wife, the children, sketchbooks, a few pairs of board shorts, a couple of external hard drives, an old projector, a digital camera and an electric ...

Somewhere in Seminyak

Somewhere in Seminyak

In the depths of Seminyak, among the riff raff of motorbikes and traffic, there is a adequately sized shop packed with clothing from only the best of the bunch. Now I don't usually venture down Jalan Seminyak very often, my aversion to traffic and the per...

Swapmeet Style

Swapmeet Style

Wow! What a day!…Deus Canggu's first ever swapmeet has just come to an end and twas quite the eventful occasion.Vendors arrived early to set up their respective booths, making trips to the coffee machine to fuel them in their various tasks. From an eco fri...

Paintboothing

Paintboothing

We love painting things here at Deus, anything that can be painted will be painted. I noticed some commotion around the paint-booth yesterday so I thought I would go takes a look see. I sneak in as the boys are busy creating a metallic masterpiece out of ...

Blowing off some steam Bali style

Blowing off some steam Bali style

No matter what walk of life you are currently cruising down, or how happy you may be with your current day to day dealings…everybody needs to let loose and blow off some proverbial steam once in a while. Now I'm told some do this by relaxing with a book, s...

Papas got a brand new bag..

Papas got a brand new bag..

There are many things in life which define a person…personality, views on the world and how they present themselves. Now I'm an advocate of the latter of these three, how you dress / look on a daily basis is how people will see you and thus judge what kind ...

Kickin' it antique style

Kickin' it antique style

I love perfect timing, like when it starts to rain as soon as you get inside, or when you find a taxi as soon as you need one. Or in our case when an amazing piece of antique furniture just so happens to accommodate your needs perfectly. We broke into ou...

An afternoon in Denpasar

An afternoon in Denpasar

As my unplanned arrival at a motorcycle show about a moth ago dropped me in the thicket of local bike building and culture, I decided to return this month to see whats what going down in our capital city. I met a friend at a neutral location and he lead me ...

Sleek new fixed gears hit the showroom floor

Sleek new fixed gears hit the showroom floor

"The bicycle is a curious vehicle, its passenger is its engine" - John HowardThis quote is is simplistically confusing, however makes sense at the same time. Its almost the same kind of view I have towards bicycles themselves, especially towards the singl...

Deus book hits the shelves

Deus book hits the shelves

The Deus 'House Of Simple Pleasures' is on our shelves! 300 pages of visual greatness, wrapped up in a hardback for your pleasure. The book chronicles 5 years of Deus, from bikes to boards, peddling and paddling its got it all. Come down to the Temple of En...