Kandui Resort is undoubtedly one of the most acclaimed surf destinations in the entire world. As a result we receive a decent amount of press in both mainstream and surfing publications and websites. This page is a collection of links, stories, articles, photos, and movies that pertain to Kandui. Enjoy!

Please click the images on top of each section to go the relevant link (when available).
Our surf report is updated almost every day directly from Kandui. Ray Wilcoxen, one of Kandui's founding partners keeps us all up-to-date on the everyday going ons and waves at the resort in his own, matter of fact, easy to understand perspective. If you want to know what the waves were like in the past we have also archived all of the reports and offer a variety of useful links to see what the waves will be like on your own...
Our "Photo Galleries" section has more than 2500 photos for you to browse through. Separated into a variety of categories from the waves around to the resort to what the umas look like this section explores every facet of a trip to Kandui in a neat slideshow format accompanied by music. We've also included a number of sequences to help you understand and learn each wave's nuances which will help you surf each spot better!
Our Travel Pack is essentially our entire website in one convenient, printable, easy to read document. It covers every aspect of a typical trip from start to finish and might be the most definitive resource on the Mentawai Islands available. Our 2009 version will be ready by September 1, 2008. If you're interested in making a reservation to give you even more reason to read our Travel Pack please feel free to click here.
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Special Features

Kelly Slater and Andy Irons visit Kandui for special Transworld trip.
The most surprising trip of the year? Check out Transworld this October for the scoop!

Kandui Resort Video Feature:
Want to know what the resort looks like on video? Sit back and enjoy this ten minute clip of the waves around the resort and some of the main features we have to offer on land... Click here to watch this same video in a larger format - a fast internet connection is a must!

Surftech's "Tuflite Travel Program" now available at Kandui Resort
Kandui's surfboard rental program includes more than 36 boards you can choose from!

 


Google Map of Kandui Resort
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Kandui guests Justis St. John and Christine Garcia put this video together for us. It offers an artistic look at a trip to Kandui Resort full of great surf footage, beautiful time lapses, and is short enough to keep your interest. enjoy! Please e-mail info@kanduiresort.com to get their contact information and hire them for your trip!
YEAR OF THE SHAPER - SURFING MAGAZINE
This is a major article that appeared in Surfing Magazine in 2007. We had five of the best shapers in the world, five of their top surfers and over 30 Surftech surfboards at Kandui to test the Tuflite shapes and designs in a variety of waves around the resort. We had a great time hosting these guys and the article came out fantastic!
SHAPE OF THE FUTURE - SURFTECH MOVIE
This movie was shot entirely at Kandui Resort. Watch five of the best shapers in the world and five of their best surfers experiment on their new Surftech models on the waves around the resort! Click here or the image above to watch "Shape of the Future".
5 SURFERS - 5 SHAPERS - 30 SURFBOARDS
Imagine an island loaded with a plethora of surfboards, surrounded by the world’s best waves. This was the play by play of the Surfing/Surftech trip as it happened:

Update #1: August 3, 2007
Update #2: August 7, 2007
Update #3: August 10, 2007
Update #4: August 13, 2007
Update #5: August 26, 2007

Between Heats - Visiting pros and travelers score mega-swell in Mentawaiis: Another stellar Surfline feature detailing the monstrous May swell that smashed the Mentawai Islands in 2007. The waves don't get this big very often but when they do it is truly a sight to behold!
Wave of Compassion: More Than Your Average Boat Trip: For 10 days in October, 2006, an elite crew of surfers and photographers joined one grand prize winner on an epic voyage from Nias to the Mentawais.

This wasn't your normal boat trip: Our goal was to meet the local people and see the work of SurfAid International in action. SurfAid offers a chance to give something back through health projects that promote community-based, self-help solutions. Primary goals include combating Malaria and rebuilding communities damaged by the tsunami and earthquake.

Best Bet Indonesia - Surfing's Disneyland is Open for Business: We'll stay in the Southern Hemisphere for our June 2007 Best Bet and send you packing to Indonesia. The Roaring 40s of the Indian Ocean are typically on fire this time of year, which send long-period SW to S groundswells to all the exposed reefs throughout the island chain. For the top exposed reefs it's fairly rare for the surf to dip below head high, with the largest days producing as much surf as most of us would ever want, easily exceeding the triple overhead mark at least a couple times per month on average.


SURFLINE SPECIAL FEATURE: ON DRY LAND by Lewis Samuels
Stay on land in the Mentawais and you may face the following dilemma: You're surfing a perfect left reef, off a small palm fringed island. A single charter boat motors away, leaving you alone in the lineup. The wind is calm, the sun is too strong, and swell lines are stacked from you to Madagascar. Please click the image to read more about how Kandui startedwith this interesting insight from correspondent Lewis Samuels.
BUDTV: Adrift with Benji - Kandui Island! Go behind the scenes of Benji's latest film project, "Life as a Movie." See Benji take a group of action sports stars to Kandui Island to surf perfect waves and celebrate his birthday with 80 year-old witch doctors.

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YOUTUBE - Kandui Resort:! Kandui has published some of our movies on YouTube. We try to add a new movie whenever we can - if you want to see more of the waves in the Mentawai Islands we suggest you go to YouTube and search under the key term "Mentawai Islands".
Transworld Surf Magazine - Collection of Links! Kandui Resort would like to thank Justin and Chris Cote for the following links found in their magazine and on their website:

1. Go There
2. Kandui Chronicles
3. 5 Summertime Shred Destinations

Surfline.com - How to Score Your Dream Job: What's the best way to get on as a boatman in somewhere like Fiji, Tahiti or Indo? Either as a chef, or a worker...?