One of the most coveted surfing destinations on Earth, the Mentawai Islands remain a source of intrigue for waveriders everywhere. Located off the western coastline of Sumatra, the Mentawais ...

Image via Shutterstock A woman has taken living off the grid to the extreme. Couple Marjolein and An live on a remote island ...

Giulia Manfrini suffered a “freak accident” on October 18 while surfing in the Mentawai Islands, a remote island chain, said ...

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Lance's Right is a front-lit tube studio. The barreling right-hander is a must stop for most Mentawai boat trips, which makes it one of the most crowded. The irony is, as perfect as it looks ...

On my first day of work at SURFER Magazine back in 2000, then-editor Sam George had just returned from the Op Boat Trip Challenge in the Mentawais. With an all-star cast of characters, including ...

Smashing the hopes of thirty years of democratization in Indonesia, Jakarta in relapse to authoritarian rule is enforcing deforestation in Mentawai. In collaboration with investigative journalist ...

It's from the Mentawai Islands just off the coast of West Sumatra where there is a distinctive local animist culture as opposed to the strictly Islamic culture of the nearby mainland ...