Mary Osborne is an icon in the international surf industry. At her young age, she has already accomplished opportunities as a competitive surfer, fashion model, writer, and environmental advocate. Traveling to remote places, she has become an ambassador for environmental causes as well as female empowerment.





Mary is Indosole’s newest "sole surfer.” We are extremely proud and honored to welcome her into the family and its not only because of her effortless surfing style. It's more so for the journey that she has chosen in her life in making a difference in the environment’s stability and that is what impresses us the most. 

Mary has a long list of impactful travels to reflect upon:



• Gulf coast to help clean the coastal environments after the BP Oil spill of 2010
• Sailed from Brazil to South Africa studying the effects of plastic pollution in the South Atlantic
• Ambassador for the United Nations Environmental Safe Campaign and the 5 Gyres Institute
• Traveled to China twice to surf the tidal bore of Qiantang River, the world’s largest and fastest bore, and become the first female to surf the natural phenomenon, a roaring river-wave with recorded heights nearing 30-feet.
• She even has a visit to the White House and a photo chilling out with Obama “What other surfer has that in their Facebook album?!”


These are just some of the latest events in the wonderful life and career of Mary Osborne. Please stop by on occasion to see which surf break and environment she impacts next. 

Mary is a Sole Surfer. And for that Mary we thank you.



For more on Mary Osborne please visit http://maryosbornesurf.com



Photos by Justin Bastien www.justinbastien.com

Nyepi 2012

SHHH...today is NYEPI

Nyepi is a Hindu tradition and a day of silence that is commemorated every new year. It is a day of silence, fasting and meditation. Observed from 6am until 6am the next morning, the Balinese Hindu populations respect this day as self-reflection. The main restrictions are: no lighting fires, dim lighting, no working, no entertainment, no traveling, and for some, no talking or eating at all.

Washed Out

We recently received an online article from Sole Surfer Mary Osborne about a great organization that is making a difference in Bali, the East Bali Poverty Ptoject (EBPP). Below is some exerted text and the subject matter put in our interpretive.

"In the past few years, it seems that many have made the conscious effort to be social responsible, or green. In fact, the amounting public pressure has somewhat become a necessary branding tactic for the “right of passage” to advertise one’s ethical demeanor. The list can include box store brands and even those articulate politicians. Certainly, these marketing icons and redundant green slogans are truly representing the “green” entity…. In the hard light of day, people need to make the conscious effort to truly investigate what one may say they are contributing. We have the power to mitigate our effect."



"Nevertheless, where does one begin? It must begin with the individual. The Laws of Exponentiality and the tenet of Ephemeralization, developed by Buckminster Fuller in 1938, essentially says that we ought to be able to do more with less. This really is the key to going green. Unfortunately, it is the polar opposite of capitalist commerce and most political systems of governance. Finding the balance between the two is maybe what green can only really be……"

The article is definitely insight for us to think about what we can do less as a brand and more as a community member. Even we get wrapped up in our own operational issues. It makes us pay the bills; however, there is a core value that IndoSole was founded on and if we lose it, we are no longer in touch with ourselves. It is community, happiness through simplicity, education through diversity and awareness in the environment and culture of BALI that keeps IndoSole what it is.



For more on the East Bali Poverty Project please visit. www.eastbalipovertyproject.org

For more on this article please visit http://www.deepzine.com/site/articles/296

Photos and excerpts by David Pu'u

Crooked Bloke gets Captured

Crooked Bloke gets Captured



while in BALI, have you ever had a near and dear possession stolen? i can relate. my western naivety put me in check on my first trip. even worse, i shed remorse over the camera equipment for a couple days and had a plausible self-injunction of recapturing the stolen items. on an island where the police are as corrupt as the bloke who stole my equipment, the grand ol motto of "to protect and serve the people" is also snatched right from your comprehension. ha. this is BALI and you are on your OWN. that is, unless, you are Mr. X, The Captain, Slice and Dice and The Cameraman.

possibly one of thee greatest stories of VIGILANCE / read on....

via Bali Belly

Air Traffic Control....

Air Traffic Control

would I be confound to mention the topic? others seem to be talking about it. for many, this may reach beyond personal perspectives, thus it is a ideal paradigm for unsustainable development.

i see, feel, hear and taste the allure of BALI, yet so do a few others….in a time when the island has received on record the highest number of tourists annually, we are left to recall back on memories without fuming, gridlock motorist traffic and the sights of flourishing subak rice paddies.

when you have time, read these two articles below. 15 minutes should suffice. job well done Diane Darling for your Yak article Boomtown Bali.

Boomtown Bali
Bali Facing Food Crisis

- J.U.