July | 2011 | Deus Australia

A picture tells… More reflections

The designers have just finished putting the final touches to the Deus Bali Book MkII. Yours truly didn’t even get a look in. Not one written word from go to yo. The powers that be, cobbled together all the Instamatics (just kidding Tom, Nicole, Monty and the other photogs) that we took documenting, what has definitely been a big year for Deus Bali, not to mention us and our lives. Motorbikes, boards and bicycles. New friends, found and unfortunately one or two lost. Events and episodes. Visits, visitors and even migrants. Concerts for many and a couple for a few. Fathers with sons, mothers & daughters, family at play. Lessons learnt and a hell-ov-a learning curve. Hindsight you fickle beast. … View More

Classy women ride motorcyles III

Its time again for another installment of everybody’s favorite post…’Classy Women Ride Motorcycles.’ After scouring the intertubes yet again, I have compiled a diverse array of imagery, doing my best to span different cultures, genres and time periods. This little lineup includes different engine classes’ both on road and off, please enjoy and remember to send your own photos of women riding motorcycles to tom@deus.co.id.

Warung of Simple Pleasures Weekend Sale

Alrighty everybody, if you have been looking to grab some Deus threads, now is definitely the time. The Deus Warung of Simple Pleasures in Oberoi is holding its first weekend sale, this Saturday and Sunday there will be 50 to 85% off selected items within the store. Cruise on down and try on a few!

The Deus Gallery presents – ‘Thus Far…’ – An exhibit by Tom Hawkins

It has definitely been a long journey building the Deus Temple of Enthusiasm and all that you see with it. Ups and downs, bikes and boards…we’ve done it all. Fortunately for us there has been someone documenting this rise to fruition on a daily basis. A kid who swears he’s English…but we don’t really believe him…Tom Hawkins. Over the past year Tom has captured a little bit of everything through his lens, and made sure the world could see it by blogging about it right here on the Deus Bali Blog. Now the time has come to compile a selection of imagery and present a photographic tale in the form of an exhibition. The Exhibit entitled ‘Thus far…’ will showcase … View More

Ellis X Deus

The latest trio of the ‘Ellis X Deus’ shapes have emerged from the dusty depths of the surfboard factory, and they definitely have a little ‘throwback’ look about ‘em… After his initial stint in the Temple, Ellis jetted off for a short hiatus to Sydney, before returning to the paddy fields for a little more time in paradise. When i asked him about the pin tailed boards he said… “These boards are flat as a tack and fast as fuck…Through the bottom there is a Slight roll/hull entry into a V out the tail. This is another design from the transitional era, and my spin on late 60′s tracker outlines… with a 12″ fin box placed ten inches forward from … View More

Looking for inspiration.

Inspiration is not a dirty word. Perhaps it is bandiedabout a little too much. Either way it’s still something that we all need. The dangled metaphorical carrot to get us off our posteriors and motivated to do. After their holidays are finished and the others pack up and gohome, we are left on the isle to fend for ourselves. I hear you, poor us. The fact is it becomes a vacuum. A closed cell and we need inspiring to. Find it inside, of course,but sometimes we need to go outside. Consume something fresh. So it may come as no surprise to hear that often we plug in to find inspiration from the digital sources. Vimeo is a wealth of … View More

Triumphs on the Showroom floor

One afternoon, only a few days ago, a truck arrived, carrying in it a duo we have been long awaiting for. Atop the trucks bed sat a pristine pair of brand new Triumph Thruxton SE’s…and Mustang made quick work getting them down and and steeled in their new home. Deus is proud to announce that we have now become the sole distributor for the legendary English motorcycle on the Island of Bali…and that this pair is only the first of many to come. In the next few weeks we will be taking delivery of an array of T100′s, Bonneville’s and Scramblers…and the best thing about them is they all come with 100% legal paperwork from the showroom floor. There is now … View More

Jai Lee and Thomas Bexon shape up a Deus Customs Noserider

Just a few weeks ago, Jai Lee and Thomas Bexon were taking shelter in the Deus Customs shaping bay, working on something a little different. Jai had come up with a design idea for a nose rider with a bit of his own ‘steeze’ in the tail…and turned to Thomas Bexon to carry out the duty of steadily removing foam from a large blank to uncover its shape. The pair spent the entire time it took to shape inside the foam covered room, with a steady supply of Bintang buckets to lubricate the process. people came and went, offering advice from the sidelines and observing the process as the shape emerged. After it was said and done, the sled was … View More

Deus X The Scientists

The petri dish where Deus & Macbeth conducted their experiment cultivated quite the brain boil-over last night at the Temple of Enthusiasm amongst the paddies. The flame was lit with ’5 Songs by God’ and then the Scientists strapped on their safety goggles, put on their lab coats, rolled up their sleeves and went to work… The moment they jumped on stage the students knew their lecture was one for the ages. Even though we drank ourselves stupid I think we are all a little smarter this morning, thanks to the power trio that is ‘We are Scientists’ (No animals were harmed during the process of this experiment)

“TACOS-N-TATT-TUESDAYS”

Marinated meats and minds were had by all last night on what was our 1st of many “TACOS-N-TATT-TUESDAYS” The Mesa was set with the Electric hum of the tattoo gun that our friends and skins have grown to love, along with the wandering and warbling Mariachi band settin’ the vibe and pounding the spike of our originality (or excuse for a good time) deeper into the earth over here at” The Temple” or “Carniceria” As it will be remembered to all that joined us last night… Our hunger for tacos and stupidity was quenched on this night, and I assure you our satiation wont last… So, To You, reading this with a wandering eye and a open mind, join us … View More