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Three days. One island. Same reason we keep coming back.

Salt on the skin. Dirt on the boots. Engines running somewhere in the distance. Deus Slidetober Fest was back in Bali, with three days celebrating everything we love: bikes, surf, art and music. From a sand endurance Swank Rally on Pangkung Tibah Beach and a solo art show from Andre Yoga at the Temple of Enthusiasm, to a closing night at Deus Pits with awards and surf rock from The Panturas. The kind of event that makes us wonder why we’d ever do anything but ride, surf and hang with our mates.

Thanks to everyone who took part, the crew who made every day possible and the crowd who came to watch the madness unfold. 

 

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We kicked things off with coffee and the kind of conversations that make you late to leave, courtesy of SejiwaCoffee. We then hit the streets, a rolling parade of 2 wheeled machines  through the city of Bandung before landing at nrd.laboratory for the afternoon.

Our first Jakarta, Deus Kumpul-Kumpul Ride 2026 certainly lived up to its name, attracting riders from across the entire Jabodetabek. People began to gather at Taman Menteng from before 3 PM, despite the heavy rain that had punctuated the morning and early afternoon. Much to our relief, riders kept arriving, filling the area with an enthusiastic crowd with their kaleidoscope of custom motorcycles, Vespas, and the perennial crowd-pleasing classics.

It didn’t seem possible that a full twelve months had passed, but there we were again, dressed entirely unsuitably for tropical weather and waving the flag for men’s mental health.

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Nestled in the eastern armpit of Bali is a trio of islets, the Nusa’s… Lembongan, Ceningan and Penida. It’s a place where days drift by on pale white sand and afternoons are punctuated by debates around dinner plans.

The Deus Kumpul Kumpul End of Year Ride has become something of a fixture on the calendar for riders across Bali. And we outdid ourselves with this last one when hundreds of riders from every corner of Bali turned up.