Meet Tai Graham, the man behind Single Fin and the world of surfing fame Sunday sessions, meals and music overlooking the Indian ocean at Uluwatu.
Tell me your Story Bali.
I was born in Australia. My father was a Maori, New Zealand and my mother is British. I grew up on the Gold Coast and he was schooled. At the age of seven, my mother moved to Bali. I stayed in Oz to school, and was shared between Oz and Bali. Every holiday, I'd be in Bali at least four months of the year. I live in Seminyak. My mother still lives here. We lived on Jalan Padmam, which is where I took my first wave on my surfboard. I surfed with guys like Made Kasim and the entire team of great surfers. It's funny because I met Made Kasim when I was seven years old and now I'm with her business partners in Single Fin!
Where did you go to school?
ME was educated from elementary school to high school on the Gold Coast of Australia in a rich history of surfing town. I was a footy player. My father was a rugby player XV and then I started playing rugby league. I do not play well in the league, but I got about football when I started surfing.
Single Fin How to start?
I got another place called Black Dog with Tipi Jabrik. We started together and when it was time we both ended up with very successful companies. Tipi has now Mantra with his wife Febi. I approached by Kasim for Single Fin to Uluwatu. At first I was skeptical because it was so far. I had always lived in Seminyak and Uluwatu seemed a long way to go to party, although I never thought he was a long way to go for surfing. But I could see that there was an opening; a niche, like Black Dog. Nobody in Bali was a Sunday session. In Oz everyone loves a Sunday session. This is one of the biggest nights there and nobody was here, so I saw a need for it. We had some minor renovation settings. We tested it out and it's been going ever since. We say all the time that he is the favorite Sunday sessions of some people in the world. I think when you have this sunset over the Indian Ocean, waves, mixed with the relaxed atmosphere of the party -. It is special enough for some
I always myself personally liked surfing, music and art scene. I opened a small shop called Little Wing years was the same kind of merchandising. There is a fresh happening scene is a mix of surfers, musicians and artists; surfers who love and play music, artists who love to surf. the multi-talented people coming together inspired by different art forms and the natural setting of the surf world creates a great mix. I want to be the Single Fin reflection of what product offerings that appeal to everyone. We do not manufacture. We invite local producers to put their goods in shops; keeping everything local. I wanted to create a place with a very wide range of customers. This philosophy extends to the restaurant and bar. Your hipsters to people in Bintang singlets, grandmother and grandfather, and all children. We play a mix of music for everyone; reggae to classic rock to dance and hip hop, it affects many different people.
You've seen so much change Bali. What is the biggest challenge we face, which can be treated by us?
This would be the pollution, fail. I do not think we will ever stop the development. In fact, we can be seen as partly responsible for this. We live a lifestyle, friends come to visit. They return to reside here and build a house - which is just the way it will continue. But pollution is something we can treat and stop. I think we can do it by instilling a sense of belonging and responsibilities that go with both locals and expatriates. As in Australia, for example; if you drive in a car behind someone and you see them throw a cigarette butt or a can of coke from the window you'll honk and yell at them. You are angry because it's like, how can these people pollute this beautiful country! All parties must assume responsibility for the land and begin to get angry about it some more. In the West, we are educated about waste management. Maybe Bali must adopt and apply formulas and rules of other places such as Australia and Hawaii to protect natural resources.
PCU built a waste liquid reservoir system and purchased a PTS tank eighteen cubic meters. They posed two main lines of connection and hired full time maintenance staff to finally rid the ravine of the black stinking pit. It is projects like these that Bali can return to a more specific nature.
What are the future plans for Single Fin?
Keep on trucking along. Continue to give people a nice place to play. Maybe see where we can set up something similar?
All Programs upcoming interesting that you would like to talk about?
I also launched the first Bali surf training center; a training studio that targets the fundamentals of surfing fitness. body weight training; core type of training. I also launched a high performance camp will be ongoing until the end of November. Check it out if you're into that. There is also the art of Bali Surf Training Studio and modern movement.
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To get in touch, visit Single End the Single Fin - Blue Point, Uluwatu
Single Fin - shop Seminyak, Jalan Raya Seminyak, Kuta Utara
phone Office - (62) 3618476832