Banyak Islands: the surfing trip of a lifetime
Wednesday, 8 July 2026 · Ship26, Zurich
Xaver Walser on 14 days aboard a boat in the remote Banyak Islands with ten founders, dream conditions, and the year of training it took to get there.
More than a year of training went into 14 days on a boat.
I took my closest surfing friends, ten founders in all, to the remote Banyak Islands in Indonesia. Two weeks of surfing, eating, sleeping, and talking business and waves. Nothing else on the agenda. The conditions were everything we had trained for.
Come along and I'll take you through the whole trip: the year of preparation that made it possible, the waves it bought us, and what happens to ten builders when the only things to think about are the next set and each other.