Jed Smith

Bali

How Bali's Tolak Reklamasi Movement, Emboldened by Victory, Is Trying to Tackle the Rest of the Island's Woes

All's not well on the Island of the Gods.
Jed Smith
9.10.18
mental health

A Nonprofit In Bali Is Helping Mentally Ill Patients Break Free From Their Chains

By going door to door in Bali's villages, a psychiatry professor and a team of volunteers are uncovering the uncomfortable truth of the island's mental health crisis.
Jed Smith
4.30.18
Surfing

Inside Indonesia's Most-Deadly Wave

Some lineups are empty for a reason.
Jed Smith
3.28.18
Water Woes

Bali's Tourism Is Sucking The Island Dry

The majority of groundwater in Bali goes to luxury villas and golf courses, leaving some locals to resort to stealing from neighbors for their everyday water needs.
Jed Smith
2.26.18
climbing trees

Notes From Australia’s Big Tree Climbing Comp

We watched the world’s best arborists clamber for gold.
Jed Smith
10.30.17
Natural Disasters

Bali Is Struggling To Cope With 75,000 Volcano Refugees

Locals are worried about a food crisis, but Australian tourists are still flooding in.
Jed Smith
9.28.17
Travel

Meet the Women Building Bali's Luxury 'Paradise' for Dollars a Day

The island's tourism boom continues to draw construction workers from across Indonesia—many of them women who work backbreaking days in the tropical sun for less pay than their male counterparts.
Jed Smith
9.11.17
pay dispute

Inside The Great Australian Sporting Revolt

Two of the nation’s great working class pursuits, Cricket and Rugby League, are locking arms and sticking it to the man.
Jed Smith
6.16.17
Football

Where To Now For Australian Football?

Making sense of the Socceroos humiliation at the hands of Brazil and what it means for our Confederation Cup and World Cup Qualification chances.
Jed Smith
6.15.17
Australia vs Saudi Arabia

Tommy Rogic Screamer Saves Australia From Saudi Humiliation

“You could have had two keepers in there and it was going in,” said Harry Kewell of Tommy Rogic’s 64 minute wonder strike.
Jed Smith
6.9.17
FIGHTLAND

Wes Capper Is The Globetrotting World Champion Australian Combat Sports "Slut" You’ve Never Heard Of

From a kickboxing world title to duelling Mexican cab drivers and surviving Floyd Mayweather’s infamous “dog-house,” Wes Capper has taken the long way round.
Jed Smith
6.6.17
Otis Carey

Talking Art, Culture and Back-to-Back Koori Surfing Titles With Otis Carey

"I just wanna bring to light all the positive aspects of our culture and really encourage kids to be proud and not be afraid to have a go," says proud Gumbaynggirr-Bundjalung man, Otis Carey.
Jed Smith
6.2.17
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