In Reply to: Areas posted by Folken on Saturday, 16. October 2010 at 10:59 Bali Time:
Suggest Poppies lane 1 or 2 in Kuta. You could check out Masa Inn and La Walon in Poppies lane 1. Plenty of people your age group surfers and non surfers (and surfers to be) and plenty of eating options. 5 minutes down the lane to the beach. You will see a surf school but suggest a better and cheaper option is to look for the guys who rent boards on the beach and ask them for a lesson. They just about all do it. This is Kuta Beach. My husband used to surf in Australia more years ago than he cares to remember and the last couple of times has been having a go again. He found the waves at Kuta easier than at Legian.
If you are unsure why not book into one of the above hotels for a couple of nights and see how you feel when you get there.