Steve Levine may really be the most interesting man in the world. From a young age growing up on the Westside of Los Angeles he had a zest for adventure and was particularly lit up by his passion for surfing. This first led him to attend college in Santa Cruz where he charged infamous surf breaks like Mavericks with menacing waves in frigid waters littered with great white sharks. Coming from a prominent real estate family, Steve was expected to go to law school after college and was on a trajectory for a lucrative career as a power broker in Los Angeles. A surf trip to Bali in the early 1990s changed his plans. After becoming close friends (and eventually business partners) with a local gentleman from Uluwatu Steve decided to take the road less travelled. He followed his bliss and gave up everything and everyone he knew in Los Angeles to build a new life in Bali. After immersing himself in the local culture for many years and learning the language Steve became a well known local figure in Uluwatu and forged strong relationships throughout Indonesia. Luck , timing and tight relationships put him in a once in a lifetime position to acquire a significant ocean front parcel overlooking the infamous Uluwatu surf break from a local family. This moment set Steve on a path he still follows today. Over the years, with his local partner, developed a luxury boutique hotel in front of the famous surf break and a second surf camp on a remote island with 30 inhabitants. This is a unique story about following your bliss, turning your passion into your life’s work and seizing the opportunity when it arrives.

 

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