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Italo Ferreira Tests Out Brazil's Most Exclusive Wave Pool by PerfectSwell®

Italo Ferreira Tests Out Brazil's Most Exclusive Wave Pool by PerfectSwell®  (2023)

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A 10-minute surf montage where Italo Ferreira, Samuel Pupo, Miguel Pupo, Adriano De Souza, and youngster Cruz Dinofa hop, skip, and jump in what Miguel ...

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Brody Mulik is now fifteen and very good at surfing. <br /><br />In 2026, that sentence alone doesn’t hold much weight, but he just happens to be very good at waves that most fifteen-year-olds’ parents won’t allow them to go near.<br /><br />The Box, Tombies, North Point, and other waves of that ilk do not care which year you were born, nor who your dad is. They’ve humbled and broken older, larger, more decorated surfers. None of these waves scale themselves down for youth, and there’s a very fine line between the instinctively perfect trajectory Brody draws from behind the peak and into the channel at the infamous slab adjacent to Main Break Margs, and disaster.<br /><br />Brody seems comfortable with the arrangement.<br /><br />He grew up just there, in Margaret River, which helps explain a lot. “Ever since I was two, I was hanging around the beach,” he says. He started surfing around five or six. By eleven, he was paddling into Tombies and North Point. “Dad always pushed me into the big bombs,” he says with a cheeky laugh. “I started surfing in WA when I was thirteen,” Leif Mulik counters, “but I didn’t have a dad pushing me in.”<br /><br />The Muliks are one of those Western Australian units that seem to operate slightly outside normal societal settings. Brody is loosely homeschooled. “He’s number one in our class,” his dad says, sounding both proud and a little unserious. “I’m homeschooled, but I don’t do it a lot,” Brody confirms with a chuckle.<br /><br />Winters aren’t spent waiting for the inhospitable meteorology of the region to magically change its patterns. Instead, the Muliks pack up, step into a caravan, and drive north to Gnaraloo, where the family has gone every year since Brody was one. Mum, dad, brother Blake — who shoots photos from the water — and the dog. “I love the vibe. We just sit around the fire and enjoy the sunset. It’s completely different from normal life, and you’re completely off the screen,” he says.<br /><br />Last year they stayed for two and a half months. This year, the routine remains the same. Bali, or somewhere in Indo, are valid options too. <br /><br />Back home, Brody surfs with a small circle. Ace Flynn is one of the regulars. “He pushes me a lot,” Brody says. Occasionally Jack Robinson reappears, like a local myth. “I’ve surfed with him a few times at Slingshots and Gnaraloo,” Brody says. Robbo doesn’t spend as much time around home as he used to, but the influence lingers. When asked who he looks up to, Brody doesn’t hesitate. “Definitely Jack. He came from here and showed us what’s possible. It feels like everyone else doing well comes from the East Coast,” a place Brody is ironically heading to in 2026 to participate in the Surfing Australia program in Casuarina (Northern NSW) “to do some training and coaching.”<br /><br />His new edit, fourteen., was put together over about four months with Rex Nink, who edited it. Brody would go over to his house and sit in on the edits, which is admirable dedication and a telltale sign of a grom genuinely invested in his talent.<br /><br />One session stands out. A Box day that wasn’t meant to be good, so it was naturally uncrowded. Only Brody, a couple of friends, brother Blake shooting from the water, and one bodyboarder who charges Teahupoʻo. “It was the best session I’ve had out there,” Brody says. “We got so many sick waves.” Far from wanting to be the tall poppy, he never seems to oversell this particular edit or his talent.<br /><br />Asked if he’s ever scared out there, he answers, “I get a little bit nervous until I get my first wave. Then I get into this mode where I just start to go.”<br /><br />Stace Galbraith, calling in from the Philippines where he’s on duty at the World Junior Championships, is less restrained. “It’s a hammer clip,” he says. “He’s a fucking psycho at surfing.” We think that’s praise, at least in Stace’s dialect. He’s seen a lot of Western Australian prodigies come through. Every few years, someone appears and resets expectations: Jacob Willcox, Jack Robinson, even Taj Burrow before them. “He’s a compliment to that region,” Stace says. “A young kid going after it, and the cycle never really ends.”<br /><br />Brody is still largely managed by his parents, which feels appropriate. There’s no overshared sense of urgency around his career. He seems cool and calm about its trajectory for now. As far as contests go, he’s done Stab High (he’s no slouch at airs either), Taj’s Small Fries is coming up, and he’ll do others just to see where it leads. But for now, he says, “I just want to keep making more clips.” fourteen. is out now, and if his past habits are any indication, it won’t be the last time we hear from him this year.

We Haven't Seen A 14 Year Old Surf Like This Since Jack Robinson | Brody Mulik in 'Fourteen'
10th March, 2026

Brody Mulik is now fifteen and very good at surfing. In 2026, that sentence alone doesn’t hold much weight, but he just happens to be very good at waves that most fifteen-year-olds’ parents won’t allow them to go near.The Box, Tombies, North Point, and other waves of that ilk do ...

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Was Kelly Slater’s Stab In The Dark An Inside Job?
6th March, 2026

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Watch the latest episode of Stab in the Dark X starring Kelly Slater here<br /><br />https://stabmag.com/stabcinema/watch-episode-03-of-stab-in-the-dark-x-starring-kelly-slater/<br /><br />Any genuinely endearing conversation might hinge on seating Dane Reynolds next to someone improbable and letting the room do the work. Last week: the reigning world champ. This week: Kelly Slater, calling in from New Zealand.<br /><br />Four months post hip replacement, the greatest surfer of all time admits he can barely lift his knee into a car some days, but he insists the robo-hip already outperforms the real one, which had been dragging him through agony for the last four years. He’d been surfing through pain the whole time. Laird Hamilton personally rang to convince him to get on the operating table. A wellness check, from one absurdly fit old-boy to another.<br /><br />He also reveals that during Stab In The Dark X, his back seized up for four days straight. Bedridden and unable to walk without looking like a pretzel. But you can’t keep a good goat down. He still paddled out, still tested six nearly identical boards, all while wrangling Snapper crowds and soft Gold Coast walls.<br /><br />Remarkably, Kelly admits to not having watched a single episode of SITD X. Not one. Just the Instagram clips. That’s it. Is this the surf equivalent of Johnny Depp claiming he’s never seen one of his own movies? Similar star power, frankly.<br /><br />On the topic of SITD, Kel talks candidly about the awkwardness of judging shapers while owning a board company himself, and why he never publicly burned a design, even when it deserved it. More interesting is his philosophy: shapers shouldn’t try to guess what Kelly wants. He wants what they actually make, otherwise it’s just pasteurised performance foam.<br /><br />From there, the gents get into lineup politics, snowboarding double blacks, and the simple economic reality that waves are limited, egos are not, hence grown men hissing over them. The ISA’s new Olympic qualifying system gets a light public flogging. And yes, Kelly is a believer in the machine. Put Olympic surfing in a wave pool. Standardise it, industrialise it, flip the switch and hear the system roar.<br /><br />Enjoy the episode.

Kelly Slater + Dane Reynolds Discuss Why Surfing Is Cooked | StabMic Episode 03
27th February, 2026

Watch the latest episode of Stab in the Dark X starring Kelly Slater herehttps://stabmag.com/stabcinema/watch-episode-03-of-stab-in-the-dark-x-starring-kelly-slater/Any genuinely endearing conversation might hinge on seating Dane Reynolds next to someone improbable and letting the room do the work. Last week: the reigning world champ. This week: Kelly Slater, calling in from New Zealand.Four months ...

The sun is aggressively shining on Yago Dora.<br /><br />World Champion. The Fresh Prince of Vissla. GQ Brazil’s Man of the Year. Stab High Monster Air anointed.<br /><br />The Florianópolis native has every right to peacock and ghost interview requests from Stab. Instead, he drove himself two hours up the 101 from Aliso Viejo (Vissla HQ) to Ventura to sit in a hot studio with Dane and Dooma, and talk everything from his World Title year to his highly specific superstitions.<br /><br />These sometimes involve hopping into freezing Portuguese fountains, wearing WSL jerseys on transcontinental business-class flights, and shaving horrific haircuts in homage to his Floripa homie Ronaldo (the bigger one, IYKYK).<br /><br /><br />He hands out more praise here to Dane, to his Brazilian peers, to his support crew, to the surf films that shaped him than a reigning World Champ strictly needs to. Which only affirms our inkling that he’s a dangerously well-adjusted individual on top of being one of the brightest-burning stars in our cultural firmament. The mutual admiration between Dora and Dane is warm, fuzzy bubbles.<br /><br />It’s a bit of a rapid-fire, speed-dating round this one. Or a TSA interrogation, if you will. <br /><br />If you hate it, you know where to go. <br /><br />See you in the comments.

Yago & Dane Pick Their Favorite Surf Film Sections | StabMic Episode 2
19th February, 2026

The sun is aggressively shining on Yago Dora.World Champion. The Fresh Prince of Vissla. GQ Brazil’s Man of the Year. Stab High Monster Air anointed.The Florianópolis native has every right to peacock and ghost interview requests from Stab. Instead, he drove himself two hours up the 101 from Aliso Viejo ...

We’re always surprised with how much happens over the course of one week in surfing. It was a phenomenon we first noticed when producing The Pick-Up on the North Shore — where it became evident that there was more news happening in seven days on Oahu than we could follow in a 45-minute show. <br /><br />This year, with The Pick-Up in the rearview, Stab co-founder Sam McIntosh and producer Danny Johnson began looking for ways to bring a weekly news roundup to surf culture at large. <br /><br />The result? StabMic.<br /><br />Featuring hosts Josiah Amico and Damien ‘Dooma’ Fahrenfort, StabMic is intended to be a weekly(ish) release where the best surfers in the world can talk about whatever is going on in surfing (or their own lives) at this very moment.<br /><br />As with all of our projects, we’ll be adjusting and evolving our approach to production on the fly — and feedback from our Premium audience is always welcome. Our aim is to provide a platform for different impactful voices throughout the surfing ecosystem, and the above episode is our first attempt.<br /><br />Oh, and we set up the studio in Ventura to ensure that Dane Reynolds can be a regular guest. <br /><br />Click above to hear Former’s owner / creative director / team manager/ order-packer / film star share his thoughts on the latest Rincon Classic, the upcoming crop of CT qualifiers, his new film, and more.

Dane Reynolds On Running A Business, How The CT Has Changed + Former’s New Film | StabMic Ep 1
17th February, 2026

We’re always surprised with how much happens over the course of one week in surfing. It was a phenomenon we first noticed when producing The Pick-Up on the North Shore — where it became evident that there was more news happening in seven days on Oahu than we could follow ...

Still waiting for that guitar solo...<br /><br />This is an excerpt from our new weekly-ish talk show, StabMic. Watch full episodes on stabmag.com or the Stab Premium app.

Dane Reynolds' Real Thoughts On The Rincon Classic
13th February, 2026

Still waiting for that guitar solo...This is an excerpt from our new weekly-ish talk show, StabMic. Watch full episodes on stabmag.com or the Stab Premium app. ...

Two of the world's most technically gifted surfers split head-high peaks and swap boards somewhere in Nicaragua. <br /><br />This is an off-cut from our 2024 film 'Zipper', made in conjunction with Monster Energy.

Filipe & Chippa Swap Boards In Nicaragua
4th February, 2026

Two of the world's most technically gifted surfers split head-high peaks and swap boards somewhere in Nicaragua. This is an off-cut from our 2024 film 'Zipper', made in conjunction with Monster Energy. ...

128 Challengers and local specialists is currently posted up at Banzai for the sixth CS event of the season, and the first of the new year. With Pipe no longer kicking off the CT, we’re itching for some tube vision (and a little speculative behaviour) to get the pulse up.<br /><br />Who can qualify for the CT at the Pipe Challenger?<br /><br />Men<br /><br />Eli Hanneman (SF+), Sammy Pupo, Luke Thompson (Final+), George Pittar, Kauli Vaast (3rd+), Oscar Berry, Mateus Herdy (2nd+), Jacob Willcox (Win)<br /><br />Women<br /><br />Sal Fitzgibbons (Final), Fransisca Veselko, Nadia Erostarbe (Win)<br /><br />Here's Reef McIntosh's BOAG picks to take the w.<br /><br />Place your bets over at Betonline.AG.

Can JOB and Mason Ho Slash CT Dreams At The 128-Man Pipe Challenger?
28th January, 2026

128 Challengers and local specialists is currently posted up at Banzai for the sixth CS event of the season, and the first of the new year. With Pipe no longer kicking off the CT, we’re itching for some tube vision (and a little speculative behaviour) to get the pulse up.Who ...

Our EAST series with Mike February spanned across 2 continents, 7 months, and 17 surfboards.<br /><br />All of that was eventually whittled down to 5 episodes with 223 minutes of airtime. That's a lot of surfing. <br /><br />With this video, we decided to condense this all down to its purest form. 11 minutes of the very best surfing. 14 boards. 1 star atop them all. <br /><br />Enjoy the best of Mikey Feb in EAST, and if you want to watch the whole thing (or find out who won) , shoot on over to Stab Premium: https://stabmag.com/get-stab-premium/

Mikey February's BEST Waves from EAST
23rd January, 2026

Our EAST series with Mike February spanned across 2 continents, 7 months, and 17 surfboards.All of that was eventually whittled down to 5 episodes with 223 minutes of airtime. That's a lot of surfing. With this video, we decided to condense this all down to its purest form. 11 minutes ...

A product review, conducted by the greatest surfer of all time.<br /><br />Watch the full series, dropping bi-weekly at stabmag.com

Kelly Slater blind tests 6 of the world’s best high performance shortboards | SITD X trailer
22nd January, 2026

A product review, conducted by the greatest surfer of all time.Watch the full series, dropping bi-weekly at stabmag.com ...

A product review, conducted by the greatest surfer of all time.<br /><br />Watch the full series, dropping bi-weekly at stabmag.com

Kelly Slater blind tests 6 of the world’s best high performance shortboards | SITD X trailer
22nd January, 2026

A product review, conducted by the greatest surfer of all time.Watch the full series, dropping bi-weekly at stabmag.com ...

After 9 years of Stab in The Dark, we've seen 177 surfboards, 37 shapers, and eight elite test pilots.<br /><br />For our tenth iteration, we've secured the greatest surfer to ever put foam on water.<br /><br />Stab In The Dark X is live.<br /><br />Enjoy exclusively on Stabmag.com, or the Stab Premium App.

Introducing: Our most overqualified analyst yet
14th January, 2026

After 9 years of Stab in The Dark, we've seen 177 surfboards, 37 shapers, and eight elite test pilots.For our tenth iteration, we've secured the greatest surfer to ever put foam on water.Stab In The Dark X is live.Enjoy exclusively on Stabmag.com, or the Stab Premium App. ...

Watch Episode 1 of Stab In The Dark X, starring Kelly Slater: https://stabmag.com/stabcinema/watch-episode-01-of-stab-in-the-dark-x-starring-kelly-slater/<br /><br />10 years of Stab in the Dark. Five past winners. The greatest surfer of all time.<br /><br />Does this mean the winner is the shaper of the decade?<br /><br />Watch Stab In The Dark X on Stabmag.com, or the Stab Premium App.

Stab In The Dark X, Starring Kelly Slater [EP01 Teaser]
14th January, 2026

Watch Episode 1 of Stab In The Dark X, starring Kelly Slater: years of Stab in the Dark. Five past winners. The greatest surfer of all time.Does this mean the winner is the shaper of the decade?Watch Stab In The Dark X on Stabmag.com, or the Stab Premium App. ...

Does this mean the winner is the shaper of the decade? Buckle up, Stab in the Dark X with Kelly Slater drops next week.

10 years of Stab in the Dark.Five past winners.The greatest surfer of all time.
13th January, 2026

Does this mean the winner is the shaper of the decade? Buckle up, Stab in the Dark X with Kelly Slater drops next week. ...

Welcome back to the Joyride. This time we're testing two boards from Channel Islands:<br />1. The Better Everyday <br />2. A modified CI 2.Pro, that's meant to resemble Kelly Slater's winning board from the 1990 Lowers Surf Bout. <br /><br />Both boards were made at Onboardstore Bali and tested at Kandui Resort by Stab's Editor in Chief Michael Ciaramella.

We Remade Kelly Slater's Winning Board From The 90s
9th January, 2026

Welcome back to the Joyride. This time we're testing two boards from Channel Islands:1. The Better Everyday 2. A modified CI 2.Pro, that's meant to resemble Kelly Slater's winning board from the 1990 Lowers Surf Bout. Both boards were made at Onboardstore Bali and tested at Kandui Resort by ...

Strike while the iron’s hot.<br /><br />2025 World Champion, Stab High Sydney Monster Air winner, and GQ Brasil Sportsman of the Year Yago Dora has split with longtime sponsor Volcom, landing at an independently owned label Vissla, founded in 2013 by former Bong CEO Paul Naudé.<br /><br />“This has to be one of the best pickups the surf industry’s seen in a very long time. Well done,” wrote Josh Kerr.<br /><br />From a brand POV, it tracks. The new brand's whole identity is built on backing surfers with brains and backbone (see their slogan: Creators & Innovators).Think: marine scientist Cliff Kapono, bass-jumping junkie Matt McGillivray, the inimitable shaper Donald Brink and the cerebral Liam O’Brien.<br /><br />Stylish, dangerously complete, and universally liked, Yago is one of the cleanest brand-to-surfer alignment we’ve seen in years. And their best chance of a World Title since their inception.<br /><br />The video above is from our pilot ep of the new StabMic — a weekly-ish surf news show that may air early early 2026 -- hosted by Damien Fahrenfort and Josiah Amico.

Yago Dora Just Signed With WHO?! A Stab MIC'd Excerpt
2nd January, 2026

Strike while the iron’s hot.2025 World Champion, Stab High Sydney Monster Air winner, and GQ Brasil Sportsman of the Year Yago Dora has split with longtime sponsor Volcom, landing at an independently owned label Vissla, founded in 2013 by former Bong CEO Paul Naudé.“This has to be one of the ...

Nate Lawrence has been capturing the world’s best surfers for 25 years. In that time, he’s witnessed a lot — some things he can share, others might land a few people in jail. <br /><br />But when asked what’s the best surfing he’s seen over this quarter-century, Nate narrowed it down to two trips: Japan in 2011 (filming for Dear Suburbia) and a plague-induced empty Mentawais trip in 2020 (filming for Reckless Isolation).<br /><br />Two trips full of 8-hour sessions, god-tier surf, and an elite cast of surfers in their mental, physical, and sexual primes.<br /><br />After pondering a bit, Nate went with the San Clemente crew (Kolohe Andino, Griffin Colapinto, Crosby Colapinto Luke Davis, and Ian Crane) in Indo over Kai Neville’s extraordinary band of misfits (Dane Reynolds, John Florence, Yadin Nicol, Conner Coffin, and Dillon Perillo) in the land of the rising sun.<br /><br />You’ll see why when you click play above.

The Best Surfing I've Ever Seen: Kolohe Andino, Cola Bros, Ian Crane, Luke Davis in Mentawais (2020)
25th December, 2025

Nate Lawrence has been capturing the world’s best surfers for 25 years. In that time, he’s witnessed a lot — some things he can share, others might land a few people in jail. But when asked what’s the best surfing he’s seen over this quarter-century, Nate narrowed it down to ...

Watch the Season Finale of EAST starring Mikey February here: https://stabmag.com/stabcinema/east-with-mikey-february-season-finale/<br /><br />After developing months-long relationships with all of the finalists, Mikey brought his four board quiver to the North Shore for an early season swell. Six days, 12 finboxes, five surf spots, and 11 sessions later, we crowned one winner.<br /><br />Our 2025 EAST, presented by Kona Big Wave and Vans finalists are: Tom Morat, Mark Richards, Ellis Ericson, and Alex Knost. <br /><br />Watch the full Episode for a wildcard entry, and a handful of idyllic sessions at Hawaii's windblown proving ground — alongside Mason and Coco Ho, Nate Fletcher, and Tosh Tudor.

Mikey Feb And Mason Ho Test Alternative Surfboards
17th December, 2025

Watch the Season Finale of EAST starring Mikey February here: developing months-long relationships with all of the finalists, Mikey brought his four board quiver to the North Shore for an early season swell. Six days, 12 finboxes, five surf spots, and 11 sessions later, we crowned one winner.Our 2025 ...

Watch the Season Finale of EAST starring Mikey February here: https://stabmag.com/stabcinema/east-with-mikey-february-season-finale/<br /><br />After developing months-long relationships with all of the finalists, Mikey brought his four board quiver to the North Shore for an early season swell. Six days, 12 finboxes, five surf spots, and 11 sessions later, we crowned one winner.<br /><br />Our 2025 EAST, presented by Kona Big Wave and Vans finalists are: Tom Morat, Mark Richards, Ellis Ericson, and Alex Knost. <br /><br />Watch the full Episode for a wildcard entry, and a handful of idyllic sessions at Hawaii's windblown proving ground — alongside Mason and Coco Ho, Nate Fletcher, and Tosh Tudor.

The Season Finale of EAST, Starring Mikey Feb [Teaser]
17th December, 2025

Watch the Season Finale of EAST starring Mikey February here: developing months-long relationships with all of the finalists, Mikey brought his four board quiver to the North Shore for an early season swell. Six days, 12 finboxes, five surf spots, and 11 sessions later, we crowned one winner.Our 2025 ...

Nathan Florence makes his Betonline.AG predictions for the Florence Pipe Pro. <br /><br />For the first time in a very long time, you can actually throw money at the Hawaiian QS. And maybe, if you’re lucky, it’ll cover the gifts on your Christmas list.<br /><br />BetOnline have put odds up for the Florence Pipe Pro, meaning the Pipe contest that still behaves like a Triple Crown stop now comes with a betting slip attached.<br /><br />Finn McGill rolls into Pipe off back-to-back wins at Sunset and Haleʻiwa. Barron Mamiya’s come runner-up in both finals. Josh Moniz is another former QS winner at Pipe. The Florence brothers are… well the Florences. Carissa Moore is back dropping 18s between mum duties. Moana Jones Wong remains the Queen of six-foot-plus Pipeline.<br /><br />The only missing ingredient at the QS-level for years has been stakes.<br /><br />Now there are.<br /><br />Mikey C’s Picks — Florence Pipe Pro<br />Women<br /><br />$100 on Carissa Moore at +700 → wins $700<br />$100 on Erin Brooks at +700 → wins $700<br /><br />Men<br /><br />$100 on John John Florence at +250 → wins $250<br />$10 on Josh Moniz at +4000 → wins $400<br />$10 on Billy Kemper at +4000 → wins $400<br />$10 on Luke Tema at +4000 → wins $400<br />$10 on Nathan Florence at +3300 → wins $330<br />$10 on Ivan Florence at +3300 → wins $330<br /><br />Who you got?<br /><br />Place your Betonline.AG picks here.

Nate Florence Makes His Florence Pipe Pro Picks (COOKING Forecast)
10th December, 2025

Nathan Florence makes his Betonline.AG predictions for the Florence Pipe Pro. For the first time in a very long time, you can actually throw money at the Hawaiian QS. And maybe, if you’re lucky, it’ll cover the gifts on your Christmas list.BetOnline have put odds up for the Florence Pipe ...

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