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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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Welcome back to Episode 05 of the Surf100 Challenge Series Presented by Pacifico, the fifth of our eight-part $100,000 surf match.<br /><br />Four surfers remain in contention: Zeke Lau, Finn McGill, Dakoda Walters, and Dimitri Poulos.<br /><br />Only two surfers will survive into our classic Surf100 finale*, where they’ll face off against two mystery invitees for a chance at the six-figure prize purse.<br /><br />Our fifth challenge? Freeze Your Face Off.<br /><br />The vaseline-coated rules are as follows:<br /><br />- Four surfers split into two, one-hour head-to-head heats. One surfer advances each heat. <br />- In each heat, surfers can ride as many waves as they want, but only the top two scores count.<br />- The two surfers who advance from the first round are safe, the two surfers who don’t will surf one more heat for sudden death elimination. <br /><br />Here’s the full YouTube release schedule: <br />Ep 1: Live <br />Ep 2: Live <br />Ep 3: Live <br />Ep 4: Live <br />Ep 5: Live <br />Ep 6: Wednesday, August 12<br />Ep 7: Wednesday, August 26<br />Finale: Wednesday, September 9 on Stab Premium

Freeze Your Face Off For $100K
29th July, 2026

Welcome back to Episode 05 of the Surf100 Challenge Series Presented by Pacifico, the fifth of our eight-part $100,000 surf match.Four surfers remain in contention: Zeke Lau, Finn McGill, Dakoda Walters, and Dimitri Poulos.Only two surfers will survive into our classic Surf100 finale*, where they’ll face off against two mystery ...

“Anyone who does surfing is going to do it in their own way.”<br /><br />“The WSL does it in their own way, Stab does it in their own way. Obviously Louis Vuitton is going to do it in their own way. It’s going to be extra and over the top.” <br /><br />The question, really, is not whether Michael February belongs in a Louis Vuitton campaign. The question is whether anyone else could make the whole proposition look quite so fabulous.<br /><br />When the images dropped online, Mikey clad in a magnificent yellow knit, clutching a man-purse, the surf world was, you might say, a little divided. Some lamented the death of core surfing. Others accused LV of appropriating surf culture, or of repackaging the cultural myth of the Hollywood surf movie through an entirely outsider perspective.<br /><br />Rushing to the defence of Mikey and the great French luxury conglomerate were the wizened souls of Evan Slater and Joel Tudor.<br /><br />“It is so wild to me all the shit talking going on about the recent LV surf fashion line,” wrote Joel. “Yall are some hypocritical barneys.” <br /><br />A lot more yapping, back and forth, can be found in the comments here. <br /><br />Also in this ep: did Pharrell and Louis Vuitton rip off Vans? Dane seems to think the whole thing might be a marketing play, and a very smart one at that.<br /><br />The boys also talk team surf films, EAST, and check in with Rip Curl Padang Padang Cup comp director, Harry Mann.

From The Championship Tour To Louis Vuitton | Mikey February | StabMic Ep. 24
26th July, 2026

“Anyone who does surfing is going to do it in their own way.”“The WSL does it in their own way, Stab does it in their own way. Obviously Louis Vuitton is going to do it in their own way. It’s going to be extra and over the top.” The question, ...

“Anyone who does surfing is going to do it in their own way.”<br /><br />“The WSL does it in their own way, Stab does it in their own way. Obviously Louis Vuitton is going to do it in their own way. It’s going to be extra and over the top.” <br /><br />The question, really, is not whether Michael February belongs in a Louis Vuitton campaign. The question is whether anyone else could make the whole proposition look quite so fabulous.<br /><br />When the images dropped online, Mikey clad in a magnificent yellow knit, clutching a man-purse, the surf world was, you might say, a little divided. Some lamented the death of core surfing. Others accused LV of appropriating surf culture, or of repackaging the cultural myth of the Hollywood surf movie through an entirely outsider perspective.<br /><br />Rushing to the defence of Mikey and the great French luxury conglomerate were the wizened souls of Evan Slater and Joel Tudor.<br /><br />“It is so wild to me all the shit talking going on about the recent LV surf fashion line,” wrote Joel. “Yall are some hypocritical barneys.” <br /><br />A lot more yapping, back and forth, can be found in the comments here. <br /><br />Also in this ep: did Pharrell and Louis Vuitton rip off Vans? Dane seems to think the whole thing might be a marketing play, and a very smart one at that.<br /><br />The boys also talk team surf films, EAST, and check in with Rip Curl Padang Padang Cup comp director, Harry Mann.

From The Championship Tour To Louis Vuitton | Mikey February | StabMic Ep. 24
26th July, 2026

“Anyone who does surfing is going to do it in their own way.”“The WSL does it in their own way, Stab does it in their own way. Obviously Louis Vuitton is going to do it in their own way. It’s going to be extra and over the top.” The question, really, ...

“Everyone wanted to sign John. We just kind of thought, if he was going to start his own thing, now would be the time.”<br /><br />The surf industry has a long-running kink of slapping sticky hickeys on surfers and trying to squeeze them into the shape of a brand. Perhaps less so now, with the stickers losing some of their stick. But just look at our quasi-regular co-host, Dane Reynolds, whose lack of connection to the traditional surf-brand model ultimately led to his split from Quik and the creation of his own company.<br /><br />Five years into the Florence experiment, Sam and Doom sit down with Ryan Hurley, co-founder and creative director of Florence, to discuss the business of building a company around John Florence, the ambition to make it something much larger than a surf brand, and also Michael Jordan.<br /><br />But first, the origin story.<br /><br />When John’s contract was coming to an end, the offers were plentiful. Among them was a reported $1 million-a-year deal from Rip Curl. John could have signed with any major surf brand, accepted the full cheese platter laid out for his royalty and continued living the glamorous life of a professional surfer from yesteryear: ride for a company, appear in a few campaigns, help sell its clothes and earn millions of dollars.<br /><br />Instead, he started his own company. Although, as Ryan reveals in this episode, the idea wasn’t really John’s.<br /><br />It was proposed by Ryan and his brother Jeff, who had already built a considerable business at Hurley under the family patriarch, Bob. John had spent most of his career riding for Bob’s company. When his contract came up, the Hurley bro’s saw an opportunity.<br /><br />Everyone wanted to sign John. Why not build something with him instead? And for that matter, why not name the whole thing after him? <br /><br />Which brings us to MJ.<br /><br />The Jordan brand is the archetype for what Ryan wants Florence to become: a premium sports brand, built around a generational athlete, and eventually expanded into something that exists beyond the athlete’s original field.<br /><br />Jordan’s playing career eventually petered out in Charlotte, a slightly sad epilogue to the Bulls era. But by then, his name had already become a global sports company.<br /><br />Sidenote: who is the Michael Jordan of surfing? Probably Slater, for mine. John might be LeBron.<br /><br />Anyway, surfing, in this conception, is the point of origin, but it ain’t the final destination. Surfing leads to the ocean, the ocean to the great outdoors. And the great outdoors, theoretically, is a considerably larger market than surfing.<br /><br />If anyone can build that kind of bridge, Ryan believes, it is JJF.<br /><br />Ryan also has some fairly pointed thoughts on the current state of the surf industry. He sees the 1990s as its golden era, when surf brands were pushing design and culture forward, and the 2000s, with its helicopters and billionaires, as a kind of silver era. The present, well. A little light on the old abundance.<br /><br />Strange, then, that Florence is growing.<br /><br />“A lot of the old ways of doing things are broken, and I think it requires new thinking to create a new future,” Ryan says. “But it takes people time to come around to new ideas.”<br /><br />Also included: who is more important to Florence when it comes to selling product?<br /><br />John or Nathan?<br /><br />Find out in Episode 23 of StabMic.<br /><br />Thanks to our partners for making StabMic possible.<br /><br />Red Bull - https://www.redbull.com/au-en/hubs/surfing<br /><br />Yucca Fins - https://yuccafins.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoo-jnFw6S0Sp3-SSanLxyapm-HzNSBMGYBGterziCRzVYA2pSkl<br /><br />SlowTide - https://slowtide.co<br /><br />Devium - https://deviumusa.com/en-AU?srsltid=AfmBOooduRpygX1R4zQ1DavNxPjxBhnLrgyMtk1-K_4sJD0xENNBMBcm<br /><br />TurtleBox - https://turtleboxaudio.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqsjydQHwPJb71GjzpUHpk6Wg0wus-I_pDuqSZGvz1mlGQuab1q<br /><br />Vaer - https://www.vaerwatches.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqjLxH960nwiQ7-f-coMCS8o10lPVAz08fVGgs0tgKObfTFFJoo<br /><br />Dome Dust - https://www.domedust.com

How To Build A Brand Around John John Florence | StabMic Ep. 23
20th July, 2026

“Everyone wanted to sign John. We just kind of thought, if he was going to start his own thing, now would be the time.”The surf industry has a long-running kink of slapping sticky hickeys on surfers and trying to squeeze them into the shape of a brand. Perhaps less so ...

Welcome back to Episode 04 of the Surf100 Challenge Series Presented by Pacifico, the third of our eight-part $100,000 surf match.<br /><br />Five surfers remain in contention: Zeke Lau, Jackson Bunch, Finn McGill, Dakoda Walters, and Dimitri Poulos.<br /><br />Our fourth challenge? One-Trick-Pony.<br /><br />Our first brand new challenge of the season is as difficult as it is simple. The rules are as follows:<br /><br />- Five surfers, four 25-minute heats, one surfer advances each heat. <br />- In each heat, one category will be chosen — Lip, Rotation, Air, Rail.<br />- Only one maneuver counts for each surfer in each heat.<br />- The surfer with the highest score for a single maneuver in the relevant category advances. <br /><br />Here’s the full YouTube release schedule:<br /><br />Ep 1: Live <br />Ep 2: Live <br />Ep 3: Live <br />Ep 4: Wednesday, July 14<br />Ep 5: Wednesday, July 29<br />Ep 6: Wednesday, August 12<br />Ep 7: Wednesday, August 26<br />Live Finale: Wednesday, September 9 <br /><br />*** Reminder *** Of these five, only two surfers will survive into our classic Surf100 finale*, where they’ll face off against two mystery invitees for a chance at the six-figure prize purse Wednesday, September 9.

Best Maneuver Saves $100K
15th July, 2026

Welcome back to Episode 04 of the Surf100 Challenge Series Presented by Pacifico, the third of our eight-part $100,000 surf match.Five surfers remain in contention: Zeke Lau, Jackson Bunch, Finn McGill, Dakoda Walters, and Dimitri Poulos.Our fourth challenge? One-Trick-Pony.Our first brand new challenge of the season is as difficult as ...

“I used to just drift through the world and have all these magic moments surfing. Now, I try so hard to make them happen, and it’s just so rare. I can’t believe how lucky I was.” <br /><br />For those suffering from Dane deficiency, some numbers: in the average StabMic episode, Dane accounts for roughly 15% of the single-camera shots. This time, he's north of 50%. Which is to say: this is the most Dane-heavy conversation we've ever released. For the starving, for the long winter, for the Reynolds romantics, here's your feed in full. <br /><br />First, a few bones from the carcass before we hand you the entire beast.<br /><br />Y2K is out.<br /><br />“It’s cool to get inspiration from the past, but to completely replicate it is weird.”<br /><br />On the fear of being stuck in the past:<br /><br />“Sometimes I wonder if I'm playing in a dated format, making surf films. But making 15-second clips for Instagram just doesn’t excite me.”<br /><br />On the architecture of a good surf film:<br /><br />“You’ve gotta create some sort of a narrative or a storyline. A lot of the time I like to edit body positions to match, from frame to frame. It’s not like a Marvel movie or anything, but you’re definitely carrying the viewer through it. It needs context. In my opinion, what makes a film is carrying from wave to wave, from song to song. It needs some sort of arc.”<br /><br />“I feel like I’m sounding like a kooky artist or some shit. Like I’m making surf films more complicated than they are.”<br /><br />On music:<br /><br />“Say using a Rolling Stones track -  the viewer already has that song embedded in their psyche. They already have an emotional connection to it, so the surfing doesn’t look fresh.”<br /><br />On the Instagram torture chamber:<br /><br />“It’s kind of maddening. Like a hot chick that's having a margarita at sunset at a nice pool… you're just like, cool. Really glad for you. Stoked for you. What the fuck!”<br /><br />On the creative process:<br /><br />“There’s no playbook for making things work… you’ve gotta trust your feeling. It’s a lot of feeling.”<br /><br />Alright then. Grab a fork. Dinner is served.

Why Surf Films Will Never Win An Oscar | StabMic Ep. 22
13th July, 2026

“I used to just drift through the world and have all these magic moments surfing. Now, I try so hard to make them happen, and it’s just so rare. I can’t believe how lucky I was.” For those suffering from Dane deficiency, some numbers: in the average StabMic episode, Dane accounts ...

Ethan Ewing weighs in on WSL Wildcard system on StabMic podcast

should WSL Ban Wildcards?
7th July, 2026

Ethan Ewing weighs in on WSL Wildcard system on StabMic podcast ...

Why is Griffin Colapinto quoting Theodore Roosevelt?<br /><br />Why did his mother spend his formative years threatening him with homelessness? What are Gabby Medina’s hobbies? And why has Griff's romantic life, at various points, become a subject of interest among anonymous Instagram accounts?<br /><br />This week on the StabMic, we get them answers.<br /><br />Griff occupies a strange place in modern surfing. He's one of the best surfers on Earth, deeply spiritual, relentlessly positive, shares his journal entries on social media, quotes dead American presidents, and has also accumulated an online anti-fanbase. <br /><br />According to Griff, none of it ever really got to him. Years of hard-won self-love saw to that. It did, however, get to his mum, who apparently took the pile-ons personally.<br /><br />Speaking of his mother, she may also be responsible for much of his success, thanks to a particularly motivating parenting strategy:<br /><br />"My mum always told me I was going to be homeless. And I was like, 'No I'm not. Watch this.'"<br /><br />Griff insists he's mostly just a hardworking and genuine person trying to do his best, and sometimes he also likes to party.<br /><br />Somewhere around the halfway mark, after the world tour comp chat runs its course, the post-heat interview version of Griff exits, and we settle into a nice little picnic bro-date with tea and scones and giggles. <br /><br />Also joining us this week is our very own Joey Amico, temporarily occupying Dane's chair. His sustained commitment to taking the piss out of Dooma suggests he understands the assignment.<br /><br />StabMic is supported by: <br /><br />Red Bull: https://www.redbull.com/au-en/hubs/surfing<br /><br />Yucca Fins: https://yuccafins.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoo-jnFw6S0Sp3-SSanLxyapm-HzNSBMGYBGterziCRzVYA2pSkl<br /><br />Devium USA: https://deviumusa.com/en-AU?srsltid=AfmBOooduRpygX1R4zQ1DavNxPjxBhnLrgyMtk1-K_4sJD0xENNBMBcm<br /><br />Patagonia: https://www.patagonia.com.au/collections/mens-capilene-cool-trail-shirts?srsltid=AfmBOooxpx-8SweJx73OapbV3EfVWxWf1nzisegGGq4XrkWN4M9tgZ6b<br /><br />SlowTide: https://slowtide.co<br /><br />TurtleBox: https://turtleboxaudio.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqsjydQHwPJb71GjzpUHpk6Wg0wus-I_pDuqSZGvz1mlGQuab1q<br /><br />Rationale Brewing: https://rationalebrewing.com/?srsltid=AfmBOor_i6ez4Nz9HokFXbagMVas1YCIEgI7GQJKBnTJs7qnSHdsCeqf

The Man In The Arena | StabMic Ep. 21
6th July, 2026

Why is Griffin Colapinto quoting Theodore Roosevelt?Why did his mother spend his formative years threatening him with homelessness? What are Gabby Medina’s hobbies? And why has Griff's romantic life, at various points, become a subject of interest among anonymous Instagram accounts?This week on the StabMic, we get them answers.Griff occupies ...

Welcome back to Episode 03 of the Surf100 Challenge Series Presented by Pacifico, the third of our eight-part $100,000 surf match.<br /><br />Six surfers remain in contention: Zeke Lau, Jackson Bunch, Finn McGill, Ryan Huckabee, Dakoda Walters, and Dimitri Poulos.<br /><br />Our third challenge? Friendly Fire.<br /><br />Modeled after the same challenge that led to Ian Crane’s infamous Rincon crashout last year, the Steamer Lane challenge is structured as follows:<br /><br />- Six surfers compete in a 2 v. 2 v. 2 tag-team match-up.<br />- Each surfer can catch up to three waves, but only the wave they claim is scored. <br />- Once a surfer claims a wave, they head to the beach and tag in their next teammate. <br />- The second teammate must surf and claim their wave before 30 minutes are up.<br />- Each team’s two claimed waves are combined to form their heat total.<br />- The team with the highest heat total in Round 1 is safe<br />- The team that loses Round 2 will then be split in Round 3 and have to surf against one another to decide who goes home.<br /><br />Here’s the full YouTube release schedule:<br />Ep 1: Live <br />Ep 2: Live <br />Ep 3: Live <br />Ep 4: Wednesday, July 14<br />Ep 5: Wednesday, July 29<br />Ep 6: Wednesday, August 12<br />Ep 7: Wednesday, August 26<br />Live Finale: Wednesday, September 9 <br /><br />*** Reminder *** Of these six, only two surfers will survive into our classic Surf100 finale*, where they’ll face off against two mystery invitees for a chance at the six-figure prize purse Wednesday, September 9.

$100K Relay Turns Friends To Enemies
1st July, 2026

Welcome back to Episode 03 of the Surf100 Challenge Series Presented by Pacifico, the third of our eight-part $100,000 surf match.Six surfers remain in contention: Zeke Lau, Jackson Bunch, Finn McGill, Ryan Huckabee, Dakoda Walters, and Dimitri Poulos.Our third challenge? Friendly Fire.Modeled after the same challenge that led to Ian ...

“This is surfing. The meanest people in the world get into making surfboards.” <br /><br />Surprising, then, that perhaps the most cartoonishly cheerful man in surfing right now also happens to be a board builder: Dan Mann.<br /><br />Dan’s been something of a hot industry topic in recent months, following his contentious victory in Stab In The Dark X, when Kelly Slater elected to crown his own shaper the best of the decade, prompting several weeks of the surfing world accusing him of being a self-licking ice cream cone.<br /><br />But Dan would get a chance to respond soon enough. A month later, in the rapidly assembled Stab In The Dark starring Ethan Ewing, Dan’s board, the same model, just scaled up to accommodate the mass and velocity of the Smooth Gorilla, made it all the way to the final, narrowly losing out to Hayden Shapes.<br /><br />Place some respect on the Mann’s name.<br /><br />This episode also features Stab co-founder Sam McIntosh, filling the chair usually occupied by Dane Reynolds.<br /><br />Before you oil your pitchforks, here’s the situation.<br /><br />It’s proven difficult to lock Dane down week to week, given the number of businesses, projects, and assorted obligations currently competing for his attention. Frankly, we’re lucky we’ve managed to get as much of him as we have.<br /><br />So, on the weeks Dane isn’t around, we’re experimenting with a slightly different flavour of StabMic: a more industry-focused edition, speaking with the people who keep the machinery of surfing turning, on both sides of the curtain. Think How Surfers Get Paid-lite.<br /><br />In this episode, Sam and Dooma shake Dan Mann by the shoulders and out fall the following opinions: surfboard shaping is too individualistic and needs more collaboration between the heads of the hydra; shit-talking is good for surfing, though he hates participating in it and especially hates being the recipient of it; PU boards are a bad habit we’re collectively unwilling to quit; and the future of surfboard performance already exists, sitting in plain sight, waiting for us to develop the courage or financial incentive to embrace it.<br /><br />For those who still long for Dane, who miss him when he’s not around, who’ve grown used to his weekly opinions arriving after decades of careful rationing, fret not. We’ve added a weekly Jordy and Dane segment. It will now exist in perpetuity, or until further notice.<br /><br />Alright then. Nature abhors a vacuum. This is episode #20 of StabMic.<br /><br />StabMic is supported by: <br /><br />Patagonia - https://www.patagonia.com.au/collections/mens-capilene-cool-trail-shirts?srsltid=AfmBOooxpx-8SweJx73OapbV3EfVWxWf1nzisegGGq4XrkWN4M9tgZ6b<br /><br />Yucca Fins - https://yuccafins.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoo-jnFw6S0Sp3-SSanLxyapm-HzNSBMGYBGterziCRzVYA2pSkl<br /><br />Rationale Brewing: https://rationalebrewing.com/?srsltid=AfmBOor_i6ez4Nz9HokFXbagMVas1YCIEgI7GQJKBnTJs7qnSHdsCeqf<br /><br />Slowtide: https://slowtide.co/?srsltid=AfmBOopO4mursmOR_6bzvcr9bZHCVxNWt6muiSy7ZkG5LmkDUYRhBJxb

Are Surfboard Shapers The Meanest People In The World? | StabMic Ep. 20
29th June, 2026

“This is surfing. The meanest people in the world get into making surfboards.” Surprising, then, that perhaps the most cartoonishly cheerful man in surfing right now also happens to be a board builder: Dan Mann.Dan’s been something of a hot industry topic in recent months, following his contentious victory in ...

Sword fighting at Jaws. The untold story of Maya Gabeira’s near drowning. $40K paydays for surf photographers. Big-wave measurement musings. In Season 2, Episode 10 of How Surfers Get Paid, we investigate the cultural resonance of Big Wave Surfing. <br /><br />Watch "The Bounty Hunters" on Stab Premium. <br /><br />https://stabmag.com/stabcinema/how-surfers-get-paid-the-bounty-hunters/

How Surfers Get Paid: S02EP10 [Trailer]
24th June, 2026

Sword fighting at Jaws. The untold story of Maya Gabeira’s near drowning. $40K paydays for surf photographers. Big-wave measurement musings. In Season 2, Episode 10 of How Surfers Get Paid, we investigate the cultural resonance of Big Wave Surfing. Watch "The Bounty Hunters" on Stab Premium. ...

Prerequisites for riding for Former:<br />– Must be able to hang on trips<br />– Must be willing to sleep on the floor of a warehouse<br /><br />That's about it.<br /><br />Before you volunteer your soul, there's also the unspoken requirement that Dane Reynolds and Craig Anderson respect your surfing.<br /><br />Yep.<br /><br />It’s alright. Sit back down. There’s a seat here, still warm, right next to me. <br /><br />Since this weekly chat began, we've been trying to pry the story of Former out of Dane. He usually gives us a few scraps before laughing about the various ways the business nearly imploded.<br /><br />This week he's joined by longtime friend and business partner, Craig Anderson, a relationship that stretches back to the Modern Collective days, before the birth of their long-running creative alliance at Quiksilver.<br /><br />The pair unpack the many occasions Former almost failed, did fail, or found itself staring directly at the abyss. At one point the company was hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and operating out of Dane's garage. <br /><br />Despite a career spent brushing up against extinction, Former is still here today, more air in the lungs now, beating harder than it ever has. <br /><br />They also discuss the future of the brand, the makings of their new film, Defect, their years together at Quik, signing Elijah Berle following his online spat with Austyn Gillette, and the lasting impact of the late Dylan Rieder on the brand, the business, and the people around it.<br /><br />Episode 19. One of my favourites, for whatever that's worth.<br /><br />Thanks to our sponsors, Rationale, Yucca Fins, Patagonia, and SlowTide, for making StabMic possible.

How Not To Start A Surf Brand, With Craig Anderson & Dane Reynolds | StabMic Ep. 19
22nd June, 2026

Prerequisites for riding for Former:– Must be able to hang on trips– Must be willing to sleep on the floor of a warehouseThat's about it.Before you volunteer your soul, there's also the unspoken requirement that Dane Reynolds and Craig Anderson respect your surfing.Yep.It’s alright. Sit back down. There’s a seat ...

Welcome back to Episode 02 of the Surf100 Challenge Series Presented by Pacifico, the second of our eight-part $100,000 surf match.<br /><br />The second challenge? King Of The Hill. <br /><br />After eliminating Kyuss King at Blacks Beach in Episode 01, seven surfers remain in contention: Zeke Lau, Jackson Bunch, Finn McGill, Ryan Huckabee, Benji Brand, Dakoda Walters, and Dimitri Poulos.<br /><br />The second episode’s format is a riff on the popular schoolyard game. It’s structured as follows:<br /><br />Seven 15-minute heats.<br />Unlimited waves.<br />The surfer with the best single wave in each heat is safe and advances to the next challenge.<br />Everyone else? Still vulnerable. Still surfing.<br />This continues until only one surfer remains… and is eliminated.<br /><br />Here’s the full YouTube release schedule:<br /><br />Ep 1: Wednesday, June 3<br />Ep 2: Wednesday, June 17<br />Ep 3: Wednesday, July 1<br />Ep 4: Wednesday, July 14<br />Ep 5: Wednesday, July 29<br />Ep 6: Wednesday, August 12<br />Ep 7: Wednesday, August 26<br />Live Finale: Wednesday, September 9*<br /><br />*Watch the finale online exclusively on Stab Premium, or join us in person for the big song and dance (all comers welcome, details TBA).

Last Surfer Out Loses $100K
17th June, 2026

Welcome back to Episode 02 of the Surf100 Challenge Series Presented by Pacifico, the second of our eight-part $100,000 surf match.The second challenge? King Of The Hill. After eliminating Kyuss King at Blacks Beach in Episode 01, seven surfers remain in contention: Zeke Lau, Jackson Bunch, Finn McGill, Ryan Huckabee, ...

If you ain't the one, you the prototype.<br /><br />Every institution has its creation myth. Rome had Romulus and Remus, Apple had the garage, The Beats had the 1944 murder. <br /><br />StabMic, in its larval stage, had no posters, sponsors, or Danny from the booth. It wasn't even StabMic yet. It was just an idea, and perhaps the defining idea of the modern male condition.<br /><br />We should start a podcast.<br /><br />This was sometime around the end of 2024.<br /><br />Dane and Dooma never got around to settling on a name, though several contenders emerged from the primordial soup: Shit Salad, Off The Pulse, Sucking Dick For Beer Money, Unemployable, and Nonsense. Fine names, in my opinion, if slightly difficult to monetise. History is written by the victors and unfortunately, so are algorithm-friendly podcast titles.<br /><br />On moving day at the old Chapter 11 store in Ventura, they filmed a pilot episode, an early hominid in the StabMic evolutionary timeline. Consequently, the recording is punctuated by customers wondering if the store was still trading, people searching for the new location, and team riders intermittently raiding the fridge for beer.<br /><br />The production values were also slightly lower than our current Ventura dungeon.<br /><br />One camera, a couple of microphones Dooma paid for himself, and several Coors Lights for social lubrication. Civilisation has been built on less. Many ramblings ensued. <br /><br />The conversation meandered through Dane's fascination with inland America, from the magic of Idaho to the hoax of Wyoming, before eventually arriving at a number of his hotter takes.<br /><br />On the success of the Florence hood:<br /><br />"It pisses me off that he was able to do that."<br /><br />"I'm not pissed off at John John, he rules, but it pisses me off how quickly he was able to connect with his audience, and that we weren't. It's a jealous thing."<br /><br />On the financial mistakes of his career:<br /><br />"I was just an idiot. I wouldn't do anything if I thought it was whack. I was very ungrateful. Money just wasn't a tangible thing to me at the time. What they were paying me, and what they expected out of me, and how I was always just like, 'fuck you!' I was not grateful at all. Pro surfing doesn't set you up for much humility."<br /><br />"I didn't think I was cool or rad or anything like that. I just didn't see the transaction of money meaning anything."<br /><br />"Money didn't mean anything to me in my 20s. I'd only spend money on donuts and surf trips, and my sponsors would pay for those. With Monster, I was an idiot. I rode for them for a while, but when it came to re-signing, I was like, 'Uhhh, I don't really like Monsters, so I don't want to ride for them anymore.'"<br /><br />"I would have been such a failure if I was growing up in this era. It's so cringey to me to be self-promotional, and now you just have to be."<br /><br />Dane also admits to turning down significant money from sunglasses brands because he hates wearing them. They make him feel like he's wearing a mask, he says. Like he's pretending to be somebody else.<br /><br />An hour-long experiment was all it took for the suspicion to form that this might be something worth continuing. Dooma got chatting with Sam Mc. One thing led to another, and roughly a year later, StabMic arrived.<br /><br />We're now four and a half months into the project. Long enough, we thought, to revisit its awkward adolescence. <br /><br />This is the first recorded episode of StabMic in chronological time.<br /><br />Episode 18 in the order of release.<br /><br />Enjoy.<br /><br />This episode was filmed by Kevin Janson. Big thanks to our sponsors, Rationale Brewing and Yucca Fins, too.

Dane Reynolds Discusses The Biggest Regrets Of His Surfing Career | StabMic Ep. 18
12th June, 2026

If you ain't the one, you the prototype.Every institution has its creation myth. Rome had Romulus and Remus, Apple had the garage, The Beats had the 1944 murder. StabMic, in its larval stage, had no posters, sponsors, or Danny from the booth. It wasn't even StabMic yet. It was just ...

“There’s really nothing extreme about the Mindcraft,” Kelly says, “except for the fact that it’s a lot less board than you’re typically looking at.”<br /><br />We'll be the judge of that. <br /><br />In our latest Joyride, Stab's Michael Ciaramella samples Kelly Slater and Daniel Thomson's newest model, the Mindcraft, courtesy of Slater Designs.<br /><br />Presented by Futures.

We Tested Kelly Slater's New Board | The Mindcraft Joyride
11th June, 2026

“There’s really nothing extreme about the Mindcraft,” Kelly says, “except for the fact that it’s a lot less board than you’re typically looking at.”We'll be the judge of that. In our latest Joyride, Stab's Michael Ciaramella samples Kelly Slater and Daniel Thomson's newest model, the Mindcraft, courtesy of Slater Designs.Presented ...

Round up a dozen of the world's best shapers. Lock them in their respective sheds and ask them to solve the same problem twelve different ways. Gather whatever they create, paint the rails blue and ship them off to Sumbawa. <br /><br />Acquire Ethan Ewing. Clear his schedule, handle him with care. Ship him to Sumbawa too.<br /><br />Point a few cameras at him, put him in warm water, let him loose. Set the Smooth Gorilla free. <br /><br />Make a film about it. Actually, make a TV series. Market him as a man inconvenienced by language itself. Send along Taj Burrow to help translate. Let him surf too.<br /><br />Then crack the whole thing open. Let the kid talk. Show that we’re all just bags of meat with galaxies inside, even the quiet ones.<br /><br />Ask him to pick a favourite board. Don’t discourage him from choosing outside the aristocracy. Not one of the big dogs, in his words. Let him repeat it, too. How cool, he says, for an underling to win.<br /><br />Follow his travel schedule, hold premieres in its wake. Let the people gather in dark rooms and watch.<br /><br />Then, finally, sit Ethan Ewing and Dane Reynolds down and ask them to talk about all of the above, and a whole lot more. <br /><br />This is episode 17 of StabMic. Enjoy.

Ethan Ewing & Dane Reynolds Discuss The Best Surfboard On The Planet | StabMic Ep. 17
7th June, 2026

Round up a dozen of the world's best shapers. Lock them in their respective sheds and ask them to solve the same problem twelve different ways. Gather whatever they create, paint the rails blue and ship them off to Sumbawa. Acquire Ethan Ewing. Clear his schedule, handle him with care. Ship ...

Imagine underscoring Zeke. EP 1 of Surf100 is live!
4th June, 2026

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The CT warmups are on in El Salvador, with a massive swell slamming Punta Roca. And guess what... it's sticking around for the main event too. <br /><br />Stace Galbraith and Mikey Ciaramella debate round one matchups while the world's best do their thing.

Ethan, Griffin, Robbo & Al vs MASSIVE Punta Roca
3rd June, 2026

The CT warmups are on in El Salvador, with a massive swell slamming Punta Roca. And guess what... it's sticking around for the main event too. Stace Galbraith and Mikey Ciaramella debate round one matchups while the world's best do their thing. ...

Welcome to Season 2 of the Surf100 Challenge Series presented by Pacifico, the first of our eight -part $100,000 surf match. <br /><br />Only two surfers will survive into our classic Surf100 finale*, where they’ll face off against two mystery invitees for a chance at the six-figure prize purse.<br /><br />The surfers: Zeke Lau, Jackson Bunch, Finn McGill, Ryan Huckabee, Kyuss King, Benji Brand, Dakoda Walters, and Dimitri Poulos.<br /><br />Our first challenge? Capture the flag. <br /><br />The rules are simple: everyone paddles out for a 100-minute surf. At the 50-minute mark, the surfer with the best combined left/right score advances. Every 10 minutes after that, the surfer with the top combined score moves on to the next challenge.<br /><br />This continues until there are two surfers left at the 100-minute mark. After that, the surfer with the lowest combined score will be sent home.<br /><br />Here’s the full YouTube release schedule:<br /><br />Ep 1: Wednesday, June 3<br />Ep 2: Wednesday, June 17<br />Ep 3: Wednesday, July 1<br />Ep 4: Wednesday, July 14<br />Ep 5: Wednesday, July 29<br />Ep 6: Wednesday, August 12<br />Ep 7: Wednesday, August 26<br />Live Finale: Wednesday, September 9*<br /><br />*Watch the finale online exclusively on Stab Premium, or join us in person for the big song and dance (all comers welcome, details TBA).

8 Pro Surfers vs. Pumping Blacks Beach
3rd June, 2026

Welcome to Season 2 of the Surf100 Challenge Series presented by Pacifico, the first of our eight -part $100,000 surf match. Only two surfers will survive into our classic Surf100 finale*, where they’ll face off against two mystery invitees for a chance at the six-figure prize purse.The surfers: Zeke Lau, ...

How do you measure success?<br /><br />Money? Conquests? Desires fulfilled?<br /><br />You know you’ve really made it when your name ends up in the dictionary describing a certain type of behaviour. An eponym is what we’d call it, if we were trying to sound intelligent. Which we are. So that’s what we’ll call it.<br /><br />Machiavellian, from Niccolò Machiavelli — describing someone willing to do nasty things in pursuit of an outcome. The end justifies the means. Real serpent behaviour and definitely nothing like the current moment we live in.<br /><br />Orwellian, from George Orwell — used to describe authoritarian control, surveillance, dystopian systems, and definitely nothing like the current moment we live in.<br /><br />Eithaning, from Eithan Osborne — coined by Dane Reynolds. A more contemporary addition to the discourse. Not yet recognised by major dictionaries, though give it time. Used to describe a specific type of erratic lineup behaviour that creates mass irritation, destroys all peace, and makes surfers question their instincts, positioning, and basic understanding of waves.<br /><br />We’ve long said Dane is at his best in these podcasts when he shares history with the guest, and this episode might be the clearest example yet. Fellow Ventura local, Chapter 11 affiliate, Stab High, Monster Air winner + Surf100 champ, Eithan Osborne joins Dane and Dooma at the desk this week.<br /><br />The gents discuss Dane joining the local YMCA and being spotted curling his biceps, Former offering Eithan a deal before being outbid by Billabong, Eithan opening a wellness centre to repair his broken body, and plenty more.<br /><br />Whole lotta laffs in this one. Ep 16, enjoy.

Dane Reynolds + Eithan Osborne Discuss The Birth Of Ch11 tv | StabMic Ep. 16
29th May, 2026

How do you measure success?Money? Conquests? Desires fulfilled?You know you’ve really made it when your name ends up in the dictionary describing a certain type of behaviour. An eponym is what we’d call it, if we were trying to sound intelligent. Which we are. So that’s what we’ll call it.Machiavellian, ...

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