Jack O'Neill Paterson

Loading Audio Player By Instaread, Please Wait... On Thursday night, a clip landed in my inbox from Brad Flora of Thrash Craft Surfboards — a young surfer out of Lakey Peak boosting a proper stalefish. His name is Alfan. Thrash Craft had recently put him on the team and flew him to Bali. “We flew him over, set him up with a quiver, and he goes and does this on his first wave on a board he’s never ridden,” says Brad. “His name is ALFAN… no last name.” The boards appear to be working.

Loading Audio Player By Instaread, Please Wait... Why did Griffin Colapinto’s 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 a strange place in modern surfing.

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