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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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Loading Audio Player By Instaread, Please Wait... Come August 8th, 23-year-old Eimeo Czermak and 13-year-old Kelia “Miss Teahupo’o” Gallina will be one heat away from potentially knocking the number one surfers in the world. The two just beat the entire field of locals at mostly-pumping Teahupo’o to become the 2026 Tahiti Pro Trials winners and receive their wildcard spot in the Outerknown Tahiti Pro 2026.

Pop in the Airpods, pitch a tent and indulge. Loading Audio Player By Instaread, Please Wait... Welcome back to The Drop: a podcast, of that there can be no doubt. This week, our cheerful hosts Buck and Mikey get their vocal cords going with a Surf100 Challenge Series presented by Pacifico check-in before returning to the lingering post-Saquarema hangover, where Italy, via Leo Fioravanti, wrenched itself into surfing’s most powerful position, at least for another month and some change.

A slightly panicked state-of-the-union on pods, films, goofies, shapers, and the glass ceiling of wavepool progression. Get Stab Premium Home to the greatest films, series, and editorial in surfing. Already a member? Sign In Stab In The Dark, How Surfers Get Paid, Electric Acid Surfboard Test and many more. Breaking news, exclusive interviews, untold stories and industry deep dives. Member-only merch drops. Tees, hats and accessories you won't find anywhere else.

DSRT SURF is unlike anything we’ve surfed. Get Stab Premium Home to the greatest films, series, and editorial in surfing. Already a member? Sign In Stab In The Dark, How Surfers Get Paid, Electric Acid Surfboard Test and many more. Breaking news, exclusive interviews, untold stories and industry deep dives. Member-only merch drops. Tees, hats and accessories you won't find anywhere else. Like free surfboards and all-expenses-paid surf trips? Here's your ticket.

Loading Audio Player By Instaread, Please Wait... There’s a reason some of us watch people like Rasta or Torren Martyn more closely than we follow the CT rankings. Or maybe more than one. There’s the surfing, obviously, but there’s also the belief that we could be drawing comparable lines, or adopting similar lifestyles. We wouldn’t need to go through the qualification circuit, or even enter a local contest.

How to surf Cloud 9, according to 2018 QS winner Skip McCulloch. Get Stab Premium Home to the greatest films, series, and editorial in surfing. Already a member? Sign In Stab In The Dark, How Surfers Get Paid, Electric Acid Surfboard Test and many more. Breaking news, exclusive interviews, untold stories and industry deep dives. Member-only merch drops. Tees, hats and accessories you won't find anywhere else. Like free surfboards and all-expenses-paid surf trips? Here's your ticket.

The French surfer/model on building ViVi and partnering with a sporting goods giant. Get Stab Premium Home to the greatest films, series, and editorial in surfing. Already a member? Sign In Stab In The Dark, How Surfers Get Paid, Electric Acid Surfboard Test and many more. Breaking news, exclusive interviews, untold stories and industry deep dives. Member-only merch drops. Tees, hats and accessories you won't find anywhere else. Like free surfboards and all-expenses-paid surf trips? Here's your ticket.