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Episodes
- The Truth About Stab in the Dark
Our new Stab in the Dark winner is surprising to say the least. Mikey and Buck break down Ethan's final ep with all its twists and turns, explain the new Surf100 season, discuss Gabriel Medina's foam infidelity, announce the best boardshor…
- The Skinny Meat Head Episode | StabMic Ep. 16
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 int…
- Raglan Winners & Losers + Ethan's Stab In The Dark Finalists
What is happening on the CT right now? We're a third of the way through the season, and there are four Brazilian goofies atop the men's rankings. On the women's side, no one seems to have found the world champ pace. At least we got to see…
- Have We Moved Into A New Era Of Surfing? StabMic Ep. 15
“It’s hard to judge when these guys are progressing the sport that much, in such a short amount of time.” Among the vape stores selling synthetic cannabinoids, packeted magic mushrooms, and aggressively branded T-shirts bearing prophetic s…
- Internationally Recognised Flying Object: Hughie Vaughan | StabMic Ep. 14
Hard to talk aerial surfing, these days, without coughing up the name Hughie Vaughan. Harder still to believe he’s only 19 years old. He’s really taken flight, if you will, over the past few years. The original seed for the Bottle Rockets…
- The Vaughan Dynasty Continues + Afterparty Drama
Hughie Vaughan scores a perfect 50 to win Stab High x Monster Energy Virginia Beach, extending the Vaughan Dynasty from Japan and Sydney to the eastern US. Mikey and Buck discuss everything that went down this weekend with sore heads (and…
- Questionable Threeway At Stab High x Monster!
Stace, Mikey, and Buck preview the Stab High competition, scheduled for May 15-16 EST.
- Who Can Beat Medina At Raglan?
This episode analyzes the Raglan surfing competition, identifying Medina as a likely favorite. The discussion covers his potential path through surfers including Griffin, Filipe, and possibly Yago or Italo, anticipating a competitive event.
- Jordy Smith & Dane Reynolds Revisit Their Media-Manufactured Rivalry | StabMic Ep. 13
Jordy Smith appeared on StabMic Ep. 13 with Dane Reynolds and Dooma. They discussed their early careers, a manufactured rivalry, experiences with wave pools, and personal injuries.
- Snapper Rocks Reminds Us What Pro Surfing Can Be
Stace G and Mikey C discuss the Snapper Rocks competition results, including Eth and Steph's podium finishes and DHD's performance. The episode also covers details from the event's afterparties.
- Taj Burrow & Dane Reynolds On Ageing & The Paris Hilton Era Of Surfing | StabMic Ep. 12
In StabMic Ep. 12, Taj Burrow and Dane Reynolds discuss the challenges of ageing as surfers and recount experiences like sharing private jets with Paris Hilton. Burrow also touches on protecting Ethan Ewing during the Stab in the Dark prod…
- Snapper Rocks preview + your top 10 favorite surfers in 2026
We're back with a double-header ep. First up, Buck & Mikey cover general surf news, including Stab int eh Dark insights and a breakdown of our audience's favorite surfers in 2026. Then Stace G joins the pod to give his Snapper preview live…
- StaceG & Tom De Souza talk priority, life, surfing & otherwise
Stace catches up with the man on the ground Tom De Souza to talk all things Margaret River Pro. Mainly who not to film in the car park. Thanks for dropping in.
- Dane Reynolds' On Music You Should NEVER Pair With Surfing
“You’ll see some guy run a Slayer track at Emma Wood and you’re like WTF. The music has to match the energy of the surfing. The energy of the music has to lay just below the surfing. It has to lift it up, not eclipse it.” As far as tastema…
- Is Surfing For The Rich? | StabMic Episode 10
“My ego and my common sense still argue with each other.” For someone who’s spent decades stress-testing the edge of what’s survivable, Nate Fletcher talks about his surfing career like it was mostly something that just happened around him…
- Have High-Performance Surfboards Already Peaked? | StabMic Episode 09
“We could never pay back Kelly Slater for what he did for Channel Islands. That’s the truth of it. What does he want? The whole company?” As you’ll remember in SITDX, Britt Merrick spoke to the fracture left by Kelly’s departure from CI –…
- StaceG x Josiah give their Margaret River Pro Predictions.
Mikey C has been axed, Josiah has been relegated from StabMIC to the Drop. Another week, another contest! Lets drop in to everything that is the Margaret River Pro.
- The World's Best Surfer Has Zero World Titles
Stab in the Dark with Ethan Ewing Episode 1 is now live, and it raises an important question. Not who he will pick as the winner — that will come — but whether a better surfer has ever existed. Mikey and Buck discuss this point, along with…
- Dane Reynolds On Shaper Polyamory, Tour Politics + The Aussie Treble | StabMic Episode 8
Dane is back. Mercy. Things resume. To watch along visit here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krloTW3PL1k Dane has become almost synonymous with anti-competition, his exit at the peak of his powers romanticised, mythologised even, into a…
- Bells Picks, Predictions & Reactions on our First Youtube Ep!
It only took us 7 years, but The Drop has finally gone to Youtube! For pre-event eps, at least. And the best part is, you don't need to look at our ugly heads the whole time — live Bells warmups are the real star of the show. Listen on you…
- Our Official 2026 World Title Picks
Stace G and Mikey C give their long-awaited 2026 CT season preview, including: - Changes to the Tour - Rookie class analysis - Shaper Rankings favorites - World title picks and darkhorses
- Stab Mic: Christopher Chippa Wilson
Little Weeds winner, Stab High champ, and surfing's master technician Chris Wilson joins the pod to discuss his favorite aerialists, a new sponsor and that time he nearly died surfing for a Stab film. This is Stab Mic episode 07, hosted by…
- A Controversial Week In Surfing
A wave that killed a friendship. Another that tormented our writer. And an interview with an Israeli CT rookie that ruffled many a subscriber's feathers. Mikey and Buck discuss.
- Stab Mic: The Child Prodigy Episode
15-year old snow/surf phenom Patti Zhou and 3-minute tube-hunter Koa Smith join Josiah and Dooma in the StabMic studio. This ep is sponsored by Sun Bum and Roark.
- Rookie CTer Breaks Down Newcastle
Stace Galbraith is joined by recent CS grad Oscar Berry to chat about his ascension to the CT, Newcastle carnage, and who he thinks will be the Rookie of the Year.
- John John Florence + Dane Reynolds Recall The Best Session Of Their Lives
This podcast is also a video, watch along here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_uNAACqhF0 Subscribe to Stab Premium: https://stabmag.com/pricing/ EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Two thousand and twelve. Kony. The predicted apocalypse didn’t come, a…
- The Final Challenger Series Podcast
Mikey and Buck break down the 2026/27 CS changes, Stace and Vaughan Blakey preview the final event of 2025/26.
- Was Kelly Slater’s Stab in the Dark Rigged? Sam McIntosh Weighs In | Stab Mic Ep4
How long can Kelly Slater, star of Stab In The Dark X and, less famously, the greatest competitive surfer of all time, remain the topic of conversation at stabmag.com? Indefinitely, one suspects. He is, after all, the most fascinating and…
- Kelly Slater + Dane Reynolds Talk Lineup Psychosis And The Untold Stories Of SITD X
Watch the latest episode of Stab in the Dark X starring Kelly Slater here https://stabmag.com/stabcinema/watch-... Any genuinely endearing conversation might hinge on seating Dane Reynolds next to someone improbable and letting the room do…
- Surfing World Champs vs. ISA
Has Fernando gone too far, or are CT surfers being petulant little children? Mikey and Buck share their thoughts on the recent ISA/WSL kerfuffle, along with: - a SITDX ep 3 breakdown + finale update - an industry report with more sticker c…
- Stab Mic: Dane Reynolds Interviews Yago Dora
The reigning world champ gets grilled by his childhood hero on all things surfing and life. We listen in like Watergate. This is episode 2 of the Stab Mic — watch the full video version on Stab Magazine's Youtube channel.
- StabMic: Dane Reynolds On The State of Surfing in 2026
The first (aired) episode of StabMic is here, and with a massive guest to kick things off. Watch the full show with visuals on stabmag.com or the Stab Premium app.
- Stab Writer Saves Drowning Children In Santa Cruz Boat Crash!
The week of Holden Trnka is upon us. Buck and Mikey discuss the Pipe CS event (which Holden covered from the tent), a wildly under-rockered boat storming the Steamer Lane lineup (which Holden not only witnessed, but assisted in the life-sa…
- Exclusive Interview: John Florence On Why He Left The Tour
Massive three-part ep incoming! Not only did John Florence sit down (exclusively) with Stab's co-founder Sam McIntosh to chat about his recent departure from the tour, and what he'll be doing to grow his brand(s) in the meantime... This ep…
- Why JJF's Out, Raglan's In, And A Pipe CS Preview
Is John John really leaving because of Raglan? Depends on who you believe... Stace G and Mikey C break down all this week's WSL news, plus provide a forecast + picks for the upcoming Pipe CS event.
- Kelly Slater and Sam McIntosh Share Stab In the Dark War Stories
The GOAT and the Stab's cofounder in one podcast? Yeah, we got that! Kelly Slater and Sam McIntosh join this edition of The Drop to give some behind-the-scenes details of our new Stab in the Dark series. Episode 2 drops this week, and reve…
- Boards Torched, Mystery Shaper Revealed On Stab in the Dark X
We've never made anything like Stab in the Dark X with Kelly Slater. Mikey and Buck break down episode 1, alongside some 2026 predictions, a golf v surf turf war and a quick trip to Ukraine.
- We're Back! With Stab In The Dark Secrets...
Breaking: Episode 1 of Stab in the Dark with Kelly Slater premieres this Tuesday. This. Tuesday. And yes, it's as good as the teaser implies. We also missed a lot over the holidays. Shall we recap?
- A World Champ Walks, Stab Wins A Bidding War, And Why We Changed Surfer Of The Year...
The last Drop of 2025 is a heavy one. A reigning world champ parts with his headline sponsor. The WSL calls off the day of the event at Pipe. Stab gets in a bidding war with a major surf brand (and loses, then wins). And Stab Surfer of the…
- Localism's Final Boss: The Scooter Guy
Where does localism end and insanity begin? Particularly in the Canary Islands, where a crazed, scooter-riding, rock-wielding man just went full Joe Namath on a visiting surfer. Buck and Mikey break this down along with an exclusive Kolohe…
- Jon Pyzel's Elite Volume Hack!
Sorry we're late, tech difficulties! And if you missed last week's ep, that's probably our fault as well. Something happened where it didn't upload to Apple pods until yesterday, so now we've got two eps in two days which I guess is better…
- Can John, Medina Or Steph Win Again?
Depends who you ask. If it's Mikey C or Buck, well, the answers still vary. This week the boys break down 14 more titles returning to the CT, a new ep of EAST, and a couple real thinkers: 1. Is Chat GPT ruining surf culture? 2. Who has the…
- Carissa's Back! And WSL Might Have A Wildcard Problem...
At 33, Carissa Moore will be the first mom to return to the CT since the mid-2000s. Mikey and Buck discuss her legacy and chances of winning another world title against today's new class of champions. Also, the boys get wrapped up in a wav…
- Joel Tudor Takes Down Hawaiian And Paul Evans Hates Children
In the same week, Joel Tudor took on a major airline (and won), Jaleesa Vincent wrote an explicit rap song about her Pussy (surfboard), and a world junior champ put his life savings into a luxury sunglass brand. Just when you thought surfi…
- The Great British Burn-Off, Explained
What really happened at the GB Cup this week? Mikey and Buck do their own research and reveal the truth behind the headlines. We also ride shotgun with Mick Fanning, drive deep into the Atacama Desert, and find ourselves face-to-face with…
- Gabriel Medina Is Not The Father
One man's miracle is another man's marketing ploy. It was kind of a dark week in surfing, from fake pregnancy announcements to brain tumors to death, but at least we have a little EAST sugar to help it all go down. Mikey and Buck break it…
- The Oldest-Ever CT Qualifier
Tya Zebrowski recently became the youngest-ever CT qualifier at 14 years old. But just quietly, another surfer is on track to become the oldest CT qualifier in the same graduating class. By all accounts, a far more impressive achievement.…
- Buzzer Beaters To Beat The World Champs!
That's a wrap for Stab High Sydney. If you live under a state-imposed media blackout: Joel Vaughan and Sierra Kerr took out the Men's and Women's divisions on their very last waves, while Skai Suitt and Loci Cullen won the Ladybirds and Bo…
- Guess Who Dominated Stab High Warmups...
Yago Dora joins our little pool party alongside fellow world champ Molly Picklum to face off against the reigning Stab High Champs Hughie Vaughan and Sierra Kerr. Mikey C and Stace provide White Claw-fueled insight and some sneaky picks fr…
- 2x World Champs At Stab High?!
We're currently en route to Sydney for our first-ever Stab High on native soil. We'll be at URBNsurf Sydney on October 10th and 11th, so join us if you're around — all info (including tickets) here: https://stabmag.com/news/everything-you-…