Loosen the buckles and spread your hams. Pour yourself a snifter of liquid morphine and relax in the folds of this magazine called Stab. It’s new, built from the ground up by the ex-editors of ASL and Waves.
Here’s where we’re at, issue one:
When Taj Burrow came back from Brazil late last year, throat filled with viral oysters and rattled that he’d blown his shot at the title, we flew innovative American photographer D.Hump over to WA with his Hasselblads and super wide-angle gear, hired a chopper ...MORE
The Angle of God
A viral infection kills his run for the world title. So Taj Burrow flies home from Brazil, hires a chopper, employs Jake Paterson to drive a ski, Stab brings the photogs and suddenly the kid has some of the most radical surf photos (and movies) ever taken. Story by Sam McIntosh.
The Toughest Fucking Man in Surfing
Kala Alexander likes to fight, defending his proclaimed Pipeline turf with
the fervour of a Saudi jihadist. What makes him tick-tick-tick-boom?
Story by Justin Cote.
Story here...
Details
The appreciation of a good surf photo is all in the detail. Here’s 10 pages of the best.
Coconut Pie
Former model/pro surfer turned super-photographer Jamie Brisick picked the five hottest women on the North Shore this year, all from different countries, then photographed and interviewed ‘em. “He's got to be a stallion. The bigger size is good. Large is good,” reported the Brazilian.
The Stab Tapped Line
Two surfers, one tapped phone line. This month, Joel Parkinson and Kalani Robb talk dirty.
Goss here...
Cheat Codes
How to build a chin-up bar, how to surf like TB, how to DJ, how to play a tune to make the ladies swoon with Donavon Frankenreiter. Seven pages of this gear.
Stickin it to the man code here ...
The Phenonmenon of Kelly Slater
Kellys life in a glorious two page spread in comic form.by Ben Brown
