I've got two favourite writers in the world right now - Charlie Smith
and Fred Pawle. Both exhibit a rare talent for the arrangement of words
and a thoroughness for reporting unseen outside of the world's great
newspapers. I've known Fred for many years and was quick to sign the
Sydney-based surfer when Stab was first mooted. Charlie is a late
arrival, pulled from the pages of the brilliant Vice magazine
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The Ice Storm
When pro surfer Tony Ruffo was outed as an Ice dealer, the surf world
turned on him with its usual straight edge piety. Not we, however. We
like this jolly man in the white tracksuit and with the gold chains.
Story by Charlie Smith.
Story here for the rif raf...
The Club Sandwich
Josh Kerr and the hippest move in surfing. The Club Sandwich!
Out of all the world's new moves, this one sure stiffens our resolve.
River Wave
Big swell overpowers a sandbank and turns a placid river into a estuary version of Da Banzai Pipe.
Dust Circus Dust
We got to that small Mex town that hosted the 2006 Rip Curl Pro. How has fame and money and a billion eyes on the internet changed it? Story by Charlie Smith.
Plastic Carpet Ride
You want to see the world? Dive into the bottomless trench of e-z credit.
The King of Queens
On tour, Matt Branson showed everyone that ink, beer and music were as much a part of surfing as getting shacked. Then he disappeared because one crucial part of him just didn't belong. Fred Pawle presents the first-ever interview with an openly gay pro surfer.
